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June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05A street procession in a Tamil town. A golden palanquin with a red and gold canopy and a green-wrapped pole carries a deity image beneath a red cloth panel showing a standing figure. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk beside it, a bare-chested man in a red cloth wears rudraksha, and a man in orange dhoti pushes the palanquin. A police officer stands among onlookers and shops with Tamil signage line the road. No figure with distinctive a person cues is clearly identifiable, so this is a festival procession with devotees and crowd.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05 +2 copiesApril 14 20242024-04-14A street procession of a golden temple chariot, ratha, carried on a wheeled cart through a crowded Indian city lane. A shirtless man in a blue-green cloth stands on the golden chariot tending its decorations, while men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees push and walk alongside. Several large ornate umbrellas in pink, blue and gold colours are held over the procession. Shuttered shops and colourful banners line the street, with a gopuram temple tower visible at left.2021-01-20 +1 copiesApril 14 20242024-04-14A street procession in an Indian town passes a golden palanquin decorated with garlands of white and red flowers, carrying a deity murti dressed in red and adorned with flower garlands. Men carry the palanquin poles, and a man in a white vest raises a brass oil lamp with an aarti gesture at left. Shops, shuttered storefronts, balconies and overhead power lines line the street, and a man in a blue shirt watches from a balcony. Onlookers in shirts and dhotis with orange-red shawls and a woman with grey hair walk alongside the procession.December 20 20112011-12-20June 03 20122012-06-03 +1 copiesJune 03 20122012-06-03 +1 copiesA 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.2024-08-07