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November 16 20152015-11-16Night photograph of a red brick building decorated with strings of multicoloured fairy lights and a flower-garlanded vehicle at left. In the foreground, several people are gathered at a tractor and a trailer: one man in an orange-yellow garment stands near the tractor, another in orange works beside it, and a person in red raises a green cloth on a pole near the building. Two people in white clothing stand at right, and a figure in white sits on the trailer. Lit oil lamps glow on the decorated vehicle.2015-11-16November 16 20152015-11-16November 16 20152015-11-16Night procession photograph. On the left, a decorated wheeled float or chariot with a lit interior, hung with multicoloured tassels, stands beside a red and white Massey Ferguson tractor parked on a dirt road. A bald man in orange saffron robes sits on the tractor's seat, with a second person in dark clothing beside him and a figure in orange at the tractor's side. Strings of green, blue and purple fairy lights run along a red wall and through the trees behind.2015-11-16Night photograph of a festival procession on a dirt path beside an orange wall and trees. A gilded ratha/chariot on wheels is heavily decorated with marigold and multicolour flower garlands, a large ornate deity murti stands on it under a striped red, yellow and green canopy, and a gold-tasselled umbrella crowns the scene. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti stands on the cart beside the murti. Several women in saris, one in cream with a yellow shawl and one in orange, watch and walk beside the cart, while a bare-chested man in white stands in the background near a red tractor pulling the cart.2011-10-04November 16 20152015-11-16Night procession on a dirt road at a campus lined with multicoloured fairy lights on red-brick buildings. A decorated ratha or cart carries an illuminated deity murti with a golden arched halo, drawn by a tractor-like vehicle. Beside the cart, people in white dhotis and saris walk, one holding a large red-and-white umbrella. A woman in a red sari walks in the right foreground. Lit banners stretch in the distance.2015-11-15October 30 20112011-10-30November 16 20152015-11-16Night procession on a dirt path lined with grass and an orange wall. A flower-decorated float carries a deity murti under a multicoloured canopy, with garlands of marigolds and tassels hanging from its frame. Devotees walk alongside: a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with an orange shawl at the front, several people in white clothes with orange shawls, and others in t-shirts and jeans. A red tractor with a teal canopy stands at left, and a photographer in a red shirt is at the edge of the frame.2011-10-04Night photograph of a decorated ceremonial palanquin or ratha on a dirt ground, draped with marigold garlands, colourful tasseled fringes and a striped canopy. A priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at the back of the cart holding a long-handled fan or chamara, while two young attendants in white with pink-tinted clothing stand beside it. A man in white shirt and dhoti watches at right. A red tractor and blue tarp are visible at left.2013-01-01 +1 copies