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A street-level photograph of a wooden ceremonial palanquin or ratha with carved floral panels and a red cloth canopy, mounted on a green metal wheeled cart. Behind it a blue tarpaulin awning shelters a roadside stall with colourful striped and floral fabrics laid out on a table. The blurred foreground shows a wooden pole and street paving. No clearly identifiable people are visible, only a partial figure in blue behind the stall. A blue timestamp overlay reads 27 Dec 2025 6:05:36 pm, Mandakpadi offering, and #Kailasa Madurai #LunchFull.

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Night photograph of a wooden chariot or palanquin with carved wooden pillars and a carved deity panel above, mounted on long wooden poles and green-painted rails in a city street. Inside the shrine is a seated deity murti draped in white with a yellow marigold garland. A red hanging banner with gold border shows a painted black elephant with decorative trappings. Shop fronts, a balcony with a person standing, and hanging goods line the street. A blue timestamp overlay reads 30 Dec 2025 6:28:54 pm, Mandakpadi offering, #Kailasa Madurai #LunchFull.A wooden palanquin-style carriage with carved pillars and a carved arched top with a round medallion sits on a green wheeled wooden cart, draped in red cloth and a red-and-yellow banner painted with a white horse. Inside, a standing deity murti in white and lavender robes with a long white garland is decorated with white flower garlands and red flowers at its base. Blue sign text on a shop front behind and blurred foreground figures in a crowd are visible, with a green-and-pink dressed figure on a display at right. Timestamp in the lower right reads 28 Dec 2025 8:08:40 pm with the hashtag #Kailasa Madurai #Devalaya.Night street photograph of a Mandakpadi procession in Madurai. A young man in a yellow t-shirt and blue cloth wrapped at his waist pushes a green wooden cart or palanquin decorated with a red cloth and a small deity murti adorned with flowers. A shaved-headed man in an orange head covering stands at the left edge, and a crowd of onlookers in casual clothes, including a woman in a dark patterned sari and a child in yellow, walks along the street lined with shopfronts and lights. A large woven basket sits on the left. Overlay text reads 27 Dec 2025 7:41:42 pm, Mandakpadi offering, #Kailasa Madurai, #LunchFull.2025-12-27A photograph of a wooden palanquin-style vahana shrine on a green wheeled wooden platform in a busy street. Inside the carved wooden canopy, a deity murti in white robes with a white and green flower garland and a loose flower offering at its base sits in front of a red curtain. A red cloth panel to the left shows a painted bull with a decorated harness. A bare-chested man in a white vest stands beside the shrine, and a blue shop sign is visible above. A timestamp reads 28 Dec 2025 8:08:42 pm.A street procession on a busy Madurai roadside. A man in a white sleeveless vest and green lungi pulls a green wooden hand cart forward by its shaft. On the cart stands a carved wooden palanquin-style shrine with a red velvet curtain, housing a deity murti draped in white cloth and garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. Two bare-backed men in dhotis and an orange-robed figure walk nearby among onlookers. Shops with signboards, a utility pole and wires line the street behind them. A blue timestamp in the lower right reads 27 Dec 2025 6:05:28 pm and Mandakpadi offering.2025-12-27Night photograph of a temple procession in Madurai. A deity murti of a goddess, dressed in a green sari with a red and green border and garlanded with white and yellow flowers, is seated on a wooden chariot (ratha) under a red fringed umbrella. Men in white dhotis and bare torsos stand near the front of the chariot and are partially visible on the left. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers gathers beside a shop with a teal sign. Baskets of fruit and coconuts sit at the lower left, and a wooden pole and lit lamps appear at the lower right. The green chariot base bears the repeated word Siva. A blue timestamp reads 30 Dec 2025 6:30:48 pm, Mandakpadi offering, #Kailasa Madurai #LunchFull.Night street scene in a busy Madurai market lane lit by shop lights and a lit sign. In the centre, a green flatbed cart with wooden poles carries a gilded wooden canopy with red drapes, under which a white-clad deity murti sits adorned with a green garland. A young man in a yellow shirt stands beside the cart, and another person in green stands on the cart near the canopy. On the left, a woman in a green sari stands by roadside stalls selling colourful plastic items and powders. In the foreground right, a man with a dark topknot wears a white shirt and blue dhoti-style cloth. Shop signs read G K Gem & Jewellery. The timestamp reads 28 Dec 2025 8:07:27 pm with #Kailasa Madurai #Devalaya.Photo taken upside down of a street-side ritual procession. A silver-coloured ceremonial pole with a twisted handle dominates the right side. Beneath a small orange and red canopy hangs a deity murti or small figure hung with green and orange garlands. Men wearing orange and saffron cloths and red turbans crowd the frame, one holding a long pole. Above, shop signage and a green-roofed structure are visible, with a tiled shop front and a building facade behind the procession. A blue caption on the lower right reads a date and Mandakpadi offering.2025-01-07Street procession in a busy Madurai market lane. A wooden palanquin with a red cloth panel showing a painted white bull or Nandi figure is carried on a green wheeled cart pulled by wooden poles. A man in a blue checked shirt stands in front of it, and a woman in white holds flowers near the cart. Shopkeepers and passersby line the street under multi-storey buildings, with shop signs including Maragatha Meenakshi Metal and Sanjika Agency. A time stamp reads 02/06/2025 18:28.2025-01-06A street-side photo of a chariot procession at dusk. In the centre, a deity murti stands under a red and gold umbrella, draped in green and white garlands and a red-and-green silk cloth. In the foreground, a woman in an orange headwrap and orange top faces left, with a gold-beaded necklace visible. To her right, a bearded man in a light shirt with green tilak marks looks toward the camera, and another man stands behind him. Shop fronts with lit interiors and a signboard line the street behind the procession.Night street photograph of a festival procession in Madurai. Under a large red and multicoloured parasol with fringed tassels, a deity murti is carried on a decorated palanquin draped in green and red cloth and garlanded with white and green flower garlands. In the foreground, a man in a white vest and a man in a light shirt with sindoor marks on his forehead stand near the procession, and a man in a white shirt holds a phone at the lower left. Illuminated shopfronts line the street, with a sign reading MARA and a Tamil-script signboard. A blue timestamp reads 30 Dec 2025 6:31:15 pm, Mandakpadi offering, #Kailasa Maduraj #LunchFull.Night street scene in a Madurai market lane. In the left foreground, a woman wearing an orange head wrap and orange sari, with a shoulder bag and a basket of white flowers, stands with her back to the camera. Beside a green wooden cart with a long wooden log, a man in a white vest and green lungi pushes the cart, and another man in a light checked shirt stands behind it. Behind them a wooden shrine canopy with a red cloth hangs near a red banner printed with a horse-like figure. Shops with shuttered fronts, a blue tarpaulin and hanging wares line the street. The cart carries a green panel with white lettering. +1 copies