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A night procession on a dark street lit by strings of blue and multicolour lights. In the centre, a golden ornate palanquin-style throne with a tall umbrella canopy of multicoloured tassels rides on a flatbed trailer pulled by a red Massey Ferguson tractor at right. A decorated deity murti sits on the throne, garlanded in flowers with a red and blue cloth. A man in a white dhoti and shirt sits cross-legged at the base of the trailer. To the left, white-clad men walk beside a second smaller golden palanquin with a lit deity figure and orange canopy, including a man with an orange-banded neck garland and a man in a white shirt and orange shawl. Building windows and air conditioners line the background.

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November 11 20152015-11-11Night procession on a street lit with strings of coloured lights along a building. A decorated ratha float carries a golden arched shrine with a deity murti adorned with garlands of marigolds and a rudraksha-style necklace, under a multicoloured fringed canopy. A person in white sits at the foot of the float beside a red cloth and a small instrument. Tractors pull the float and another decorated float is partly visible at left, with people walking near the tractors and a red Massey Ferguson tractor at right.2015-11-11Night procession on a dark road lit by strings of multicoloured fairy lights along a fence. A red tractor with headlights on leads a flatbed trailer carrying an ornate golden canopied shrine with a small deity murti seated within, draped in garlands and a red cloth, beside a gold bull figure, under a striped canopy umbrella. Two white-clad men in dhotis and shirts stand at the right edge of the road beside a second lit ornamental float. Decorative red and white lights are strung along the roadside.2015-11-25November 11 20152015-11-11Night procession at a Hindu festival: a red Massey Ferguson 1035 DI tractor pulls a flatbed cart carrying an ornate gilded shrine with a red canopy. Inside the shrine stands a deity murti draped in green cloth, wrapped in marigold and flower garlands. A young man in white dhoti sits cross-legged on the cart beside brass oil lamps, lit by warm light. A driver in a dark sweater sits at the tractor wheel, and a few white-clad devotees walk alongside. String lights and a multi-storey building form the background.2015-11-11Night procession on a dirt road lit by warm lamps. A red Massey Ferguson tractor in front is driven by a man in a yellow shirt and white trousers. Behind it a decorated float carries a deity murti under orange and red umbrellas, draped with yellow and green garlands and colourful tassels. Several men walk beside the float: one in a white dhoti with a bare upper body, and another in white kurta with an orange shawl, holding a long staff. Women in pink and red saris follow with men carrying ceremonial staffs. A small red and gold ratha-style shrine stands to the right beside a tree.2012-04-26April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesNight procession at an ashram street lit with strings of white and orange lights. A golden canopied palanquin-style float carries a deity murti draped in garlands of yellow and white flowers, with a shirtless man in white dhoti standing at the front, holding a white chamara fan. Two red Mahindra tractors pull decorated golden carts; a seated driver in a grey shirt sits on the nearer tractor. Another tiered golden float with a multi-coloured canopy and an elephant-figure ornament stands behind. Robed devotees in white walk beside the floats, and a red fire engine is visible in the background among tall buildings with lit windows.2016-12-06Night procession at the ashram street during the Sadashiva Brahmotavam: a golden deity murti is decorated with flower garlands on a decorated ratha/cart pulled by a red tractor. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands on the cart tending the deity. Behind him an ornate golden canopy and a second tall decorated ratha are lit with strings of lights. A tractor driver in dark clothing sits at the right, and a man in orange attire walks beside the cart. Purple and white fairy lights line the multi-storey building at right.2016-12-06 +1 copiesNight procession at a temple-style event lit by overhead lamps. In the foreground, men in white dhotis with gold borders carry long ceremonial staffs. Two decorated processional vehicles with golden canopies and garlanded deity murti (one with a gold kalasha-like top, the other a gilded peetha canopy) are pulled forward, followed by devotees in white, orange and saffron clothing and a woman in a red sari at right. Green and white garlands and string lights decorate the scene. Figures of deities are visible on the carts; a single person in white near the right cart may be the presiding attendant. The crowd is visible on the roadway, with a tractor-type vehicle at right.2015-07-31December 31 20152015-12-31December 31 20152015-12-31