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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.

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Night street procession in Madurai. A man in a yellow t-shirt and blue shorts walks barefoot on paving stones, holding a woven basket of food and gesturing with his right hand. Behind him a green wheeled cart carries a wooden canopied shrine with carved panels and red drapery, containing a white deity murti garlanded with yellow flowers. To the left a person wears an orange head cloth and white clothing, and other onlookers stand along the street under shop lights. Illuminated shop signs with Tamil lettering line the street.2025-12-27Night street procession in a crowded market lane, photographed from street level. Several men in white sleeveless vests and white dhotis, some with green-and-white cloths, walk forward carrying or guiding a lit, decorated palanquin on the right with a red-and-gold canopy over a deity murti adorned with garlands and green fabric. A man in a dark shirt walks at the right edge. A woman in a blue sari with a plain blue wrap stands at left among onlookers. Baskets of flower garlands, bowls of coloured powder and plastic-wrapped offerings sit on the street at lower left. Shopfronts and string lights line the road. A blue timestamp reads 27 Dec 2025 7:41:23 pm, Mandakpadi offering, #Kailasa Madurai #LunchFull.2025-12-27Night street procession in a busy Indian town with a crowd walking along a paved road lined with shops and lit signs. In the foreground at left, a woman in an orange robe and orange head wrap holds a woven basket of green leaves and white flowers beside trays of coloured powders in red, yellow and green. Behind her, men in white dhotis and sleeveless white shirts walk near a decorated palanquin with a red canopy carrying a lit, garlanded deity murti. A woman in a blue sari stands among the crowd. At right, a bare-shouldered man wearing a sacred thread is seen from behind. Overhead, power lines cross the dark sky. A timestamp reads 27 Dec 2025 7:41:21 pm, Mandakpadi offering.2025-12-27A blurry night street photograph in a crowded market street lined with lit shops and signboards. In the foreground at left, a woman in an orange headwrap and orange garment carries a woven basket of green leaves and offerings above a stall of colourful fabrics. Behind her, a crowd walks along the road, including a woman in a blue saree and a bare-chested man in a dhoti at right. A lit ornate palanquin or chariot with an orange canopy and illuminated decorations moves down the street in the distance. Overlaid blue text reads the date and 'Mandakpadi offering'. No one in the scene is identified as a person.2025-12-27Night 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.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 street procession in a busy Madurai lane, with a decorated wooden cart carrying a lit deity murti under a colourful striped canopy with fringe. A man in a white shirt and red lungi reaches up toward the murti and holds a flower garland, while a woman in an orange-red sari with a matching headcloth stands nearby. A barefoot person in white holds a brass bowl of offerings. Crowds fill the street, and illuminated shop signs and a temple gopuram line the background under a dusk sky. Blue timestamp text in the lower right reads 28 Dec 2025 6:28:03 pm with #Kailasa Madurai #Devalaya. +1 copiesNight street procession in a busy Indian city lane. On the left, a deity murti in white and red garments stands on a green wooden cart under a red, green and gold canopy, with white flower garlands hanging from it. A devotee in a white shirt and checked lungi holds the cart's wooden pole and a sanctum-style wooden frame. In the foreground right, a woman in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head wrap carries a brass plate of offerings, possibly fruit, with red kumkum or vibhuti on her forehead and a beaded garland. Behind her, a crowd of men and women in white shirts and dhotis presses along the street, with a lit oil lamp held at the right edge. A tall gopuram tower rises in the background under a dusk sky, and shop signs and lights line the street. A digital timestamp reads 28 Dec 2025 6:27:57 pm and the hashtags #Kailasa Madurai #Devalaya. +1 copiesKAILASA MADURAI On December 28, 2025 +1 copiesNight street procession in a crowded Indian town. On the left, a green wooden cart carries a decorated deity murti dressed in white with garlands, under a red, green and gold canopy. A man in a white shirt stands on the cart reaching toward it. In the foreground a person in an orange-red sannyasi-style head wrap and orange robe holds a shallow basket of offerings. Dense crowds of men and women in white and light clothes fill the road, with lit shop signs and a tall temple gopuram silhouetted in the background. +1 copiesNight street procession in a crowded Madurai lane. On the left, a decorated wooden palanquin-style cart carries a deity murti draped in white with garlands, under a colourful embroidered canopy with red tassels. A man in a checked shirt and red lungi pushes the green cart by its pole, while a man in a white vest and green lungi bends beside it. Many devotees, mostly men in white shirts and vests, press along both sides, and shop signs and string lights line the street. Blue on-screen timestamp reads 28 Dec 2025 6:27:52 pm. +1 copiesNight street procession in a busy Madurai market lane. On a green wooden ratha/chariot with a long wooden pole, a deity murti in a red and gold garment, with garlands of white flowers hanging down, sits under a multicolored umbrella canopy. A bare-chested man in a dhoti reaches up toward the figure, and a man in a blue and white checked shirt holds the chariot beside a basket of fruit. Devotees in white and orange clothing crowd the street, lit by shop signs and street lights. +1 copies