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Night street procession in Madurai. A shirtless man with a sacred thread, rudraksha mala and gold pendant, wearing a white and maroon dhoti and a tilak on his forehead, walks in front holding a bunch of white flowers. Behind him a priest in a maroon cloth and white dhoti carries a golden palanquin canopy with an orange and purple fringed umbrella, decorated with flower garlands. A green wheeled cart is in the foreground. Shop fronts line the street, with a blue sign reading Nataraja Store and a red Tamil-script sign. Bystanders in white and colourful clothes watch from the roadside under bright lights.

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Night street procession in a busy market lane lit by shop signs and neon. A shirtless man with a topknot and a rudraksha mala wears a white dhoti and carries a basket of flowers. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in a red dhoti and yellow shawl with rudraksha beads holds a small white object. Behind them, a bare-chested attendant in a blue dhoti holds an orange and blue canopy over a deity murti heavily decorated with white and red flower garlands on a palanquin. Shops display Nataraja Sanni signs, and a timestamp reads 09/06/2025 19:44.2025-08-06Night street procession in Madurai at a shop-lined road. A golden palanquin with a decorated arched canopy carries a deity murti draped in white and red flower garlands, under an orange and blue fringed canopy. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and a red-maroon cloth stands on the palanquin at left. Below, a shirtless man in white dhoti and a maroon cloth holds a long maroon cloth over the deity, while a crowd of devotees in white shirts, yellow and teal clothes walks beside it. Storefronts with bright lights and signboards line the background, including a blue Nataraja Stores sign.2025-08-06Night street procession at a temple district with shop signs including NATARAJA STORE, Amman Sannathi, Madurai. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a red tilak on his forehead, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace holds a brass oil lamp with flames and a garland of white jasmine flowers, facing the camera. Behind him a man in a red-and-white dhoti and bare back stands on a wooden ratha/chariot beneath an orange and purple canopy fringed with tassels, holding flower garlands. Another man in dark clothes stands beside the chariot, and onlookers in white shirts stand with hands folded at the right. A timestamp reads 09/06/2025 19:45.2025-08-06Night street procession in Madurai. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a dark rudraksha mala, gold pendant necklace, white sacred thread and a white-and-maroon dhoti holds a brass lamp with three burning wicks, beside a basket of bananas and fruit. Behind him, a second shirtless man in a blue cloth stands on a decorated palanquin-style float beneath an orange and blue canopy, near a deity murti garlanded with white and red flowers. Onlookers in saris and tank tops watch from the roadside beside brightly lit shops, including a blue Nataraja Stores sign.2025-08-06Night street procession in Madurai. A bearded man in a saffron-yellow shawl and red dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, walks in the foreground. Behind him, a shirtless priest in a blue cloth stands atop a float beneath an orange and blue fringed canopy, beside a deity murti decorated with white jasmine garlands and red-and-green flower strings. Other men in white and devotees line the street under bright shop lights, with a Nataraja Store signboard and lit sign above.2025-08-06Night street procession in Madurai. A bare-chested man in a red upper cloth and white dhoti stands on a green wooden cart marked with "Shiva" in Tamil script, holding an ornate orange and purple canopy overhead. Beneath it is a purple-draped deity palanquin decorated with white and red flower garlands. Onlookers below raise hands and hold a lit oil lamp, and a man in a cream shirt reaches toward the flame. Shop fronts, signboards and hanging wires line the street above. The scene is a temple festival procession.2025-08-06Night street photo in Madurai outside a shop front. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a maroon cloth and a dark rudraksha-style cord holds a brass plate and is making an offering over a flame, with a small oil lamp burning. Beside him a man in a dark green shirt holds a metal vessel. Behind them a palanquin or ratha is decorated with white and red garlands under an orange-fringed canopy, with a bare-chested attendant standing on it. Nataraja Store signboards in Tamil and English and bright shop lights frame the scene, with people gathered on the cobbled street.2025-08-06Night street procession in Madurai. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread across his back pushes a wooden cart bearing a garlanded deity murti under an orange canopy, with a lit oil lamp in his hand. A standing man in a blue top and white dhoti stands at the cart, and a man in white shirt and dhoti stands at the left edge. Devotees gather along the street, including an elderly woman in a cream sari and women with folded hands. Behind them is a blue signboard reading Nataraja Store in English and Tamil, with a lit shop front and a glowing Tamil sign above, and a digital timestamp reads 09/06/2025 19:44.2025-08-06Night street scene in a busy market at a religious procession. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a striped orange-and-pink cloth wrapped at the waist stands beside a red and black ceremonial umbrella, near a flower-garlanded palanquin or float. Behind him a man in a white shirt sits by a wooden platform, and a person with a red forehead mark and saffron-red cloth sits near a brass pot. Shops line the street, including a metal vessel store and a KAILASA shop with a gold-framed deity image, and a gold-decorated deity murti is visible in the shop window. Crowds of onlookers fill the street under bright lights.Night street scene in Madurai during a temple procession. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a striped red-and-gold veshti and white dhoti stands on a wooden platform, with garlands of orange and white flowers hanging beside him. A red and orange umbrella is at left. A man in a grey shirt and a bare-chested older man in white sit on the bamboo-framed cart, one holding a brass tray or plate. Shops line the street, including a 'Sankar Metals' vessels sales store with hanging brass and steel utensils. On the right a large sign reads 'kailasa' with an illustrated deity figure, and a golden ornate palanquin or chariot section is visible beside it.A street procession in Madurai at dusk, with a wooden ratha-style float carrying decorated deity murti under an orange and purple fringed canopy. The murti are draped in red cloth and garlanded with white and yellow flowers. Two bare-chested men in white and blue dhotis push the float from the front, and a shirtless youth in an orange sash and orange dhoti walks alongside. A man in a light shirt and tan dhoti stands on the float near the canopy. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the right. Shops, shuttered storefronts and signs line the street, and a timestamp reads 07/06/2025 18:29. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2025-07-06Street photograph of a temple procession in Madurai at dusk. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in an orange shawl and a red-and-gold headcloth, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, ties or adjusts a bamboo-and-cloth fastening on a decorated palanquin. Behind him, a bare-chested man in white dhoti and a striped waistcloth works beside a teal cloth draped over the vehicle. The palanquin carries a golden arch, white and yellow garland strands, and a bed of marigolds and red flowers. Above, a large orange and purple umbrella shades the procession. Onlookers watch from a balcony on a building with shuttered shopfronts. Flower baskets sit at the bottom edge. A timestamp reads 06/06/2025 18:22.2025-06-06