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Night procession at a Ganesha festival: a large, brightly painted clay Ganesha murti with a red trunk, gold crown and many arms sits on a decorated platform carried through a dark street. Ganesha rides a painted orange mouse vehicle and wears a multicoloured garland. Beside the murti, a man in an orange dhoti and a seated man in orange clothes with a marigold garland face the crowd. Devotees, mostly dark silhouettes, line the street in front of a red-roofed building and trees. A faint logo sits in the top left corner.

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Night procession photograph centred on a large, brightly painted Ganesha murti with an elephant head, pink and red trunk and ears, a golden crown and a sculpted lion-mount beneath him, set on a decorated float with garlands. Several male attendants stand behind the figure, some bare-chested in white and orange dhotis. At right, a seated man in a rust-orange robe with a marigold garland sits on the float, his face shown in the glow. A crowd of devotees in the foreground includes a woman in a purple sari and a figure in orange clothing. Lights illuminate the murti against a dark background, with another lit figure at far left.2016-09-15Night procession photograph centred on a large, brightly painted Ganesha murti mounted on a decorated float with a lion-like mount beneath, its trunk, ornate crown and garlands lit by warm light. A man in a yellow-orange wrap stands on the float beside the murti holding a ceremonial vessel, and another attendant in white dhoti and gold-bordered cloth stands at right. In front, a smiling man seated at the float's base wears a red-brown robe and a long marigold garland; whether he is the a person candidate cannot be determined from appearance alone. A dense crowd of silhouetted onlookers, some with hands folded in namaskar, fills the foreground against dark trees.2016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15A night procession features a large illuminated Ganesha murti, painted orange-red with a gold crown, four arms and a trunk, adorned with a yellow-and-green garland and a seated mouse vehicle at its base. Devotees stand in silhouette in the foreground under dark trees. A man in orange clothing with a flower garland, possibly carrying or accompanying the murti, is visible at right, beneath a decorated yellow umbrella. The scene appears to be a ratha or procession style display in darkness.2016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15Night procession at a temple-street festival. A large illuminated Ganesha murti with a golden crown, four arms and a red-and-orange body rides a lion-decorated float, adorned with marigold garlands. A young attendant in a yellow-orange dhoti stands at left beside the murti and another attendant in white stands behind. Seated at the lower right of the float is a smiling man in a rust-orange robe with a long marigold garland, appearing to ride with the procession. Dense crowd silhouettes fill the foreground, with a dark tree and temple wall behind.2016-09-15A night procession carries a large illuminated Ganesha murti, painted in orange, pink and gold with a red-tipped crown and a flower garland, on a decorated float. Its trunk curls toward the chest and several hands hold objects. A tree with broad leaves stands at the left edge. In the foreground, several people walk and stand along the procession, one at the bottom centre with long dark hair and a bare back, and another in a white dhoti at left. Colourful umbrellas and a vehicle with a red-and-white roof appear at the right.2016-09-15Night procession with a large colourful Ganesha murti, trunk raised and holding a modak-like sweet, adorned with a gold crown and garlands, seated on a golden-orange ratha/platform carried by devotees. Men in white dhotis and orange cloth stand around the base, one holding a yellow-and-orange flag or banner on a pole at left, and a crowd of devotees with lamps follows in the dark. A smaller illuminated deity figure stands at right. Dark trees and a red wall form the background.2016-09-15Night photograph of a large illuminated Ganesha murti carried on a decorated platform in a procession. The deity has an elephant head with a red trunk, a gold crown with a red jewel, and multiple arms, seated atop a golden lion and a small mouse-like vehicle. Marigold garlands hang around the figure. In the foreground, silhouetted devotees watch, and a man in orange-red clothes with a flower garland stands at the right edge beside the platform. Overhead, a tree and hanging lanterns are partly visible in the dark.2016-09-15Night procession with a large, brightly painted clay Ganesha murti, elephant-headed with a golden crown and garlands, seated on a decorated rath-style float and lit by flaming torches. Several men in orange and white dhotis stand beside the float, one holding a lit torch. Behind it, a second illuminated float carries more figures. Crowds of devotees in white, orange and red saris and dhotis walk along the road, and red and gold ceremonial umbrellas frame the scene. The murti is decorated with marigold garlands.2016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15