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Night street photo of a festival procession in a crowded market street. In the foreground a wooden palanquin-style structure with a dark navy cloth panel bearing a painted deity figure seated on a green lotus-like base, flanked by flower motifs and gold borders, carried on bamboo poles. Crowds of devotees, many men in white vests and dhotis, women in saris, and children fill the street. Shops line both sides with bright lights and signboards, and a decorated umbrella canopy appears further down the road.

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Night street procession in a crowded Tamil Nadu town lined with bright white string lights and colourful signboards, including a blue sign reading Sri Karpagambal and a red sign reading Iraiyapriya Sri Vanga Ayurvedic style text. A decorated wooden chariot or palanquin carries a deity murti garlanded with flowers and green draping, under a striped rainbow canopy topped by a gold finial. Bare-chested men in white dhotis and pink or purple cloths walk alongside and steady the chariot, one holding a lion-faced decorative element. Police in khaki uniform stand at the left edge, and many devotees in yellow, teal and white shirts or dhotis press around the procession. A timestamp reads 12-Apr-2024 7:43:04 pm and a caption reads Mandagapattu day 1. No identifiable a person candidate is present.2024-04-12A dense night-time street procession moves through a crowded town road. In the foreground, a large ornate palanquin with a white canopy edged in gold fringe carries a decorated deity murti in colourful painted and jewelled costume, borne on long green poles by many men in white dhotis and shirts, some bare-chested. Behind it, a second palanquin with a green-and-gold canopy carries another decorated deity figure. Hundreds of onlookers fill the street and balconies, and uniformed police stand among them. Shop signs, string lights and a large red-and-white portrait banner on a pole line the roadside, with a Tamil name visible on the banner.2011-01-16Street procession in a busy Indian town at dusk. A deity murti in a golden canopied palanquin, decorated with white and orange garlands and marigolds, is carried on a green wooden cart pulled by several men in dhotis and shirts. In the foreground, a bare-chested elderly man with a white beard and rudraksha mala wears an orange shawl and walks beside the cart. Shops line the street, including Maragatha Meenakshi Metal, with glowing signs and overhead power lines. Onlookers and devotees crowd the roadside.2025-06-30Night street procession in a busy Indian town. A small green-and-gold wooden palanquin with carved pillars, red drapes, a garland of white flowers and leaves, and a red-and-gold banner is carried on a long wooden pole mounted on a green-framed cart. A man in a light blue shirt and red dhoti walks at the right, gripping the pole. A woman in a pink sari and several onlookers stand along the left. Shop signs and bright lights line the street behind them.2022-04-05 +1 copiesNight street procession in a crowded Tamil town street. A large illuminated ornate temple chariot with a multi-tiered golden roof, lit by electric lights and decorated with deity images and garlands, moves through the crowd. Dense crowds of men in yellow and white shirts and dhotis walk in front and around it, many in yellow clothing. Shops with shutters and signboards line the street on both sides. A few men near the chariot wear white and bare upper bodies. No figure can be confidently identified as the a person from appearance, so the role is given only as a devotee or procession participant.2017-02-07 +2 copiesStreet procession in a busy Tamil Nadu town at dusk. A golden palanquin-style shrine decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands and red blossoms carries a deity murti. A shirtless man in a pink dhoti stands on the shrine's base, reaching toward the garlanded deity. Several men in white vests, green and yellow lungis and orange cloths pull the wooden cart by long ropes or poles. Women in orange and blue saris and a man in a yellow shirt watch from the roadside. Shops line the street, including a signboard reading Maragatha Meenakshi Metal. Power lines overhead and a crowd fill the scene.2025-06-30Street 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 18:28.2025-01-06Night 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.A crowded night street procession in a busy market area. A deity murti is carried on a palanquin-style platform under a large red, yellow and green decorated umbrella, draped in red and orange cloth and garlanded with flowers. Devotees push and pull at wooden poles of the palanquin. In the foreground, a woman in an orange headcloth and a man in a white cloth with rudraksha malas and a sandalwood tilak lean close. Shopfronts, signboards and crowds of onlookers fill the scene.2025-01-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07January 20 20212021-01-20