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A crowded narrow street in a Tamil town during a procession. Many people walk and ride motorbikes through the crowd, with yellow auto-rickshaws on the right and a yellow van with Tamil lettering on the left. A white-clad man in a white shirt and dhoti carries a metal tray of offerings, possibly fruit and flower garlands. A woman in a red bandhani sari walks barefoot near the center. Shops, hoardings and a clock tower line both sides of the road under an overcast sky.

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A crowded street procession in a busy Tamil Nadu town. Many women walk in front wearing bright sarees in pink, green, orange and red, and some carry papers or small offerings. Men in white dhotis and shirts, and others in checked and maroon shirts, walk and ride bicycles among them. Yellow auto-rickshaws and parked vehicles line the road, and shopfronts and signboards, including Tamil script, crowd both sides. No a person figure or deity is clearly visible in this street view. Crowd is large, with many people visible in the frame.2006-10-24A dense street crowd fills a narrow Tamil Nadu town road during a procession. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, and women in sarees, walk and ride motorcycles amid shops and signboards. In the foreground a woman in a red sari and a man in a checked shirt on a motorbike lead the way, while a yellow auto-rickshaw with a blue cover sits to the right. Garlands hang from a small stand at left. Shopfronts and hanging banners line both sides under a bright sky.2006-10-24October 24 20062006-10-24A busy Tamil Nadu street scene in daylight, with a dense crowd of people in white dhotis and shirts and women in saris moving along a road lined with shops, hoardings and Tamil signboards. Orange flags and a decorated float or ratha with colourful umbrellas and floral festoons sit at the right, where devotees gather near a procession. A yellow Mahindra van and yellow auto-rickshaw advertising Kaizen are caught in the traffic among motorcycles and bicycles.2009-01-21A dense street crowd gathers in front of a colourfully painted South Indian gopuram temple tower with many sculpted figures, beneath a bamboo-and-cloth canopy. Men in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris and salwar-style dress, and children move through the crowd, some pushing bicycles. A vendor with a pink cotton candy stand is at left. Signboards include a red-bordered one-way sign and a shop sign pointing to a temple. Several people are plainly visible; the crowd is too large to count exactly and no individual is identifiable as a person.2006-10-24A large street procession winds through a crowded Indian town road. Hundreds of participants in orange and saffron clothing and white dhotis march behind orange flags and decorated parasols with multicolored fringes. Drummers and a horn player lead the group. Two yellow auto-rickshaws with printed banners are in the foreground, and a pedestrian in a purple sari stands at the roadside. Shops with signboards line the street, and a white temple gopuram rises in the background.2008-08-01A busy daytime street in a Tamil Nadu town, lined with shops and multi-storey buildings under a pale sky with strings of bunting overhead. Motorcycles and scooters ride along the road, a black SUV and a yellow auto-rickshaw pass, and pedestrians in white shirts and dhotis walk the pavement. In the foreground at right, a handcart holds garlands of flowers. Shop signs read in Tamil and English, including a sign for a sari and garment shop. No a person candidate is visible.2014-07-03Aerial view of a street procession in a town. A large gold-and-white ornate ratha (chariot) with a decorated canopy moves along the road at right, followed by a crowd of people dressed mostly in white with orange saffron flags. Marchers in front carry framed portrait placards on sticks. Yellow auto-rickshaws line the left side, a white truck loaded with sacks and goods sits in the foreground, and police officers in khaki stand along the road. Shops with signboards and palm trees line the street.2009-02-02A busy street procession in an Indian town, with a decorated ratha or float covered in garlands and bright fabric at the upper right, shaded by colourful umbrellas. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk and ride motorcycles in the road, many carrying saffron-orange flags. A yellow and green Mahindra bus, a yellow auto-rickshaw and a bicycle share the street, and shop signs in Tamil line the buildings. Many onlookers stand along the pavement under the sun.2009-01-21October 25 20062006-10-25October 20 20062006-10-20October 24 20062006-10-24