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A street procession photographed in daylight, with a decorated ratha (chariot) carrying a carved wooden shrine. A multicolored ceremonial umbrella with red, green, yellow and blue panels, bearing bird and floral motifs and fringed tassels, shelters the front. Yellow and white marigold garlands hang across the shrine, and a dark deity murti decorated with garlands sits within it. Orange flags and decorated banners flank the scene, and a small framed portrait is visible at lower left. Buildings and a utility pole line the street behind. No people are clearly visible.

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A street procession with a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti dressed in garlands. Above it is a multicolored canopy umbrella in red, yellow, green and blue with bird and floral motifs, and tasselled edges. The carved wooden palanquin is hung with yellow marigold garlands and has a red drape behind the murti. Orange-and-red flags and a framed picture at the lower left stand along the roadside, with shops and a billboard behind. No physical person is clearly visible in the frame.2008-11-18December 05 20162016-12-05A ganesha-form deity murti is carried in procession under a decorated umbrella. The golden arched backdrop frames a figure with an elephant-headed face, a red crown, and layered gold and jewelled ornaments over a dark blue torso, with white dhoti draped on the lap and gold cloth at the waist. The murti is encircled by a thick garland of marigolds in yellow, red, pink, green and white. The canopy, in orange, red and navy panels, shows painted elephant and peacock motifs and is fringed with pom-poms in pink, yellow and blue. At the lower right, the head and shoulder of a man in a dark shirt are partly visible. Overhead lines and a utility pole stand against a pale sky.2005-12-31A street procession moves past shopfronts. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk with saffron-orange flags and blank white placards, several white shirts printed with a figure and the words Rajapalayam New Town. At centre, a decorated palanquin behind a ceremonial umbrella with red, green, yellow and blue panels and fringed tassels carries a deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. A figure in saffron robes walks at left. A signboard reads Classic Ready Madras. A woman in a sari stands at right, with a visible timestamp 11.18.2008. +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA gilded wooden ratha chariot for a procession stands on a street, decorated with carved golden lion and yali figures on its pillars and a red cloth backdrop. Two deity murti figures stand on the chariot: the foremost holds a trident and wears a crown, and the other wears a red garment and a tall crown. Marigold garlands hang from the chariot's corners, and a colourful striped fabric drapes on one side. Below, several people stand near the chariot, including a man in white clothes and a woman in an orange sari, while an orange flag is held at left. Buildings and a bus stand behind the chariot. +1 copiesDecember 31 20092009-12-31April 23 20122012-04-23 +2 copiesA decorated ceremonial chariot procession. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange garment and a garland, stands raised on an ornate golden ratha, one hand lifted in greeting. The chariot is festooned with yellow and white marigold garlands, pink flower strands, golden bells and multicoloured tassels, with a golden finial at the front and a yellow canopy overhead. Smaller decorated umbrellas in red, blue and yellow flank the chariot. Crowds of onlookers fill the foreground and roadside, some raising phones, with green trees behind. The scene reads as a temple-style festival procession.2009-12-27A decorated ceremonial palanquin or ratha in a street procession, topped by a red and gold embroidered canopy with sequin-like ornamentation and gold fringe. Beneath it sits a deity murti, with a green and red adorned face, wearing a garland, flanked by two smaller figures in silver-toned attire on a gold draped backdrop inside an ornate gilded frame. The base is heaped with purple, white and red lilies and flowers. Yellow and pink flags flutter on poles against a pale sky with trees behind.2016-04-18 +1 copiesA decorated ceremonial chariot procession moves through a crowd outdoors under hazy sky. The ratha is covered in yellow and white marigold garlands, with a golden swan-headed prow, a large orange parasol canopy, and hanging tassels in orange, green, red, and white. A figure seated on the chariot wears an orange-gold crown and red-and-gold garments, adorned with garlands. Devotees in white kurta and dhoti walk alongside, some in orange shawls, with a white bus and orange flags visible in the background.2009-12-27A photograph of a decorated ceremonial procession vehicle, a ratha-style palanquin, under a clear pale sky. An ornate golden canopy is topped by a finial and draped with garlands of yellow, white and purple flowers and hanging tassels in orange, maroon, green and blue. A large orange fringed parasol stands at the left. A man with long dark hair, wearing a gold crown and a red-and-white flower garland, sits upright on a dark red cushioned seat, smiling, with a rudraksha mala visible at his neck. Gold bells and ornamental finials decorate the lower frame, and a gilded deity-like figure on the left edge is partly visible. A man's head is visible at the bottom edge as an onlooker.2010-01-01