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A busy urban street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a white Maruti van leading a line of motorcycles and bicycles down the centre of the road. The van's windshield shows a framed photograph of a person, and riders include men in white shirts and dhotis. Green trees line the street, with auto-rickshaws, shops with Tamil signage, a blue multi-storey building and an empty billboard on scaffolding. The overlaid date reads 22 10 2006.

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October 22 20062006-10-22October 20 20062006-10-20A busy street in an Indian town on a hazy day, with cars, buses, auto-rickshaws and motorbikes crowding a dusty road lined with trees and shopfronts. Men in white shirts and dhotis ride motorcycles and walk along the pavement, and a small vehicle carries green banana plants and foliage toward the procession area. Signboards read AYYANNA and TN 45 on the vehicles, and the scene suggests a roadside gathering for a ratha procession rather than a ceremony itself. No deity or featured ritual figure is clearly visible in the frame.2006-10-20October 23 20062006-10-23A blurred street scene in a busy Indian town during daytime. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a pink-and-white sign occupies the left foreground, and a white van with a small framed portrait displayed on its windshield sits at right. Several scooters and a white car travel down the road, with pedestrians and motorcyclists along both sides. Palm and shade trees line the roadside, with shopfronts, signboards and utility poles behind. No deity, ritual or procession is visible, and no identifiable a person figure appears.2006-10-23A busy street in a coastal Tamil Nadu town on a cloudy day. A white van with a roof rack leads a line of traffic, followed by motorcycles and a flatbed truck. Two men ride motorcycles in the middle lane, one wearing a dark shirt and the other a light shirt. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks, and a man in a lungi stands at left. Shopfronts display painted signs, including one reading Cape Hotel, and billboards with pictures on the right. Two yellow auto-rickshaws sit at the right edge. Power lines and streetlights run overhead, with trees lining the far road.2006-10-27October 23 20062006-10-23October 22 20062006-10-22A busy Indian town street with a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, many riding motorcycles and scooters, mixed with yellow autorickshaws and a red van with a roof rack. Trees line the road and shops with signage such as Networth and Jockey stand behind. A man in a saffron-coloured lungi and shirt and a man in a white cap appear among the riders. Several people on foot and a boy in the foreground are visible. The street is congested with traffic and parked vehicles.2006-10-20A busy street in a South Indian town with a wide paved road running through the centre. Pedestrians walk across the road, including a man in a white dhoti and a woman in a green sari. Several black motorcycles are parked on the right beside a row of shops, and yellow auto-rickshaws sit on the left. A white minibus stands in the middle distance. Tall trees line the left side, and utility poles with overhead wires run along the road. A large billboard on the right shows portraits of men, though the figures are too small to judge clearly. Power lines and a low hill appear in the distance under an overcast sky.2012-05-09 +1 copiesOctober 22 20062006-10-22A busy urban street in daylight, photographed from the roadside. Several motorcycles and a dark hatchback car travel along the road, and a yellow auto-rickshaw is visible in the middle distance. A man in a white shirt rides a dark motorcycle in the foreground, and small figures walk along the far pavement. A leafy green tree stands beside a raised concrete traffic island, and a row of white-painted kerb stones lines the road edge. Shopfronts, signboards and utility poles fill the background under a pale sky. No ritual, deity or a person appearance is visible.2006-10-23