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Night-time street procession in a crowded Indian town, shot from above with a flash-lit foreground. A white car with headlights on moves through the crowd on the left. A man in a white shirt and necklace on the lower left carries a long bamboo pole with a wooden frame lashed to it. A bare-chested man in a checked lungi walks at centre, with a child on the hip of a woman in a white sari beside him. Many women in saris of green, yellow, pink and blue, and men in white shirts and dhotis, fill the street, with lights and balloons overhead. The scene matches a kodikkan ratha yatra style procession, though no deity is visible.

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November 04 20062006-11-04November 05 20062006-11-05Night street procession in India seen from above, with a crowd of devotees walking along a dirt road lit by street lamps and motorbike headlights. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, a woman in an orange top walks in the foreground, and women in saris are visible further back. Blurred round light spots fill the dark sky, and a decorated ratha or float with lights is faintly visible ahead.2006-11-05November 05 20062006-11-05Night photo of a dense street crowd at a ratha yatra procession, with many devotees in white and orange clothes pressing forward under dim streetlights. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a red shawl and a red blouse presses her palms together in anjali, and an older woman in white with a rudraksha-style mala also folds her hands. A man in a white shirt and a bare-chested man with sandalwood and kumkum marks stand nearby, and a small child with a forehead mark is held in the crowd. Some devotees wear vibhuti and kumkum on their foreheads. A uniformed police officer stands in the background, and an on-screen timestamp and copyright overlay appear in the corner. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-11-05Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees pressing along a narrow street lit by oil lamps and flaming torches during a procession. Many people raise their hands; a man in a white shirt in the foreground holds a brass plate of offerings with a lit flame, and another man beside him holds a brass vessel. Women in saris and bangles, children and elderly people fill the street, with houses and a balcony visible behind.2006-11-05Dense night crowd on a narrow street during a procession, with many people pressed together and hands raised, some holding small brass lamps or puja plates. Men wear white shirts and mundus, women wear colourful saris in pink, blue, green and yellow. A flame from a torch glows in the background above the crowd, and buildings with balconies line the street. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible among the crowd at this resolution.2006-11-05Night street scene of a crowd gathered in a roadway, many standing in lines. In the foreground, a bald man with white forehead markings wears white kurta and a rudraksha-style mala beside a man in white shirt, and a woman in a white sari with a red bindi stands near a woman in a red sari. Other devotees in white and saffron-toned clothing stand behind, some holding objects. Above the crowd, a lit portrait shows a figure in white head covering on a vehicle or display. Banana or palm leaves and an arch frame the background.2006-11-04October 20 20062006-10-20A blurred street photograph of a dense crowd during a procession in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands center with his back to the camera, wearing an orange shawl over one shoulder and holding a lit flame or lamp aloft. Around him, many people in white, orange, blue, green and red clothing press forward, some reaching out with hands raised. A yellow auto-rickshaw is visible at the top of the street. Stalls and buildings line the road. The image shows a Kodikkan Ratha Yatra procession of deities, and the caption describes the procession of Sri Nithyanandeshwara and Nithyanandeshwari.2006-10-31Night photograph of a street procession in Chennai, with a crowd of devotees walking and standing along a dark road lit by street lamps and vehicle headlights. In the foreground a woman in a green-and-white saree presses her palms together in prayer, and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style mala stands beside her. Nearby a woman in a white saree and dark mala holds her hands together, and a man in a white shirt and black mala looks ahead. Behind them more devotees in sarees and white clothes stand along the roadside near parked cars. A small ceremonial object with flowers sits at the left edge, consistent with a procession of deities.2006-11-01January 04 20122012-01-04