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Night photograph of a dense street procession in a town with shopfronts and signboards on both sides. A large illuminated chariot, lit with golden lights and decorated with ornate fretwork, moves down the centre of the road, followed by another lit float further back. The crowd is packed tightly: men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris, and a young girl in a yellow dress with beaded necklaces in the foreground. A man near the right wears a garland of white and purple flowers and a dark shirt. People watch from a balcony at the top right. Signboards include a pharmacy sign.

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February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesNight street procession in a busy town, with a large crowd of devotees filling the road. Many people in saris, shawls and dhotis walk towards an illuminated ornate temple chariot, its tall tiered canopy lit with warm lights and glowing in the distance. On the left, a tree and a decorated float are covered in strings of lights, and shopfronts line both sides of the street. Many people in the foreground wear shawls and layered clothing, some in saffron and yellow tones. A person on the far right of the frame holds up a phone.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesNight procession on a crowded street lined with multi-storey buildings and shopfronts, with many people gathered and moving along the roadway. In the foreground, a large illuminated temple chariot with glowing lights stands at left beside a shop with red and green signage, and a second brightly lit, ornate chariot or ratha with a tiered golden canopy glows in the distance at centre. Many devotees wear saris in pink, yellow, green and patterned fabrics, while others wear white and yellow shirts. Dense crowds fill the street in front of the procession, many with shawls and bags. Scene reads as a temple procession, possibly the Panchamurti procession, with ornate chariots carried through the town at night.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesA nighttime street procession in a crowded Tamil town. In the centre, a gilded, canopied palanquin with red and white draping and lit garlands carries a deity murti or decorated image, lit by strings of bulbs. A dense crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron scarves, walks around it. Strings of white flags with small portraits line the street overhead. On the left a sign reads Vasan Eye Care, and a painted banner hangs on the right building.2008-11-11February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesNight street procession in a busy Indian town. A large illuminated chariot carrying a deity murti under a decorated canopy moves down the lane, with robed figures seated on its platform. In the foreground, a man with long matted hair and a flower garland on his head, wearing a red-brown cloth and gold chain, walks in the crowd. Beside him a figure in saffron-orange cloth carries a brass kalasha-like vessel. Men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk among devotees, with shops lit by coloured lights along the street. The scene shows a temple ratha procession with devotees walking alongside.2017-02-07Night procession on a dark street lined with shops and hanging pennants. At the centre is an ornate silver-gilded palanquin-style ratha carrying a deity murti decorated with garlands and red-and-gold drapery, with a small kalasha-like finial atop. Men in orange-and-white dhotis or sacred-thread-style orange shawls walk alongside and support the carriage. Around it crowds of devotees in white shirts and dhotis, a woman in a white sari, and people in checked shirts follow closely. A red rope barrier runs along the left side. The scene is lit mainly by street lights and the carriage's lamps.2006-09-24