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A 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.

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January 16 20112011-01-16January 16 20112011-01-16Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamJanuary 16 20112011-01-16Night 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.2024-04-12February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesA 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.2025-01-07January 16 20112011-01-16January 16 20112011-01-16January 16 20112011-01-16Night 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.Night street procession with dense crowds of devotees filling the road, many in white clothes, moving past shops and multi-storey buildings under street lights. Two decorated chariots or ratha float forward, each carrying a deity murti under ornate canopies with gold and colourful decorations; a priest in a white dhoti stands on the nearer chariot. A large red and yellow decorated umbrella stands on the right edge. Signs and shop banners line the street, and a bluish logo appears in the upper left corner.2006-10-27