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Outdoor street procession in Pondicherry with a large bronze hand in the foreground, its raised fingers in focus. Behind it, a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis stands along a roadside lined with palms and trees. A man in a yellow-orange shawl stands in the middle of the group, and a shirtless man in an orange-striped dhoti stands at right by the table, which holds plates of food and flowers. Orange and white flags wave above, and banners with portrait photos hang on a wall in the background. A timestamp reads 16.10.2006.

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Outdoor street procession in a palm-lined Tamil Nadu town during the Kodikkan ratha yatra in Pondicherry. In the foreground a young man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala stands beside large wooden pillars or carved blocks, and a bare-chested man in a dhoti holds a brass lamp or aarti plate with pink offerings on a white-covered table. Behind them a crowd of men, women and children in white clothes, some with white flags, moves along the street. Several large banners show a portrait of a robed saffron-clad figure, but it is printed and cannot be matched to a physical person. A stamped date reads 16.10.2006.2006-10-16October 12 20062006-10-12Outdoor procession on a village street in Tamil Nadu under palm trees and a hazy sky. Men in white and pale shirts crowd the road. In the foreground a man in a white shirt holds up a large framed portrait on a pole; the portrait shows a face in a white head-wrap and is captioned in Tamil. Two ornate multicoloured umbrellas with fringed edges, one with a red and yellow design, shade a palanquin area behind the crowd. White flags on poles, a blue-and-white flag, and a small flame near a doorway appear among the crowd. A plain cream building with a blue shutter stands at the back.2006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16Outdoor procession with a young man in a saffron-orange shawl and white shirt holding a long wooden pole and a small brass handbell, while another man at right extends a brass aarti lamp with flame toward the group. Behind them a red and gold ceremonial umbrella with fringed trim stands above a line of men in white shirts and dhotis, several with palms pressed together in namaste. White flags with a blue emblem wave among green trees and a thatched hut. The scene suggests a ratha yatra procession with aarti.2006-10-16A street procession in a Tamil Nadu town on an evening in October 2006. In the foreground, a large gilded deity figure with pillars and a red flag stands on a raised decorated platform, with gold finger-like forms visible at the bottom edge. A crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, some in lighter clothes, presses toward the platform, with a bald man in white and a man in a dark shirt reaching forward. A child in a striped shirt stands near the front. Parked cars, auto-rickshaws, motorcycles and shops line the road, and trees and hills appear in the background. A dense group of several dozen people is visible.2006-10-24A street procession in a village in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, with many men in white shirts and white dhotis walking closely together, several playing long wind instruments. Men and women crowd the roadside and balconies watching. A white vehicle is in the background with white flags and posters on poles, one showing a portrait of a figure in orange and white and another showing a figure in white headdress. A man in a checked green shirt holds a video camera. Women in sarees, some in white and yellow, walk among the crowd, and a drum is visible at lower right. Pale green and orange tones of the setting appear under a corrugated roof.2006-10-16A crowd of men, boys and some women gathers on a dirt lane beside a brick wall during a procession. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and a young man in the centre wears a saffron-orange shawl over a white shirt. A boy in the foreground holds a long wooden pole of a procession standard hung with colourful tassels in red, orange, purple, green and white. Bicycles and a drum are visible at left, and a few older people stand at the back.2006-10-16Outdoor festival procession in Tamil Nadu beside a palm grove. A golden ornate ratha/chariot canopy carved with pillars and decorated with red, yellow and white garlands shelters a deity murti. Two large portrait prints are mounted on poles, showing a smiling man in a white turban with a dark jacket; the portraits are printed images, not physical people. Four men stand in front of the chariot: a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a man in white with an orange shawl talk while others in white shirts look on. Orange flags and pennant bunting hang overhead. Printed date stamp reads 15.10.2006.2006-10-15October 16 20062006-10-16Dense crowd at an outdoor Tamil Nadu temple procession, with a striped green, red and yellow canopy with tassels at left and a yellow-and-gold banner at right. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt and orange shawl holds coconuts decorated with white jasmine garlands and green leaves. Behind him a woman in a green blouse and yellow floral sari carries a small pot with leaves, and another woman in a green-and-grey sari stands nearby. Many men in white shirts and women in saris and salwars fill the crowd under a stone pillared colonnade.2006-10-16