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October 15 20062006-10-15Street scene in a South Indian town. A bare-chested older man in a white dhoti holds a cloth at left. A young man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, stands in the foreground. Women wear a green salwar-style outfit with a green sari, a blue sari with gold jewellery, and a teal outfit with a red hair flower. A man in a checked shirt and a man in white shirt with glasses hold papers. Shops with tin awnings and a motorbike line the street.2006-10-15July 27 20062006-07-27Outdoor photo of a group of devotees gathered closely around a tall framed display board with Tamil text and photographs on a dirt path beside a chain-link fence and green foliage. A man in a plain white shirt with a rudraksha mala stands at the right, leaning in to the board, while a curly-haired person in white with back to camera holds a small paper and another man in a white shirt bends over the group. Several women wear sarees: one in a red blouse with a long braid, one in a dark maroon top, one in a yellow-green saree with tilak, and one in a black blouse with an orange-red saree and gold bangles, handing over currency notes. Two older women with white hair and one older man in white are also present, and a woman in teal stands at the left edge. A date stamp reads 20 10 2006.2006-10-20October 16 20062006-10-16November 27 20122012-11-27A dense crowd of devotees stands along a street during a procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu. Women in sarees, including a green floral saree and a bright turquoise blouse-and-saree, wear jasmine flowers in their hair and gold bangles, and several hold offerings. A man in a blue shirt stands with arms folded at left, while men in white shirts and dhotis stand at right. Children, including boys in olive and white shirts and a girl in pink, peer toward the procession. A blue truck and buildings with signs sit in the background.2006-10-16August 08 20092009-08-08A dense crowd of devotees gathers outdoors at a stone temple entrance, with a carved stone lion-like figure at right and ornate carved stone panels above. Many women wear saris in green, pink, orange, maroon and teal, some with gold jewellery and red bindi. Men wear white shirts and dhotis, plaid shirts and striped polo shirts. A young man in white with a rudraksha mala at right holds a stack of papers. A woman in a blue-and-white sari cradles a small child in pink at left, and an elderly man with white hair and forehead markings stands near centre-left. The crowd presses toward a temple doorway, with a few uniformed guards visible in the background.2006-10-24October 16 20062006-10-16November 27 20122012-11-27A large crowd of women and girls in colourful saris and salwar kameez, with flowers in their hair and gold necklaces, presses together in a sunlit courtyard beside a whitewashed wall. In the centre-right, two young men in white dhotis and kurtas wear orange saffron shawls and face the crowd. Behind them, an older man in white and other men stand in the open doorway of a building with banana leaves framing the entrance. The scene appears to be a gathering of devotees. A date stamp reading 23 10 2006 and a copyright line are visible in the lower right corner.2006-10-23