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Night photograph of a festival float procession. A smiling man with a short beard and a red tilak on his forehead sits on a raised blue platform wearing a rust-orange ochre robe and a rudraksha mala, with a white and multicoloured flower garland draped across his chest and a silver staff in his hand. Behind him stand large painted deity figures, including a lion-headed figure with a yellow mane garland and a turquoise muscular figure, with a buffalo head at the base of the platform and a yellow and red demon mask at the upper right. Two women in dark clothing are partly visible at the right edge.

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September 30 20172017-09-30A smiling man with a short beard and a red tilak on his forehead sits in front of a large deity murti during a night procession. He wears a rust-red saffron-style robe, a heavy rudraksha mala across his chest, and a thick garland of white flowers with yellow, red and blue ribbons. His right hand rests on a silver staff. Behind him are a large sculpted lion-like mount and a painted demon-face mask. Two people in red and dark clothing sit at the right edge, partly visible.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30Night procession photograph. A smiling man with a short beard and a red tilak on his forehead sits on a float, wearing a rust-brown saffron-toned cloth and a long rudraksha mala, with a gold chain at his neck. He is garlanded with a thick multicolour flower garland of red, yellow and white blooms and holds a silver staff. Behind him is a large colourful lion-figure with a golden mane, a painted demon mask with bulging eyes, and a blue sculpted figure. A small carved bull lies at lower left, and two women in pink and red saris stand at the right edge.2017-09-30A man seated on a silver-armed chair in front of a large painted deity figure with a green torso and a lion-like mount, smiling broadly. He wears a saffron-orange robe, multiple rudraksha malas, a gold chain and a red bindi, and is garlanded with bands of yellow, white, red and green flowers. A bull-headed or animal figure lies in the lower left, and a yellow demonic mask is visible at right. Another man could not be assessed from the image. The setting is dark, lit by night light.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30A smiling man in a rust-orange ochre robe sits on a blue platform in front of a large painted lion-headed or lion-form figure with a yellow mane and a tiger-striped mount, plus a painted deity figure with turquoise skin and ornate gold and jewelled garments behind him. He wears a red tilak on his forehead, a long ropes of rudraksha beads across his chest, and a garland of white flowers, red-and-yellow flowers and dotted blue-white strands around his neck, and he holds two long silver staffs. Orange-red and gold cloth borders the base. A dark buffalo-like figure lies at his side on the platform. Behind him a colourful painted mask face is visible at the upper right. The scene appears to be a nighttime festival display. a person: long dark hair with a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha malas and garlands match the page's a person reference, though the cues are partial.2017-09-30A smiling bearded man in a rust-brown robe sits on a blue-draped float at night, wearing a multicolour garland of white flowers and red-and-yellow fruit-like beads, a red bindi, and rudraksha malas around his neck and arm. Beside him stands a large painted lion figure with a yellow flower garland and a green-faced demon mask with horns. A metal staff rests against the float. Two people are partly visible at the right edge, and a bull figure lies at his feet. The figure appears to be a person in a festival procession setting, identified by the rudraksha malas, garland and robe.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30