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Night procession scene at a festival. On the left, a bald man in orange-red robes with a rudraksha-style mala and a bead necklace stands beside a golden palanquin, smiling, with a small blue device in his hand. Seated within a gold-ornamented palanquin decorated with white and pink flower garlands is a figure in a red turban and red-orange garments with folded hands, receiving the procession. Above, a yellow canopy with fringe and colourful tassels in pink, blue, green and white hangs from the palanquin. Other attendants in orange robes and red headwear are visible at the edges, and a red cloth drapes from the palanquin pole.

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September 15 20152015-09-15A festive procession scene at night on a gold-and-flower-decorated palanquin draped with marigold and white garlands. A seated figure in a saffron-orange garment and a golden crown-like headdress, with a magenta garland and a red and white floral garland, is raised on the palanquin. Behind, a standing attendant with a white-smeared bald head and body, wearing an orange cloth and a gold chain and pendant, holds a tall silver staff. A man in white kneels or bends toward the palanquin at lower right. Orange and blue canopy fabric with pink and purple tassels and a golden bell hangs overhead, and a silver kalasha-like finial and a golden deity murti are visible.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10September 15 20152015-09-15Night procession scene of a golden ratha-style palanquin decorated with marigold and flower garlands in yellow, pink and white, with hanging tassels in red, pink, green, orange and blue. Seated on the palanquin's raised platform, a bald man in saffron-orange robes rests his chin on his hand while a second person in orange robes and a flower garland sits smiling. A man in white dhoti stands at the right, and another man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands holding garlands near the palanquin edge. A red ceremonial parasol is overhead. No appearance-based cues qualify the seated figure as a person, so identity is uncertain.2012-04-26February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession scene at a temple festival. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest with white-smeared forehead and body, wearing an orange cloth and white flower garland, holds a flaming lamp toward a decorated chariot. On the golden palanquin, a man in orange clothing with a red garland and white tilak sits beneath a large orange and blue ceremonial umbrella with tassels, while attendants stand alongside. The chariot is adorned with strings of purple, white and pink flowers, hanging tassels in pink, green, yellow and purple, and a deity murti is not clearly visible. Smoke drifts in the dark background, with lamps glowing near the wheels.2013-03-02Night procession of a richly decorated golden palanquin or ratha, strung with pink, yellow and green garlands and hanging tassels in multicoloured bands. Seated on the ornate golden seat is a man in an orange-saffron robe with a gold crown and a white flower garland, his hands resting on the seat. Standing beside the palanquin is a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a crown and long dark hair, next to another orange-clad attendant holding the palanquin. Orange and red umbrellas shade the scene, and a white chamara fan is visible at lower right. Dim night setting with stage-like lights and onlookers at the edges.2012-04-26Night procession at the Kumbha Mela with a golden ornate palanquin under a canopy covered in marigold and red flower garlands and blue fringed silk. A man in an orange robe and a tall gold-and-red crown sits on the golden throne-seat, smiling, with a rudraksha-style mala and a floral garland. Beside the seat stands a sadhu with a shaved head, white-ash body, gold chain and a trident, next to an orange flag on a pole. Another person in white sits at the front, and a few figures are partly visible at the lower edge. a person cues: tall gold crown, orange robe and ceremonial mala on the seated figure, consistent with a ceremonial procession role.2013-02-10September 15 20152015-09-15