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Night procession on a dirt road with a red Massey Ferguson tractor decorated with yellow and pink garland streamers on its canopy. A driver in a maroon shirt steers, with a man in a white shirt beside him. Three men in white dhotis, two with green-painted faces and bare chests, walk under a colourful multi-panelled ceremonial umbrella with fringed tassels; one holds a flower garland and a torch-like staff. Other men in white stand nearby and onlookers watch from the roadside, with palm fronds at the top left.

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Night procession on a dirt road with a decorated ratha carrying deity murtis under a white and red ornamented canopy and a multicoloured umbrella. Several men in white dhotis and shawls walk beside it, some with green-tinted faces and arms, one holding a garland of orange and white flowers, another carrying a red-fringed cloth. A red tractor trailing the float carries a driver in a dark shirt, and women in saris and salwar kameez watch from the left. A streetlight glows in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible, so the figures are described by role only.2011-10-06October 06 20112011-10-06October 30 20112011-10-30Night procession on a dirt road under trees, with a decorated ratha or palanquin-style cart at the centre. The cart is draped in purple, red and white garlands, has a multicoloured canopy umbrella on a gold pole, and carries a deity murti under flower decoration. A tractor with a turquoise canopy is at the right. In the foreground a bald man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala walks ahead of the cart. Behind him a man in a blue shirt and white dhoti stands with palms joined in namaste, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands nearby. Several other people are partly visible at the edges.2011-10-04Night photograph of a procession at an ashram gate lit by a bright floodlight. A tall umbrella-like canopy with a colourful striped fringe is carried on a pole near the centre. Beside it, a man in an orange robe with a saffron-coloured shawl walks with his hands folded, and a row of people in white ritual clothes and dhotis walk behind him. A woman in a green shawl and red salwar stands at left. Orange-robed figures and a man in orange stand at right beside a red tractor decorated with flags. Orange and red saffron flags line the path, and red-and-orange buildings with domes frame the scene. The procession is a religious parade.2011-12-05Night procession with an ornately decorated palanquin-style ratha canopy draped in colourful patterned cloth and gold fringe, housing a lit deity murti surrounded by garlands. A red Massey Ferguson tractor pulls the float, with a young driver in a white checked shirt at the wheel and a flowering garland draped over its canopy. Two men walk beside the ratha: a bald man in orange cloth with white-painted face and a rudraksha mala, and a second man in orange and a white-painted face with a beaded mala, both with ceremonial gold chains. Men in white dhotis and orange flags follow behind the float.2013-03-02October 30 20112011-10-30October 30 20112011-10-30Night procession on open ground lit by harsh spotlights. A red Massey Ferguson-style tractor with a teal canopy pulls an ornate gold-and-red float bearing a deity murti under a decorated canopy, with a lit lamp at its side. Two women in white saris and an older woman in orange walk holding tall orange and red ceremonial umbrellas and banners. Men in white dhotis and saffron-orange clothing walk alongside, and a man in a grey shirt with white dhoti and an orange shawl walks at the float's edge carrying a lamp. A group of saffron-robed devotees follows the float to the right. Procession, ratha, night festival.2016-09-01October 11 20162016-10-11October 04 20112011-10-04Night photograph of a decorated temple chariot being pulled by a red tractor along a dirt road in front of an orange-walled gate. The tractor driver in a grey shirt sits at the wheel under a green canopy. The flower-garlanded wooden ratha has a golden canopy-shaped top, tassels in green, pink and yellow, and a green cloth draped over its side. A gold parasol with fringe stands behind it. Two men stand on the trailer: one bare-chested in a white dhoti and one in a white shirt, beside loudspeakers.2011-10-30