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Night photograph of a temple procession. A golden multi-tiered ratha (chariot) decorated with flower garlands, string lights and gilded figures of animals and deities is pulled by a red tractor. A young man in a white shirt sits at the tractor's wheel. To the right, a person in an orange-saffron garment with a visible orange head covering stands with hands folded in reverence, and a white-clad person stands beside them near a dark tree and red wall.2015-05-01Night 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.2013-12-24October 03 20142014-10-03Night 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 procession of a golden ratha chariot, brightly lit with fairy lights and hung with multicoloured garland festoons. Inside the illuminated golden shrine canopy stands a deity murti decorated with garlands, flanked by two attendants in white dhotis. The chariot is drawn by a golden horse figure and golden guardian statues, with a driver seated at the front wrapped in a banana-leaf and flower-garlanded cart. Devotees in orange and red saris and saffron dhotis walk alongside on the left and right, with banana leaves and palm fronds decorating the scene.2014-10-03Night procession at a temple festival: a tall golden ratha/chariot with a multi-tiered tower, lit with string lights and hung with colourful tassels, carries a deity murti under a canopy. Golden horse figures are fixed to its base, and gold figurines stand at its corners. A red tractor pulls the chariot. Around it, men in white dhotis and shirts, a woman in an orange sari, and other devotees in light clothing stand on dirt ground watching and folding hands. A smaller decorated golden chariot is visible at the left edge.2015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01December 24 20132013-12-24September 05 20162016-09-05October 03 20142014-10-03November 22 20152015-11-22December 24 20132013-12-24