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Night photograph of an illuminated golden ratha chariot in procession, with a multi-tiered gilded tower lit by strings of lights and hung with colourful tassel garlands. Inside the shrine, a deity murti is visible under a canopy. Golden horse figures and a gilded attendant figure stand on the chariot base, and a red Massey Ferguson tractor pulls it, driven by a man in a checked shirt. A smaller figure of a deity seated on the platform is visible, and an onlooker in a striped shirt stands at right. No one on the chariot is identifiable as a person, and the scene shows no clear a person candidate.

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December 24 20132013-12-24December 24 20132013-12-24May 01 20152015-05-01December 24 20132013-12-24A night procession float (ratha) at the front of the frame, covered in gold-painted tiered architecture with a multi-tiered tower and decorative pillars. Colorful striped garlands hang from the tower. Gold-finished statues of a seated Ganesha in the center, a bull (nandi) at the front, and standing figures on the sides adorn the float. A man in a red-checked shirt sits on a red Massey Ferguson tractor pulling the float, and two women in the foreground pull at the lower sections of the cart, one in red. Floral garlands decorate the base. Dark night sky in the background.2013-12-24Night photograph of an illuminated golden temple-style chariot (ratha) on a tractor, lit by many lights and decorated with colourful garlands and painted panels. Horse figures flank the front of the chariot, and a small deity murti sits on the platform above the driver. A man in a checked shirt drives the tractor. To the right, robed attendants in red and saffron walk beside the procession, one holding a silver trident (trishul) staff, and a red tasselled umbrella appears at the right edge. Orange-robed figures stand at the left. The scene suggests a temple procession at night.2013-12-24Night photograph of an ornate golden temple chariot (ratha) lit with white fairy lights and oil lamps, decorated with flower garlands in yellow and red, and multicoloured fabric pillars with tassels at its corners. Gilded horse statues flank the base, along with a seated golden Ganesha figure with raised hands and a standing golden attendant on the right. Inside the shrine canopy, several deity murtis are visible, and a man in a red-checked shirt sits in a red tractor at the bottom right, pulling the chariot. A standing figure in dark clothing holds a tray at the left. Several people are visible at the margins.2013-12-24Night photograph of an illuminated festival chariot in procession on a dark road. A tractor at the front is driven by a man in a grey shirt, its front decorated with a flower garland and a lamp glowing. Atop the tiered golden canopied structure, lit with warm lights and decorated with colourful hanging tassels and garlands, sits a seated deity murti or figure beside a golden kalasha-style ornament. Trees frame the scene on the left. A man in a brown shirt stands at the right edge watching, and a figure in a dark sari stands partly visible on the left.2015-11-22A night photograph of an ornate golden ratha, a tiered chariot-shrine lit with rows of small bulbs and decorated with colourful striped and tasselled fabric pillars and garlands. Its upper tiers hold carved figures and a finial with a lamp, and the base is flanked by two white-lit bull statues with garlands. A golden Ganesha figure sits at the front of the base. At the lower right a man in a checked shirt sits at the wheel area of a vehicle, and a partially visible woman stands at the lower left. The chariot is the main subject, rising against a dark sky.2013-12-24January 13 20152015-01-13September 24 20152015-09-24November 22 20152015-11-22 +1 copies