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Night 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.

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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. 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 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 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.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 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 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.Night 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.A street procession in a crowded Tamil Nadu market lane shows a decorated wooden palanquin carrying two garlanded deity murtis dressed in red cloth with gold crowns, under a large orange-and-purple fringed canopy. Men in dhotis carry the palanquin on long wooden poles, and a man in a white vest waves a fan of palm-leaf or feather whisk. In the foreground, two people in saffron/orange cloth, one a woman with a braid, look on from the side. Shop fronts, signboards and hanging wires line the street, and a timestamp reads 07/06/2025 18:29.2025-07-06KAILASA MADURAI On December 28, 2025 +1 copiesA 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.2025-06-04A 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.2025-07-06