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Night procession at a Hindu temple festival: several red Massey Ferguson-style tractors pull ornate, gold-painted temple chariots (ratha) lit with warm lights. The central tall multi-tiered shrine-chariot is topped with a kalasha-style spire and carries carved figures; to its right a smaller chariot holds a deity murti beneath a multicoloured parasol-canopy, and another canopied chariot stands on the far right. Attendants in white dhotis and shirts walk beside the vehicles and stand on the tractors; one man on the right wears a dark jacket. Garlands of yellow flowers hang on a tractor's front, and a painted sign with Kannada-style lettering appears on a tractor. Lights strung along the background and the dark night sky complete the scene.

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November 22 20152015-11-22Night procession of illuminated temple chariots pulled by red tractors on a road. A tall golden ratha with tiered roof and warm lamp-lit niches leads, flanked by smaller decorated carts with striped canopies showing deity murtis and figures in gold and red. Two men in white sit at the tractor wheels, one in a white shirt beside a garlanded red tractor with registration plates reading KA 41 and KA 05. Strings of coloured lights glow in the background.2015-11-22Night photograph of a temple festival procession with several illuminated ornate ratha chariots and float-carts lit with warm lights. The central tall tiered chariot is covered in golden carvings, strings of colourful garlands and small figures, with a seated deity murti under a canopy. Smaller decorated carts with umbrella-like canopies carry deity murtis on either side, pulled by red tractors. Men in white dhoti and shirt stand near the carts, and a person in white with a cap stands at the right near a tractor. Some figures are partly visible at the edges, and a shrine-like statue group stands on the central float.2015-11-22Night procession with illuminated temple-style float carts on a dirt road. A tall golden ratha with tiered spire, lit with string lights and hung with colourful flower garlands, dominates the centre, drawn by a golden bull figure. Smaller floats to the left and right carry deity murti under striped canopies, decorated with flowers and lamps. A man in white dhoti and shirt beats a drum at right, with a garland around his neck. Other men in white and a man in a grey sweater stand nearby, and a man in a dark shirt is partly visible at left. Vehicles with tractors and a registration plate are parked behind the floats.2015-11-22November 22 20152015-11-22December 31 20152015-12-31November 22 20152015-11-22December 31 20152015-12-31December 31 20152015-12-31 +1 copiesNovember 22 20152015-11-22December 23 20162016-12-23December 31 20152015-12-31