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Outdoor photograph of a village street outside a concrete house under construction, decorated with strings of mango leaves, banana leaves and small triangular pennants. A crowd of about fifteen people stands on sandy ground. A woman in white sari at right carries a brass pot garlanded with flowers and green leaves. Men in white dhotis, a man in a light blue shirt and a young man in a teal shirt stand nearby. A tall banner at right shows a red flower and Tamil script. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

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August 11 20092009-08-11July 01 20142014-07-01Outdoor photo of a festive street gathering in front of an unfinished concrete building with a small saffron flag on a pole. Strings of green, yellow, blue and red bunting and banana leaves decorate the path. Men in white dhotis and shirts and women in saris stand in a crowd. On the right, a large banner portrait shows a smiling woman with a red bindi, labelled with Tamil text. Many people are visible, mostly partly seen from behind.2009-08-11Outdoor daytime gathering at a dusty site beside a concrete building, framed by strings of coloured pennant flags and banana-leaf decorations on bamboo poles. A crowd of roughly thirty people stands behind the barrier, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis, and women in saffron, blue and pink saris. A large poster on the right shows a smiling woman in orange clothing with Tamil text above and the figure 2,50,000 printed on it. A plastic-covered table and sandbags sit at the lower left, and a red-and-orange flag flies from a pole on the rooftop.2009-08-11A photograph of a courtyard outside a building with pale plastered walls and a split air conditioner unit, where a small crowd of about two dozen people gathers. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with an orange border and a long orange-brown garland stands with her hand extended toward a woman in a white sari with a white flower in her hair, who holds a bouquet of orange and yellow flowers. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands beside them. At the left edge, a figure in an orange robe with a yellow bead necklace stands partly visible. Bundles of green mango leaves hang from a line over the doorway.2014-06-26July 01 20142014-07-01Outdoor street procession in daylight. A man in white shirt and white dhoti, with a tilak on his forehead, carries a long garland of white flowers with red rose accents. Beside him a woman in a cream-and-gold saree holds a brass pot decorated with flowers and leaves on a tray. A woman in a turquoise embroidered saree carries a steel plate with a red offering. Behind them a red banner shows a smiling figure in saffron headwear; the banner text is partly visible. Many men in white and casual shirts crowd the road.2014-07-01Outside a newly painted blue, yellow and white two-storey building, devotees gather under a decorative arch of green banana stalks with hanging bananas and mango leaves. A framed deity murti of Ganesha with a kalasha-like motif sits above the entrance, and saffron-orange cloth banners hang from a string across the porch. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, one in a saffron shawl, stand near the doorway with devotees including women in saffron and red saris and a small child held by a man at left. A man in a checked shirt stands at the left edge, and a partial figure at right holds a banner. The scene suggests a welcoming or inaugural ceremony, with a person not clearly visible among the people shown.2014-07-02Outdoor scene at the entrance of a plain whitewashed house with a doorway hung with green mango leaves. A woman in a white sari with a red-orange border holds a woven basket of white flowers and petals, standing on a white kolam rangoli design on the ground. Beside her, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds an orange cloth tray of marigolds and roses. Several onlookers stand around, including a woman in an orange sari, a woman in a blue sari, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with folded arms, and men in casual shirts. A woman in white with a red-orange garland stands at left. The ritual appears to be a padapuja-style welcoming at a devotee's home.2014-06-26July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a village street lined with people in white dhotis and shirts, many barefoot, walking in a procession. A white-haired older woman in a white sari with a gold border carries a brass tray of flowers. Men on the right hold red and white garlands. Banana plants with green bunches, a palm tree and a line of mango leaves frame the entrance of a pink-washed house with a water tank on its roof, where one man stands watching. Ground has a white kolam rangoli design in the lower left. Women in colourful saris stand at left. The scene looks like a house visit with a welcoming procession.2010-01-20