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Night photo of an outdoor procession with two decorated wooden carts lit by bright lights and smoke. The left cart is an ornate golden ratha with hanging colourful tassels and streamers, with a man in an orange cloth standing at its rear. The right cart carries a lit, flower-decorated deity murti under a fringed canopy, with a figure in white dhoti near the front and a seated, white-clad figure beside it. Several people in white dhotis stand and walk around the carts, and a row of devotees in saffron and red garments stands along the right edge watching. Smoke drifts across the scene and marigold garlands are visible on the cart.

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Night photograph of an outdoor procession on open ground lit by bright floodlights. Two illuminated decorated ratha-style carts stand side by side: the left cart has a canopy with hanging tassels and garlands, and the right cart carries a large illuminated deity murti under a multicoloured canopy surrounded by flowers. Smoke or incense drifts around both carts. Several people in white dhotis and light clothing stand or walk near the carts, a man in white holds a long ceremonial object, and a group of women in saffron and orange saris stand at the right edge near the cart. A few people push or pull the left cart. Dark background with bright lights.2016-03-02March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesMarch 02 20162016-03-02Night procession at an ashram grounds: a gilded ratha chariot on a blue-and-yellow wooden platform carries a gold-framed peetha throne draped in red, decorated with marigold and flower garlands. An attendant in white dhoti holds a large white chamara fan beside the chariot. Behind, a second decorated float with lights and orange-clad figures follows, and a crowd of devotees in white and orange moves along the path under strings of lights and a canopy.2016-01-03February 17 20162016-02-17Night procession on a sandy ground lit by floodlights. A figure in orange and saffron robes with an orange head covering sits on a golden palanquin-style vehicle decorated with a multicoloured umbrella canopy, yellow and white flower garlands, tassels and hanging bells. A man in white dhoti and shawl stands on the vehicle fanning the seated figure with a white chamara-style fan. In front, a woman in a white sari holds up a brass item and a girl in white with a red sash walks beside the cart. A man in a white dhoti with a bare upper body stands at left holding a long staff. Speakers and a small glowing fire or lamp are on the vehicle. The vehicle is shown on a wheeled golden cart.2013-01-01 +1 copiesNight procession photograph of an illuminated ornate chariot (ratha) lit by warm light, with a fringed canopy of red, yellow and green tassels above a golden arched frame strung with bells, pompoms and tassels. A standing figure in white dhoti-like clothing stands at the chariot's centre beside a deity murti glowing in light, while another person in orange clothing sits at the lower platform. A dense crowd of devotees in white and orange clothes fills the foreground, and a cameraman in a white shirt is visible at left.2016-02-17January 1st 2013 +1 copiesNight photograph of an outdoor procession on a dry, open ground. Two illuminated decorated carts or chariots, one at left with a dome-shaped canopy and one at centre with a lit deity murti under an ornate umbrella-like canopy, are surrounded by smoke or haze. A line of people in white and light-coloured clothing stands or walks in rows across the centre, with some holding lamps or torches. At right, a raised, draped table with a golden, ornate seat or peetha and a decorated umbrella sits beside standing figures. Trees and a low wall form the dark background. Illuminated deity murti on ratha-style carts suggests a night procession, with individuals in white clothing.2016-03-02Night procession on a sandy open ground lit by strings of coloured lights. Centre, a silver-plated palanquin carries a seated figure in orange-red robes with a garland, flanked by a flower-decked wooden deity ratha with a canopy and a lit bull-drawn deity figure. Left and right, further illuminated processional vehicles carry deity murtis under coloured canopies. Around the cart, standing devotees in white and orange-red dhotis and saris, a man in white kurta with a rudraksha-like neck mala on the left, and drummers with a drum. Smoke rises at left. The seated figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, so it is described by role only: a seated figure on a palanquin.2016-01-02 +1 copiesNight procession at a temple-style event lit by overhead lamps. In the foreground, men in white dhotis with gold borders carry long ceremonial staffs. Two decorated processional vehicles with golden canopies and garlanded deity murti (one with a gold kalasha-like top, the other a gilded peetha canopy) are pulled forward, followed by devotees in white, orange and saffron clothing and a woman in a red sari at right. Green and white garlands and string lights decorate the scene. Figures of deities are visible on the carts; a single person in white near the right cart may be the presiding attendant. The crowd is visible on the roadway, with a tractor-type vehicle at right.2015-07-31November 21 20152015-11-21