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Faces of Kalpathi

Faces of Kalpathi

Faces of Kalpathi

A woman carrying a child through the street during the Kalpathi festival
Crowds gathered around the temple chariot at Kalpathi
Temple chariot flags against the sky at Kalpathi
A young man in orange steadying a rope beside the temple chariot
A man climbing the chariot to reach its brass bells
An elderly priest making his way through the festival crowd
An older man adjusting his white shawl in the procession
A woman on her phone amid the festival crowd
The procession filling the street below the temple gopurams
A black umbrella raised above the crowd
A child in green walking the festival street with her family
A man carrying his child on his shoulder through the crowd
A woman in a violet sari walking through the festival street
An elderly man in a white shawl among the crowd
A man standing still as the crowd moves around him
An older man in a checked shirt raising his hand under a canopy
Bananas and coconuts hung above the heads of the crowd
The chariot's carved horses garlanded with bananas and coconuts
The white chariot tower rising above the street, flag flying
Gold finials and flags crowning the temple chariot
The full height of the Kalpathi temple chariot
An elephant seen above the crowd and the power lines
The chariot's upper tier, white horses and rows of bells
Green guardian figures and brass bells on the chariot facade
A shopkeeper seated behind stacked sacks of goods
A roadside shop with its hanging scales
The market street busy under a red umbrella
An elderly woman in pink arranging flower garlands
Drummers moving with the procession
Chenda drummers playing in the procession
A man in a headwrap calling out from his stall
A vendor bagging snacks at his stall
A woman at her bangle stall under a patterned umbrella
A woman carrying a child through the street during the Kalpathi festival
Crowds gathered around the temple chariot at Kalpathi
Temple chariot flags against the sky at Kalpathi
A young man in orange steadying a rope beside the temple chariot
A man climbing the chariot to reach its brass bells
An elderly priest making his way through the festival crowd
An older man adjusting his white shawl in the procession
A woman on her phone amid the festival crowd
The procession filling the street below the temple gopurams
A black umbrella raised above the crowd
A child in green walking the festival street with her family
A man carrying his child on his shoulder through the crowd
A woman in a violet sari walking through the festival street
An elderly man in a white shawl among the crowd
A man standing still as the crowd moves around him
An older man in a checked shirt raising his hand under a canopy
Bananas and coconuts hung above the heads of the crowd
The chariot's carved horses garlanded with bananas and coconuts
The white chariot tower rising above the street, flag flying
Gold finials and flags crowning the temple chariot
The full height of the Kalpathi temple chariot
An elephant seen above the crowd and the power lines
The chariot's upper tier, white horses and rows of bells
Green guardian figures and brass bells on the chariot facade
A shopkeeper seated behind stacked sacks of goods
A roadside shop with its hanging scales
The market street busy under a red umbrella
An elderly woman in pink arranging flower garlands
Drummers moving with the procession
Chenda drummers playing in the procession
A man in a headwrap calling out from his stall
A vendor bagging snacks at his stall
A woman at her bangle stall under a patterned umbrella
A woman carrying a child through the street during the Kalpathi festival
Crowds gathered around the temple chariot at Kalpathi
Temple chariot flags against the sky at Kalpathi
A young man in orange steadying a rope beside the temple chariot
A man climbing the chariot to reach its brass bells
An elderly priest making his way through the festival crowd
An older man adjusting his white shawl in the procession
A woman on her phone amid the festival crowd
The procession filling the street below the temple gopurams
A black umbrella raised above the crowd
A child in green walking the festival street with her family
A man carrying his child on his shoulder through the crowd
A woman in a violet sari walking through the festival street
An elderly man in a white shawl among the crowd
A man standing still as the crowd moves around him
An older man in a checked shirt raising his hand under a canopy
Bananas and coconuts hung above the heads of the crowd
The chariot's carved horses garlanded with bananas and coconuts
The white chariot tower rising above the street, flag flying
Gold finials and flags crowning the temple chariot
The full height of the Kalpathi temple chariot
An elephant seen above the crowd and the power lines
The chariot's upper tier, white horses and rows of bells
Green guardian figures and brass bells on the chariot facade
A shopkeeper seated behind stacked sacks of goods
A roadside shop with its hanging scales
The market street busy under a red umbrella
An elderly woman in pink arranging flower garlands
Drummers moving with the procession
Chenda drummers playing in the procession
A man in a headwrap calling out from his stall
A vendor bagging snacks at his stall
A woman at her bangle stall under a patterned umbrella

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