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A procession on a dirt path between a red-walled compound and a red building with a green roof. At the centre, a decorated vehicle carries a deity murti adorned with garlands and a gold-embroidered canopy, flanked by white parasols with red and gold medallions. Saffron-robed sannyasis walk alongside it carrying tall staffs, and a figure in white stands at the front. Young boys and girls in black and orange clothes, some wearing rudraksha malas, line both sides of the path as devotees watch. A page-identifier flag is not used here; no individual is identified by face. Overlaid copyright text appears at lower right.

A street procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees. Two painted Ganesha murtis sit on a wooden cart pulled by a tractor at right. Several young men in saffron-orange clothes and rudraksha malas walk alongside, one playing a brass cymbal and another a hand drum, while a boy in a grey shirt and a red-shirted player blow long brass horns. A bare-armed figure in a black shirt holds the cymbals. Some faces and arms are smeared with purple and colored powder. Women in colourful saris stand in the background near the road.

Outdoor evening procession on a dirt ground in front of an orange and green-roofed building with white-framed windows, surrounded by trees and a cloudy sky. Many people in white dhoti-style clothing walk in a line across the sandy field, some carrying flags, banners or ritual items. At right, a tractor pulls a decorated float with a red and orange canopy and ornamental figures, and people walk alongside it. At left, a tall red-and-orange banner with gold trim stands near a figure in dark clothing.

2011-08-28 +1 copies

A street procession moves between red multi-storey buildings on a paved lane. A gilded palanquin-style ratha carrying a golden deity murti, draped in garlands and crowned with an ornate canopy, is pulled by a red tractor. Beside it a shirtless man in orange dhoti and a rudraksha-style necklace plays a drum, while a man in white dhoti holds a yellow umbrella over a ritual attendant with a lamp. Other drummers, a driver and passers-by in casual clothes appear nearby, with green waste bins at the right edge.

September 15 2016

Outdoor evening procession on grass beside a wooden cart with an orange cloth canopy. A golden elephant-shaped vahana and a deity murti sit at the left under garlands. A man in an orange-red dhoti and bare chest with a rudraksha-style bead necklace walks forward, hands together, while devotees in white and pastel clothes stand along the right side with palms pressed in namaskar; a small boy in white stands at the front right. A multi-storey concrete building and trees are behind them.

2011-08-28 +1 copies

January 11 2017

October 12 2016

Night procession at a dirt-road outdoor site. A large illuminated Ganesha murti with a red-and-gold decorated chariot sits at right, lit by bright lamps and a small flaming lamp stand. A red Massey Ferguson tractor pulls the float at left-centre, with a man in a light shirt at its wheel. Devotees in orange, saffron, pink and purple saris and white dhotis walk alongside, many moving quickly across the frame. A bright spotlight beams from the upper left.

January 11 2017

A decorated palanquin procession on a village road, drawn by a red tractor. The palanquin has a red and gold canopy, a gold kalasha-style finial with a trident-like ornament, and is draped in orange, white and purple garlands and tassels. A man in orange robes stands on the palanquin holding a white fly-whisk, and a woman in orange sits beside him. In the foreground a man in a white shirt, with a saffron-and-orange rosette badge and a rudraksha-style mala, walks holding the palanquin rope. A man in a white cap photographs with a camera, a tractor driver in a striped shirt sits at right, and palm trees line the road under an overcast sky.

Outdoors on a dirt path through scrubland, several people carry a large clay Ganesha murti on a wooden palanquin-style platform. The murti has a golden crown, red and orange decorations, a tusk and a raised hand holding a sweet. On the left, a bald man in orange robes with red-smeared forehead and a rudraksha mala walks beside the platform. On the right, a man with long hair and a red-marked face wears a white dhoti with a gold border, and beside him a man in red-orange robes and a mala stands. Men in white and striped shirts help lift the platform, and more devotees in orange and red clothes stand behind. Rocks and bushes fill the background, with a black loudspeaker on a stand in view. The scene suggests a Ganesha procession, with people wearing red and orange colour marks.