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A photograph of a narrow urban street lined with multi-storey buildings, shopfronts and parked motorcycles. A decorated welcome arch spans the road, draped in red, white and green fabric with a strip of fairy lights, hanging coconuts, bananas, mango leaves and bunches of orange and yellow tassels. A silver minivan with a three-pointed star emblem is parked beyond it, and flower petals are scattered on the road. Several people in white dhotis and shirts, a woman in an orange sari, and men on motorcycles stand or move in the street. Signs read Annai Browsing Centre and Annai Electronic Audio & Video Service.

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A narrow city street lined with parked motorcycles and scooters and small shopfronts, with a silver SUV driving down the middle carrying a small red flag on its hood. A cameraman in white clothes with a yellow shawl and a rudraksha-style mala films the vehicle from the right side of the road, while a man in a white shirt stands at the left edge and another man in a white shirt stands at the right. Shop signs include Annai Electronic Audio and Video PCO and an internet browsing centre sign. Coloured streamers are strung overhead.2010-01-10A crowded street procession in a town market area. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis walk and stand along the road, with a few saffron-robed figures visible toward the centre, near orange flags. Pedestrians crowd the foreground, while a red car, a bicycle and parked motorbikes line the side. Stalls with fruit and goods sit under pennant strings strung across the street, and shop signs in Tamil script fill the background. Overcast sky above.2006-09-24June 26 20142014-06-26A street scene in a dusty Tamil village lane with a large crowd pressing around a white car and an orange-red bus. Many people in white dresses and red shirts crowd close to the car, some holding up mobile phones. The car windshield shows a sticker reading Nithyanandam and a framed portrait sticker. Along the left side stand a banana bunch hung with green bananas, a tied tarpaulin in red, green and black, and a building with a blue-and-yellow Tamil signboard. Thatched huts and palm fronds line the right side under a pale sky. The car is a passenger vehicle, and the people around it include men and women in white and red clothing.2014-07-01A busy Indian town street with a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, many riding motorcycles and scooters, mixed with yellow autorickshaws and a red van with a roof rack. Trees line the road and shops with signage such as Networth and Jockey stand behind. A man in a saffron-coloured lungi and shirt and a man in a white cap appear among the riders. Several people on foot and a boy in the foreground are visible. The street is congested with traffic and parked vehicles.2006-10-20June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01A street procession passes under a tall bamboo arch hung with a black banner printed in Tamil and red-and-white lettering, with large portrait prints of a bearded man in white head-wrap and white robes along both side panels. Musicians in white shirts and red-and-white uniforms with vests play a trumpet and a drum, while a man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks in the foreground. Strings of bunting and flags stretch across the street, with shops, a palm tree and a parked car behind. The portrait prints are depictions on banners and cannot be confirmed as a person by appearance, so their identity is unsure.2007-01-12A busy street in an Indian town during a procession. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts carry orange-saffron flags on poles, walking among traffic. Cars, a bus and many motorcycles with riders fill the road. Shops line the street, including a signboard reading Delhi Sweets and Bakery and a Nokia showroom. A uniformed traffic policeman in khaki stands at left. A man in a khaki shirt walks at right beside the flag bearers. No individual here is clearly identified as a person; the scene shows a street rally with orange flags and white-clad participants.2009-01-30January 21 20092009-01-21A crowded street procession in a town with bunting strung overhead. A silver SUV has its rear door open while a man in a white shirt with a saffron-orange shawl stands beside it, surrounded by devotees. Many people wear white dhotis and saris with orange shawls; women in white saris and orange wraps press palms together in greeting, and older men with folded hands line the roadside. Shop fronts, parked autorickshaws and a pole-mounted loudspeaker frame the scene.2006-09-24December 20 20112011-12-20