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A photograph of a procession with a carved wooden palanquin-style shrine (ratha/palanquin) decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and topped with a bundle of green mango leaves wrapped in white cloth. A bearded man in an orange-brown turban and orange-brown robe, wearing a heavy gold-toned necklace, a pink flower garland and gold bangles, holds the shrine's top with his raised arms. Beside him, a shirtless man with a rudraksha mala and white markings on his body stands at the left, and another shirtless man with a rudraksha mala and face markings stands at the right, both in orange cloth. Trees and palms appear in the background.

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December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor photograph of a ratha or ceremonial chariot being decorated at a temple-like setting with palm trees behind. A central figure in a rust-orange turban and saffron-orange dhoti with a long swept-back black hair, gold bangles and a rudraksha-style mala reaches up to touch the top of a carved wooden chariot shrine draped in white cloth and topped with green leaves. Yellow marigold garlands with red accents hang along its sides. Two bare-chested men in orange and white cloth stand nearby: one at left facing away, one at right with a shawl-like sash.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 14 20162016-12-14December 14 20162016-12-14December 14 20162016-12-14December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor ritual photograph in a palm-fringed garden. A central figure in a rust-red turban, rust-orange dhoti-style wrap and multiple rudraksha malas, with a flower garland, grips a rope while lifting or lowering a decorated carved wooden palanquin-like kalasha structure topped with green leaves and marigold garlands in yellow and red. Beside him a bare-chested attendant with long hair and white body markings pulls on a rope, and another attendant in saffron-orange cloth with beaded necklaces stands by a red-garlanded wooden pole. A person in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala is at the right edge. Blurred heads of onlookers appear in the lower foreground.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03A photograph of a long-haired man in a rust-brown robe and long garlands of red and yellow flowers stands beside an ornate carved wooden ratha or chariot-like pillar wrapped with straw and dressed with white and red flower garlands and yellow marigolds. He stands with bare arms, wearing rudraksha beads and a gold ceremonial pendant on a necklace, and a sacred mark on his forehead. His hand rests on the carved structure. Behind him, another person in orange clothing holds a silver vessel, and a third, partly visible person in orange also tends the structure. Palm trees and a metal spiral sculpture stand in the background.2016-08-27