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A street procession at dusk in a crowded Indian town lane lined with shops and multi-storey buildings. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long grey hair and a grey beard, wearing a rudraksha-style bead necklace and an orange cloth, holds up a lit brass lamp on a tray with his right arm. Beside him a younger man in pale green shorts carries the lamp pole. On the right, a shirtless man in pink shorts stands on a flower-decorated palanquin draped with yellow and orange garlands, around a deity murti. Other people in purple shirts, a floral print sari and a green sari walk along. Signs read Maragatha Meenakshi Metal and SK Lark Cambridge. A timestamp reads 29/06/2025 18:25.

A street procession in a crowded market lane carries a gilded palanquin decorated with pink and white flower garlands and draped cloth. A bare-chested priest in a maroon dhoti stands on the platform, reaching up to adjust the decorations. Below, a shirtless man in a pink-and-maroon cloth and a bare-chested man with a sacred thread and red markings help lift and steady the carriage. Onlookers line the street: a man in a light blue shirt films on a phone, women wear saffron, pink and yellow saris, and a child in a red shirt watches. Shopfronts, a blue tarpaulin and a signboard reading Cambridge stand behind the crowd.

Street procession in a busy Madurai market lane at dusk. A deity murti in a golden-framed palanquin with garlands of white flowers and a canopy with orange and blue fringed parasol is carried on a green wheeled cart. A shaven-headed, bare-chested priest in an orange-striped dhoti walks at the front holding a long white rod, and attendants in white vests and red-patterned cloths pull the cart. Onlookers line the street, a few men watch from a balcony, and a woman in a purple sari with a white flower in her hair stands at right. Shops with signs including Maragatha Meenakshi Metal line the road. No person in the scene is identifiable as a person.

Street procession in a busy Tamil Nadu town at dusk. A golden palanquin-style shrine decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands and red blossoms carries a deity murti. A shirtless man in a pink dhoti stands on the shrine's base, reaching toward the garlanded deity. Several men in white vests, green and yellow lungis and orange cloths pull the wooden cart by long ropes or poles. Women in orange and blue saris and a man in a yellow shirt watch from the roadside. Shops line the street, including a signboard reading Maragatha Meenakshi Metal. Power lines overhead and a crowd fill the scene.

A street procession in a crowded Indian city market at dusk. In the foreground, a bare-shouldered man with a shaved head wears a rudraksha mala and an orange cloth over his shoulder, seen from behind. Further ahead, a shirtless man in a white dhoti stands on a ratha or palanquin, lifting a long pole, beneath a flower-garlanded canopy decorated with red and white blooms. Crowds of onlookers in pink, white and green clothing line the street, some watching from a balcony. Shops with signs including Maragatha Meenakshi and SK Lark line the road, and overhead electric wires crisscross the sky.

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A street procession in a busy market lane. On an ornately decorated golden chariot draped with pink, white and orange garlands, a bare-chested man in a maroon dhoti and a bearded face stands on the platform, arranging offerings. Below, a woman in a white sari with a grey-streaked bun reaches up to offer a plate of fruit, and beside the chariot a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands near the wheel. Crowds of onlookers in red, pink, blue and white shirts and dhotis press around the cart, and a man on the left holds up a phone to film. Shop fronts, a blue tarpaulin and a timestamp overlay sit in the background.

Street procession in a busy Indian town at dusk. A deity murti in a golden canopied palanquin, decorated with white and orange garlands and marigolds, is carried on a green wooden cart pulled by several men in dhotis and shirts. In the foreground, a bare-chested elderly man with a white beard and rudraksha mala wears an orange shawl and walks beside the cart. Shops line the street, including Maragatha Meenakshi Metal, with glowing signs and overhead power lines. Onlookers and devotees crowd the roadside.

A street procession in a busy Indian town. A man in saffron-orange dhoti and a pink-edged white shawl stands on a golden palanquin decorated with garlands of white, yellow and red flowers, reaching toward a deity murti draped in flowers and a red garland. Around the palanquin, crowds of men in white vests, yellow and green shirts push and reach up to touch the carriage. Behind them shopfronts, a temple gopuram, and a blue signboard with Tamil script line the street. Smoke or incense drifts through the crowd on the right.