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Night photograph of a ratha yatra procession at Namakkal, showing several men seen from behind, seated or kneeling in white shirts and a checked shirt, facing a lit decorated vehicle. Hanging palm-leaf strands with pale leaf cutouts and small orange oil lamps frame the scene. The vehicle carries a deity murti and garlands, with a dark wooden stand and a sign on the left. Festoons and string lights decorate the structure above.

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Night photo outdoors under trees strung with yellow bulb lights. Rows of seated devotees face a lit stage or deity display in the background, with a glowing backdrop of figures and a vehicle-like structure. Men in white shirts and white dhotis sit on wooden benches in the foreground, and women in saris sit among them, one with flowers in her hair. Hanging paper decorations are visible on the left. A date stamp in the lower right reads 11.26.2008 with a copyright line.2009-02-02Night outdoor gathering in a dark village setting. Seated devotees in white clothes and colourful saris sit on a yellow mat and on folding chairs in front of a brightly lit, ornately decorated deity murti on a float, glowing with orange and red light. A standing man in a white shirt faces the crowd near the mat. A parked vehicle with a projected image of a deity and a string of fairy lights frame the scene, with more people in white seated along the right. Two rows of spectators sit in the foreground.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02A large indoor hall with a white sheeted floor where many men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged, seen from behind, facing a stage at the far end. On the stage, a group of men in white clothing with orange and saffron shawls stand in rows, and a man at the right edge wears an orange shawl over white. Red and gold festoons hang above, with tall decorated pillars in yellow, orange and red at the sides, and a large framed black-and-white portrait of a bearded man with long hair hangs on the left wall. A glittering golden decorative piece is visible on the stage backdrop.2007-02-15January 08 20102010-01-08February 02 20092009-02-02A photograph of a large seated gathering of men and women dressed in white ritual clothing, many with white vibhuti marks on their foreheads and some wearing rudraksha or beaded malas. They sit close together on the floor facing forward, attentive and still, in front of a backdrop of yellow and orange marigold garlands and multicoloured string lights. In the foreground, an elderly man in white with a red-and-white beaded mala sits beside younger participants. At the lower right, a column is wrapped in yellow and white flower garlands. Other people sit at the back. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd, so the presence check is left uncertain.2016-01-04February 02 20092009-02-02February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA night-time outdoor event photograph showing a crowd seated behind a white cloth barrier at the front, with people in shirts and dhotis watching toward a raised stage area. Strings of small lights hang across the dark sky, and a bright floodlight on a pole stands at right. A tall sign at left bears yellow Tamil lettering, and banana leaves decorate the stage edges. A speaker stack sits on the stage in the centre. No identifiable a person is clearly visible in this frame.2005-11-21Night-time outdoor ritual at a temple-like courtyard. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl, white forehead markings and a rudraksha-style mala stands holding a large brass aarti lamp with a cluster of flames, while a younger man in white kneels beside a brass lamp on a mat. To the right, another man in white with an orange shawl holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. A row of seated devotees in white and colourful saris fills the background, lit by strings of yellow bulbs, with a banana plant and a flagged tree on the left.2009-02-02