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A street procession moves through a busy town road lined with shops and signboards. Many people in white dhotis and white kurtas or saris walk among red-orange flags, with drummers and musicians in the crowd. Two large multicoloured umbrellas are held over the centre of the procession. On the left foreground, a golden-framed portrait of a smiling woman with a red dot on her forehead is carried. A red-and-white arch-shaped sign for a nursing home and a bus sit in the background.

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February 05 20092009-02-05A street procession in a South Indian town moves along a paved road lined with shops and signboards. At the centre, a gold-coloured ornate ratha, or chariot, is garlanded with orange and yellow flowers and carries a framed portrait of a man with dark hair. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts walk beside it, several carrying tall orange-red flags on poles. A woman in a white sari leads in the foreground and a man in a checked shirt walks with a flag. Onlookers stand at the roadside, including a man in white near a motorbike. A signboard reads Rajan Eye Nursing Home beside the road.2009-02-05A street procession moves down a busy town road lined with shops, signboards and parked motorcycles. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing orange shawls or sashes, walk in the crowd, with drummers beating drums at the front. Saffron-orange flags flutter above, and a banner carrying Tamil text is held aloft. Two decorated palanquin-style canopies with orange and blue fringes travel in the middle of the procession. Women in red and orange saris walk along the edge of the road in the foreground, and a shaved-head man in a white shirt stands at the left. A tall grey shrine tower and a temple gopuram appear in the background.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A large street procession winds through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, hanging wires and Tamil-script signboards. Many people in saffron-orange shirts and white dhotis walk in the crowd, several carrying tall orange flags on poles. Musicians play large drums in the foreground, including a drummer in a white shirt and a drummer wearing an orange scarf. Colourful umbrellas and ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the street, and a yellow auto-rickshaw and a black auto-rickshaw are in the lane. A temple gopuram rises in the background above the buildings. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a specific leader from this view.2008-08-01A large street procession winds through a town lined with multi-storey buildings, shopfronts, and strings of festival bunting. Foreground, a crowd of people in white dhotis and white kurtas and saris carry red and orange flags on poles. A long white banner held at the front reads in Tamil script beneath a portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a shaved head. Several framed portraits are carried among the marchers, and a few people in saffron and orange clothing walk near the front. Overhead, electric wires cross the street and a large billboard with a portrait is visible at upper right.2006-09-24A 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 street procession moves along a town road lined with two-storey buildings, with a red-and-white bunting strip overhead. Musicians in white dhotis and shirts play trumpets and drums at the front, beside a large peacock-feather fan and a decorated white float with red trim carried on a platform. Many people in white, cream and saffron saris and dhotis walk in rows behind, several holding orange and red flags and banners, one carrying a framed portrait of a bearded man on a pole. A sign reads 'Public' along a white banner. A parked silver van and motorbikes line the street. A Tamil signboard hangs on a building wall. The scene is a daytime ratha yatra style procession.2006-09-24A large street procession moves through a crowded Indian town past shopfronts and hanging signboards. Dozens of men in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing orange shawls, march with drummers beating drums, and people carry colourful striped umbrellas and orange flags on poles. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a campaign poster sits in the foreground, and a temple gopuram rises above the rooftops. Crowds line the roadside and watch from balconies. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so no specific person is named.2008-08-01A large crowd of devotees moves through a street during a procession. Most men wear white shirts and dhotis, and many women wear white or cream saris with orange borders. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace stands among the group, with a garland and an orange turban-like headwear. A large white canopy with red fringe and ornate umbrellas in orange, red and yellow are carried overhead. A man holds a framed portrait on a stick at left. Shop signs, a clock tower and a parked truck line the street behind.2006-09-24A street procession moves through a crowded market road lined with shops and signboards. Many participants wear white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls, and several carry orange flags on tall poles. Musicians play long brass horns and drums, including dhol drums on the right, while a row of ornate multicoloured parasols with tasselled fringes, decorated with blue and gold motifs, is held aloft. A banner strung between the parasols bears Tamil script. Spectators line the street and watch from the background, and some people stand on the roadside.2008-08-01A street procession moves down a paved town road lined with low concrete houses and a parked grey van. Many people walk in the road, mostly men and women in white ritual dress and cotton saris in orange, yellow, green and pink. Several people carry saffron and white flags, and others hold framed portraits and large banners printed with a man's face. Red and white bunting is strung across the street, and a drum player appears at the lower left. The crowd fills most of the frame.2006-09-24