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A daytime outdoor scene at an ashram-style compound under a clear pale sky. A richly decorated wheeled cart or palanquin dominates the centre, its canopy draped in orange, red and yellow fabric banners with white and blue trim, tiered with a finial on top and fringed with orange tassels. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand and walk nearby, one in the right foreground holding a brass plate. A woman in white sari stands to the left near a long roofed corrugated shelter hung with orange and yellow streamers. Palm fronds appear at the right edge and a red-brick building with a signboard stands behind the cart.

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December 26 20102010-12-26A decorated ratha or palanquin-style chariot stands in a dusty courtyard in bright low sunlight. Its pyramidal canopy is draped with orange, red and white woven hangings, tassels and garlands, with a banana-leaf arrangement at its base and a red cloth draped over the platform. On the left a woman in a white dress with a yellow shawl stands beside a person in orange, and a man in white stands at the edge. Behind the chariot a red-walled building bears a large white signboard with Kannada text, and a small shelter with orange flags is at the far left.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26Outdoor photo of a decorated wooden ratha or palanquin-style cart being dressed on a dusty courtyard. The canopy is draped with colourful woven textiles in orange, red, blue and white, with garlands and tassels hanging from its edges and a gold finial on top. Several men work around it: one in a white shirt stands on a wooden ladder adjusting the fabric, another in a white shirt helps from the cart, and a man in an orange-saffron robe and a white-clothed attendant stand nearby watching. A red cloth lies on the ground. Behind them is a tin-roofed shelter hung with orange and white banners, a red-brick building with a signboard and a framed notice, and palm trees.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26A festival procession outdoors at dusk moves past an orange-walled building with a signboard reading Sri Arunachaleswara Temple. At the centre, a richly decorated ratha/palanquin with a tiered, multicoloured canopy and painted pillars is carried forward, with a seated figure visible within it. Men in white dhotis and white shirts pull a long red rope or cloth leading the ratha. Women in white saris with orange or red borders walk alongside. Banana leaves and a colourful parasol with a painted umbrella stand nearby, and palm trees line the background.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 29 20092009-12-29