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Night procession photograph of a tall, ornately decorated ratha or chariot shrine lit with warm yellow lights and strings of marigold garlands. Its tiered, multi-storeyed structure holds small figures and a deity murti in a central niche. A large crowd of devotees in the foreground, many with their backs or faces partly turned, moves past in the dark. To the right, a red building and strings of white lights frame the scene. The shrine appears to be a festival chariot in a temple procession.

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January 13 20152015-01-13Night procession scene: a large illuminated ratha/chariot with a tiered, multi-roofed golden shrine structure decorated with lights, garlands and colourful festoons, carrying a deity murti under bright lamps. In the foreground a dense crowd of devotees in white clothes faces the chariot, many with hands raised or folded. A small figure in white stands near the chariot's base beside a flagstaff. Green and yellow neon lights outline the platform, with a white tent canopy and a red building at right. Legible neon lettering curves along the base. Around 30 people are visible, mostly partially shown in silhouette.2015-01-13A night procession photograph shows an illuminated golden palanquin or ratha carried through darkness, its tiered canopy lit with warm lights and decorated with strings of flowers in red and orange. Inside the lit shrine a deity murti sits within arched openings. Two figures stand on the platform near the murti: one in white robes with white feathered fans, and another in white holding a fan. Dark silhouettes of devotees fill the foreground.2014-10-03September 05 20162016-09-05February 21 20162016-02-21Night procession at a temple-style ratha, a chariot with a tiered, dome-topped golden canopy lit by warm lights and draped with red and multicoloured garlands. Figures stand beneath the canopy, and the chariot is pulled by a tractor or towing vehicle on a dark dirt road. Several dozen people in white and light-coloured dress walk around the chariot and stand along both sides, some with their hands folded. A corrugated shed stands on the right. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, and no candidate is visible at the front of the procession.2014-10-03December 02 20142014-12-02Night photograph of an illuminated multi-tiered ratha, a processional chariot, lit with warm yellow lights and draped with marigold garlands. Its upper tiers hold figures and deity images, and the central shrine houses a deity murti decorated with flowers. Standing figures in white attend the chariot, a golden statue stands at the left, and a line of small lights and dim silhouetted crowd members appears in the darkness below.2015-01-13December 02 20142014-12-02September 05 20162016-09-05January 13 20152015-01-13February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copies