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A street procession on a busy town road lined with shops and signboards. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk in a crowd, several wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Above them, multicoloured ceremonial umbrellas with gold and red decorative motifs are carried, and an orange flag rises at the right edge beside a gold-embossed pole. A man in the foreground wears a yellow shawl and holds a small metal vessel. A silver hatchback is parked at left, and a cart loaded with bananas and a sack passes near the front. Several people stand on balconies and by the roadside.

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A street procession moves along a busy town road lined with shops and a hanging red signboard. In the foreground, men in white shirts and white dhotis walk closely together; one man in the front wears a dark beaded necklace with a pendant. Behind them, several people carry large ornate umbrellas with colourful fringed canopies and gold finials, and small handheld placards are visible. A man in a red jersey with a yellow shawl walks at right, and a man in a white cap stands at the far right edge. A parked silver car and a cart piled with bananas and sacks sit at left. Several people are on a roadside platform near the shops, and some are holding placards with printed images. The scene shows a ratha paada yatra style procession.2009-01-21A dense street procession moves through a crowded Tamil town road lined with people, many in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing orange or saffron shawls. Several decorated ceremonial umbrellas with red, gold and multicoloured canopies and fringed borders are carried above the marchers, and a red-and-white canopy structure rises in the background. A few men in saffron garments walk near the front, and a white vehicle with a Tamil Nadu plate sits at the left edge. Roadside shops, hoardings, bunting and a large billboard with Tamil text line the street, and the crowd spills across the road.2006-09-24February 02 20092009-02-02January 21 20092009-01-21A large street procession moves through a busy Tamil town. Hundreds of devotees in saffron and orange shirts and white dhotis fill the road, many holding tall orange flags on poles. Several decorated umbrellas in bright multicolour patterns and framed square banners with emblems are carried aloft. Drummers in white clothes play large drums and horns at the front. Shops with signboards, a yellow auto-rickshaw and two-wheelers line the street, and onlookers watch from the roadside. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from the image.2008-08-01A crowded street procession in a town market area. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis walk and stand along the road, with a few saffron-robed figures visible toward the centre, near orange flags. Pedestrians crowd the foreground, while a red car, a bicycle and parked motorbikes line the side. Stalls with fruit and goods sit under pennant strings strung across the street, and shop signs in Tamil script fill the background. Overcast sky above.2006-09-24January 21 20092009-01-21A dense street procession in a town, with a large crowd of mostly men in white dhotis and shirts and women in colourful saris moving between shopfronts and parked autorickshaws. Above the crowd, an ornate golden ratha/palanquin with a deity murti decorated with garlands is carried forward under a canopy. Several large decorated umbrellas with red, gold and green fringed panels are carried by men in white. A few saffron-clad figures appear among the crowd. A large hoarding at top right shows a deity image and text dated 2006, and strings of pennants hang across the street.2006-09-24A dense street procession moves between concrete shops in a town, with a crowd of mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, some in striped or checked shirts, pressing forward. Many carry tall saffron and orange flags bearing a dark blue emblem, and small white pennants are strung overhead. At left, a decorated ratha/chariot with ornate red, gold and multicoloured canopies and umbrellas is visible above the crowd, and a bunch of green bananas hangs in the foreground. A woman in a yellow sari with orange shawl stands at left. A bearded elderly man in white is at centre-right, and a man in a light shirt with glasses is at lower left. Signboards and a domed temple roof appear behind the crowd.2006-09-24A large street procession moves through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, parked vehicles and auto-rickshaws. At the front, a golden ratha/chariot carrying a decorated deity murti under a gold canopy is pulled along, with garlands and red-and-gold drapery. Dense crowds of devotees dressed mostly in white, with some in orange and saffron, walk alongside, many raising hands or following the chariot. Ornate umbrellas with red, orange and blue panels and gold fringe are carried over a palanquin-style canopy in the foreground. Overhead, strings of bunting and a printed banner with a deity image and Tamil text hang across the street. A violet banner on the right shows a figure and Tamil lettering. The scene appears to be a ratha yatra procession.2006-09-24A street procession moves through a crowded town road lined with shops, parked motorcycles and a thatched roof. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk in the crowd, while several bare-chested drummers and attendants wear yellow and orange turbans and orange cloth around their waists. A tall pole carries a saffron-orange banner with a red and blue emblem, and a red and gold parasol is visible behind it. A dark car with a readable sign on its side follows the procession. A pink building with a blue tarpaulin stands at right. Many spectators watch from the roadside and balconies, and the crowd is dense on both sides.2014-06-19January 21 20092009-01-21