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A street scene in a Tamil town shows a striped purple and green canopy tent set up on the roadside, decorated with banana leaves and green foliage. Beneath it, a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts stands and sits. A dark purple signboard with white Tamil lettering stands in the foreground. Nearby, a man on a motorcycle rides past, a boy in the lower left looks toward the camera, and a banana plant is staked beside the tent. White multi-storey buildings with arched windows line the background under a bright blue sky.

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September 23 20062006-09-23September 23 20062006-09-23A street procession moves along a rough paved road in a town. Drummers in white dhotis and shirts play a drum on the left, and a line of men and women in white and cream clothes walks behind. A man in a white shirt and dhoti holds a red-and-gold umbrella-like canopy over a central figure, with a yellow and red decorated parasol nearby. Banana plants with leaves and striped cloth canopies line the street. On the right, a long banner held by men in white shows a portrait of a long-haired man and Tamil script. Shopfronts and a multi-storey building stand behind, with a uniformed police officer on the right edge.2006-09-23A street scene in front of a South Indian temple gopuram-style entrance with painted deity sculptures and a teal-and-cream facade. A crowd of men and women in white dhotis, saris and shirts stands along the roadside, a woman in a yellow sari and a man in a pink-garlanded white shirt among them. An orange flag flies from a shop front; motorcycles and pedestrians move along a sunlit road lined with signboards.2009-01-21A crowded street procession in a Tamil town, filmed from an elevated vantage point. A decorated ratha or palanquin with gold and red drapery and a deity murti is pulled along the road near the top left. Many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts walk alongside, with women in saris of pink, blue and orange. Men in orange cloth and red checked shirts stand among the crowd. Strings of white and blue pennant flags hang across the street, and shopfronts with colourful signboards line both sides. Several people in the foreground watch the procession, some on bicycles and motorbikes parked to the side.2006-09-24A roadside outdoor event on a sunny day under a blue sky with utility poles and wires. Blue, red and multicolored striped awnings and marigold-yellow and orange bunting shelter a crowd. A large white banner with Tamil script hangs on the left. In the foreground, several motorcycles and bicycles are parked on dirt, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds an orange saffron flag on a pole. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, and a few women in sarees, stand along the road watching. Some attendees stand near a tent, and a black board stands in the middle of the scene.2009-08-03Street scene in a South Indian town with a large roadside billboard in Tamil reading as an advertisement for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with a meditation and dhyana siddhi centre notice and a photo of a smiling man in an orange turban. Below it, a second red-turbaned portrait. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, a bare-chested young man in a white vest, and women in saris walk past parked bicycles and motorbikes. Onlookers on a rooftop watch the street. Strings of leaves and flags are strung across the road, and bunting hangs overhead.2007-01-12January 21 20092009-01-21Annadhan in 20092009-01-01 +1 copiesA roadside street scene where a group of devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand on a tarmac road, a woman in an orange-and-yellow floral sari with a pink blouse presses her palms together. A man in a white shirt holds a long garland of orange and white flowers, and another holds a tray with red-orange offerings. A young boy in a patterned shirt stands beside the group. Behind them, a canopy in red and orange patterned fabric with orange flags and a banana plant marks a reception point, with framed portraits visible under the canopy and red plastic chairs at the right. Parked scooters and buildings line the street.2009-02-05June 21 20142014-06-21Annadhan in 20112011-01-01 +1 copies