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A woman in a brown and tan sari with a red flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaste beside a decorated cart. The cart bears a draped orange cloth and brass aarti items, including a lit oil lamp with a flame, a small brass bowl, a brass vessel and a brown cup. Behind her, cameramen in white clothes film, and a tall coconut palm, a brick wall and a dusk sky frame the outdoor scene. Colourful striped and patterned fabric hangs from the cart's side with orange gold-trimmed skirts.

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March 02 20132013-03-02Outdoor photo at dusk beside tall palm trees. A woman in an orange-brown sari with a red flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a small altar on a decorated cart with an orange cloth, brass bells, a brass lamp with a flame, and a copper vessel. Behind the altar, a colourful painted panel with orange fringed hangings is visible. A bald man in a white shirt holds a video camera at right, and another cameraman stands behind the altar with a camera. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from the visible cues.2013-03-02 +1 copiesA decorated palanquin or ratha-style canopy, draped with multicolored patterned panels in red, blue, yellow and green and fringed with gold tassels, shelters a golden deity murti garlanded with flowers and lit by oil lamps at dusk, with palm trees behind. In front, several shaven-headed men in orange and saffron robes, one in a white dhoti, stand with their backs to the camera, some wearing rudraksha malas, while a woman in a gold-patterned sari stands nearby. A man in white clothes at the right holds a camera toward the scene, and video equipment is visible at left. The setting appears to be an outdoor procession or ritual.2013-03-02March 02 20132013-03-02Night procession at a temple-like compound with a decorated ratha, a cart draped in garlands of yellow marigolds and purple flowers, carrying a deity murti under a canopy of colourful woven banners with floral and bird motifs. A woman in a red-orange sari stands at the cart's side holding a lit oil lamp aloft on a brass plate, with a flaming torch nearby. A man in an orange cloth and a decorated headpiece with palms pressed together stands beside a tall umbrella-like standard, and other onlookers in white are behind them. Petals scatter on the ground and a red wooden cart shaft lies in the foreground.2011-12-05Night photo of a temple procession on a street. A decorated cart with a red and white canopy and colourful striped hangings carries a deity murti garlanded with flowers, with an oil lamp burning in front. In the foreground a saffron-robed sannyasi with a shaved head holds a flaming kalasha-style lamp toward the cart. To the left, men in white dhotis hold a long pole of the canopy, and a woman in a leopard-print top walks past.2010-11-19A woman in a leopard-print blouse with a tan sari wrap and a red flower garland stands with palms pressed together in prayer before a decorated cart. On the cart, a deity murti sits on a red draped platform beneath a golden canopy, wrapped in garlands of white, yellow and red flowers, with brass lamps and a kalasha-style vessel and bell in front. Colourful embroidered panels with orange fringe hang from the canopy poles. A bald man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala, holding a camera, stands at left, and a camera operator is at the lower right. Outdoors with palm trees and a shed behind.2013-03-02 +1 copiesNovember 18 20102010-11-18 +2 copiesNovember 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesNovember 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual procession at a temple-like setting. A deity murti is decorated with a garland of white, yellow, green and red flowers, sits on a wooden cart draped with an orange-and-tiger-striped cloth, and is shielded by an ornate umbrella with colourful fringe. A man in orange robes stands at left, arms extended toward the murti. At right, a bare-chested man in red-brown dhoti with gold trim and a gold necklace stands with palms joined in namaskar, while other people in orange and white clothes stand nearby. Flaming torches light the scene, and a person in the background holds a camera. Other people are visible behind them.2013-11-21Night photo of a decorated ratha-style palanquin under a open-sided pavilion hung with colourful festoons and tassels. Inside the shrine a deity murti is garlanded with flowers and dressed in a blue cloth. A man in an orange cloth holds up a lamp or aarti flame before the murti. Devotees stand around in white dhotis and white saris, several in orange and pink, hands folded in anjali. A young man in white with a tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala stands in the front left with palms pressed together. Brass vessels sit on the platform beside the offerings.2010-11-19