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A festival procession on an ornate golden ratha, or chariot, with a gold-and-silver trident displayed upright. A person seated at the right wears a gold crown, a bindi, a rudraksha-style garland with red and green beads, a gold necklace, and a deep maroon-red garment, holding the trident and smiling. Behind him, a bald man in a maroon-brown robe sits beside the golden canopy poles hung with gold bells, pink and teal tassels and colourful flower garlands. Blurred golden carvings line the chariot in the foreground. a person: the person at right, identified by the crown, trident, garlands and saffron-red clothing, is a probable in-person candidate.

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Photo of a golden ceremonial chariot procession. A man in the foreground sits on an ornate gold-carved seat, wearing a tall gold crown-like headdress, a reddish-brown robe, layered gold and red garlands, a rudraksha-style mala, and holding a silver trident-shaped staff. Beside him, a second man with a shaved head and red-brown robes sits slightly behind. The chariot is decorated with gold finials, bells, pink, teal and purple tassels, and colourful flower garlands. The man in the crown has a distinctive presentation with ornate gold headwear and garlands; appearance alone is not enough to name him, so he is described by role as a figure seated on the procession chariot.2015-02-19A figure seated on an ornate golden palanquin or ratha at night, adorned with green and magenta tassels, golden bells and bright marigold and red garlands. The central figure wears a tall gold crown, a red-brown garment with a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, and holds a silver ceremonial staff with a sun-like finial. Beside him a bald man in a saffron-and-white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings sits in the background. Colourful lights blur behind them.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA smiling figure in a golden ornate crown and a red-brown robe sits on a ceremonial palanquin at sunset, wearing red and white flower garlands and a long gold ceremonial necklace with rudraksha-style beads. Behind and beside are golden poles with tall finials and a marigold and garland-decorated canopy, with a second seated person and a bare-chested attendant with white sandalwood marks at left. Stone-strewn ground and distant trees lie in the background. The visible cues of long swept hair, crown, garlands and ornate gold are present, so this is an appearance-based a person in procession on a palanquin.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copies