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A golden horse statue stands on a green and gold wooden chariot base draped with a red cloth, under a white canopy and brown drapes. Beside it at right is a golden bull or nandi figure on a wheeled cart. At left, a pink umbrella with fringed edging and a red flag with a printed portrait of a bearded man in a turban. No people are visible in the scene.

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February 09 20172017-02-09September 04 20132013-09-04February 09 20172017-02-09September 21 20112011-09-21A photograph of an outdoor procession on a golden ratha, a decorated chariot platform. Several golden bull and horse sculptures are harnessed at the front, and a gilded pillar and canopy with colourful woven fringe frame the scene. Two deity murti figures stand in a shrine-like niche at the top, one with a crown and garlanded decoration. Beside them is a green-clad figure on the platform. Behind, a white tent, bare trees and a red flag stand against a pale sky. Several people walk along the base of the chariot, including a figure in orange clothing on the right.2016-05-03October 14 20102010-10-14A large gilded brass statue of a standing Nandi bull, the vahana of Shiva, with ornate engraved saddle cloth, tassels, bells on the legs, a tail curling to the right and a decorated headdress. It stands on a wooden platform beside a pale pink wall, with a wooden frame placed over its back. No people are visible.2011-09-21A large gilded bull statue, a nandi, dominates the frame, decorated with ornate saddle cloth, bells and carved detailing. On its back sits a seated figure draped in orange cloth and heavily garlanded with yellow, purple and red flower garlands, with a white floral necklace. The statue stands on a wooden platform before a dark blue curtain. At the right edge, a partially visible priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a white tilak on his forehead and beaded mala necklaces, stands beside the platform. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible in person.2010-12-27September 04 20132013-09-04December 13 20112011-12-13February 09 20172017-02-09Outdoor procession scene under an overcast sky. Center: a large golden swan-shaped vehicle (hamsa vahana) decorated with a jeweled necklace and green and red gems, set on a golden stand and draped with red fabric and garlands of yellow and white flowers, carried beneath an ornate multi-tiered chariot canopy with tassels. A bright orange umbrella is held over it by a man on the right. Around it, several men in white dhotis and orange or saffron shawls stand and sit; one man on the left wears an orange shawl, another a yellow cloth. A man in white sits near the swan, and a clay-tiled shrine structure and palm trees appear in the background. A framed photograph is mounted on a board at right.2010-11-11