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A street photograph taken from beside an ornate gold-painted pillar, showing a busy town road in light rain. Many people walk under black umbrellas, and a woman in a green sari stands with her hands pressed together in namaste. Motorcycles and a bicycle move along the road, with auto-rickshaws, a white car and a yellow taxi nearby. Shopfronts with painted signboards line the street, and the scene looks like a procession or devotional gathering on a town route. Roughly twenty or more people are visible, including partial figures at the edges.

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A rainy street scene in a town, with a wet paved road reflecting the grey sky. Many people stand and walk along the roadside under black and grey umbrellas, and a man on a bicycle and motorcyclists pass through. A white vintage sedan and a yellow auto-rickshaw are parked or moving nearby, and roadside shops with blue tarpaulin awnings line the left. In the foreground, a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti, with an orange-pink cloth over his shoulder, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar beside an elderly man in white holding an umbrella. Other men wear white shirts and white dhotis. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-10-21A photograph taken from an elevated, ornately gold-painted temple chariot or structure, looking down a busy street lined with shops and signboards in Tamil script. Motorcycles, bicycles, a white van, a green car and a yellow auto-rickshaw fill the road, with several riders in white shirts and dhotis. Pedestrians stand along the pavement, and a few men in white robes and caps appear at the left. Golden carved columns frame the right edge and gilded forms are visible at the bottom. No a person candidate is clearly visible in the scene.2006-10-23October 27 20062006-10-27A busy urban street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, seen from an elevated vantage point beside a gilded temple-style pillar on the right edge. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a yellow roof is in the foreground, with a motorcyclist in a light blue shirt and green cap riding beside a passenger in white. Cyclists, rickshaws, a red SUV and white vans fill the road, and shopfronts with signboards line both sides under trees, with a tall building and billboard in the distance.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23Photograph of a crowd of villagers standing on a wet street during rain, many holding black umbrellas, with hands pressed together in anjali as if greeting or receiving darshan. Women wear saris in cream, orange, yellow, pink and maroon; men wear white shirts, checked shirts and lungis. A woman in the centre wears a cream sari and rudraksha-style beaded necklace. A light blue building with a thatched roof and a truck with a tarpaulin stand in the background, and a red-and-yellow painted wall shows painted lettering. The scene appears to depict a roadside gathering along the Koadikkan Ratha Yatra route.2006-10-27A wet city street with puddles reflecting the grey sky, photographed from a stone pillar in the foreground. Vehicles include a white van, a yellow auto-rickshaw, cars, a red bus and many parked motorcycles. Several pedestrians walk along the road and pavement, including a boy in a striped shirt crossing in front and a man in white on the right. Shopfronts display signs for Saravana Bhavan restaurants, a UTI sign and a lottery shop. The scene appears to be a busy town street, possibly during a yatra route.2006-10-27November 05 20062006-11-05A busy urban street in India seen from an elevated gold-painted pillar or railing in the right foreground. Several men ride motorcycles and scooters down the road, mostly in white or light shirts and dhotis or trousers. Yellow-and-gold barrier railings line the left edge of the road, and a large billboard showing a figure in red clothing stands above the street. Shops, signs and pedestrians fill the background under a hazy sky. No ritual or ceremony is visible.2006-10-23Street scene during a ratha procession in an Indian city. A large ornate golden chariot with carved panels and orange and red garlands stands at right beside a small shrine with a blue-tinted roof and a deity murti. Traffic fills the road: motorcycles and a small blue car, a bicycle rickshaw with a green tarpaulin, and pedestrians including a woman in a blue sari and men in white shirts and dhotis. A large tree shades the street and yellow multi-storey buildings line the left side. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-11-05Outdoor street scene during a roadside procession, with a crowd lining a dusty road lined by trees. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing orange saffron shawls, stand among women in sarees, including a woman in a pale pink saree and a woman in a light blue saree holding a wooden stick. A small boy in dark clothes holds a stick. Cars, vans, motorbikes and an auto-rickshaw pass on the road behind them. A white board with flower garlands in the left foreground suggests a devotional stop. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person; the white-clad and orange-shawled men are shown only by role as devotees.2006-10-24October 23 20062006-10-23