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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.

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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.A photograph of a gilded wooden shrine canopy with a deep red cloth backdrop, housing a deity murti decorated with yellow and purple flower garlands and a green leaf garland, draped in white cloth. In the right foreground two people are partly visible, one with dark hair in the lower right corner bent forward, wearing a pink garment, seemingly engaged in the offering. A bamboo pole and green cloth lie on the ground in front. The blue timestamp text reads 31 Dec 2025 6:24:57 pm, Mandakpadi offering, Madurai Meenakshi Temple Brahmotsavam, #Kailasa Madurai. Background shows a festival street with red and white banners.A 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.2025-12-27A night photograph of a decorated chariot procession in a temple street. A deity murti in green and gold garments, adorned with white and yellow flower garlands, sits on a green chariot draped with white cloth. A large red and gold umbrella with tassels shelters it. Lit oil lamps are held at the right edge by a person whose arm is visible, and a basket of fruit sits at the lower left. Several devotees stand behind the chariot along a shop front with Tamil signage. A blue timestamp reads 30 Dec 2025 6:30:50 pm and Mandakpadi offering. The deity appears to be a Meenakshi murti, though the iconography is partly obscured.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.2025-12-27A photograph of a carved wooden palanquin or shrine canopy with ornate carved pillars and top panels, framing a red cloth backdrop. Inside sits a dark wooden murti draped in a white cloth with a gold border, decorated with a yellow marigold garland and a purple flower garland, with green leaves tied at its base. A red and gold embroidered cloth hangs on the right side. The bottom-right corner carries a blue timestamp reading 27 Dec 2025 6:05:38 pm and Mandakpadi offering. No physical people are clearly visible in the frame.2025-12-27Night street scene during a temple chariot procession. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a striped multicolour border stands on the wooden platform beside a green and gold deity murti (likely a Devi form) draped in white and gold cloth, garlanded with white and red flowers and green leaves. A large red and multicolour umbrella with tassels shelters the murti. A man with a shaved head and a rudraksha-style necklace sits at the lower right, his back to the camera. Shops with signs stand behind. A blue overlay reads 30 Dec 2025 6:30:18 pm, Mandakpadi offering, #Kailasa Madurai #LunchFull.Night 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 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.2025-12-27Night photograph of a temple procession at a chariot. A bare-chested priest in a yellow, pink and white striped dhoti stands on the green-painted chariot platform, one arm raised to hold a large red and maroon ceremonial umbrella with tasselled fringe over a decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in white and gold cloth and garlanded with white jasmine and yellow-orange flower strings and green leaves. A dark-haired person in the lower left is partly visible beside the chariot, and a person in the right foreground is seen from behind. Shop signs and a building facade line the street behind them. A blue timestamp in the lower right reads 30 Dec 2025 6:30:10 pm, with the caption Mandakpadi offering and a hashtag reading Kailasa Madurai.A temple procession at dusk in a busy street. A deity murti stands under a red and gold umbrella with tassels, draped in garlands of yellow, white and red flowers, on a green palanquin-style platform with a white cloth spread beneath. A bamboo pole rests in the foreground. At left a bare-chested priest in a striped orange and pink garment and white dhoti leans toward the platform, and at right a figure in red garments is visible. A shop sign behind reads Maragatha Meen. Blue timestamp text along the bottom reads 30 Dec 2025 6:29:40 pm, Mandakpadi offering.