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A photograph of a crowd pressing around a silver minivan on a busy street in Chennai, with a traffic barricade and a blue-and-white bus behind it. A man with a red and white flower garland sits in the driver's seat, smiling and wearing an orange top. Around the vehicle, devotees crowd close: women in saris, one in a green blouse with a pink flower in her hair, another in white with a gold border, and a girl in a red top. Some hold out hands and flower garlands in red and white toward the vehicle. Several men stand nearby, one in an orange shirt and another in a white shirt. Garlands of red and white flowers hang in the foreground.

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February 15 20092009-02-15A street scene at a busy road junction with traffic police booths in the background. A man in a silver car smiles and gestures with raised palm while wearing a saffron-orange robe and a red-and-white flower garland with green leaves draped around his neck; he is seated in the car's open front window. A woman in a white top and black-and-white saree-style dress leans in with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a small crowd of onlookers, including a woman with a hair clip, surrounds the car. Another person in saffron clothing sits in the rear seat near a striped fur-like covering. A red-and-white traffic police booth and a bus are visible.2009-02-15February 15 20092009-02-15February 15 20092009-02-15February 15 20092009-02-15A man in an orange shawl and red-orange garland sits in the open rear door of a silver SUV on a city road, smiling as people crowd around the vehicle. A white-shirted older man on the left holds bunches of green leaves, and a grey-haired woman and children stand in front of the car. A yellow-and-white S.R.S. Travels bus passes behind, with Chennai traffic police barricades and shop signs along the roadside.2009-02-15A street scene outside a silver SUV with its rear door open on a busy road in Chennai. A man in an orange-saffron kurta with long swept-back dark hair and a gold chain stands at the vehicle's open door, surrounded by a crowd of devotees. Women in colourful saris with pink flowers in their hair press close, one holding a red-orange flower garland, and men in white shirts and dhotis stand nearby. Behind them are concrete buildings, shop signs including Ultratech and a Chennai Traffic Police barrier, and a palm tree. The man in orange has distinctive long hair and saffron clothing, a person cue, but the appearance is uncertain at this resolution.2009-02-15A street scene in a Chennai-area city with a crowd pressing around a silver car. A man in the center sits in the open car window wearing a red and white garland and a saffron-coloured shawl, smiling and receiving the crowd. A man in white shirt on the left holds up a green leafy garland with red ribbon toward the window, and a man in saffron clothing with a red tilak on the right leans in at the open door. Behind them are yellow and orange shopfronts, a Saai Fitness Centre sign, traffic barricades labelled Chennai Suburban Traffic Police, and a partially visible Tamil bank signboard. A white van stands at left. Roughly twenty people are visible, some partially cut off by the frame.2009-02-15A street scene on a busy road in India, with a white SUV stopped and its side doors open while a crowd of devotees presses around it. A man in a white shirt on the left raises a garland of red and white flowers and green leaves. Inside the vehicle, a man with a dark head covering and a red mark on his forehead sits near the window. On the right, a younger man with long swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange garment with a shawl over his shoulder and looks toward the car. Women in red and maroon saris stand in front of the vehicle. Behind them are a truck, a Traffic Police signboard, and multi-storey shop buildings with signs.2009-02-15A photograph taken at a street junction beside a busy road, with a silver SUV stopped and its front passenger door open. A man seated inside the vehicle wears a thick garland of red and orange flowers over an orange robe, with a white flower garland below it, and devotees offer him red roses. A woman in a yellow top leans in from the left, and children reach in holding roses. A man in an orange robe stands at the right of the open door, holding a phone. Behind them are a white car, motorcycles, a rickshaw and traffic police signs. Being garlanded and offered roses at a roadside stop, the scene suggests a welcome. a person appearance is uncertain: the seated man has long dark hair and an orange robe, but this is insufficient to identify him.2009-02-15A photograph taken through the open window of a silver car on a roadside. A smiling man with a shaved head and an orange-saffron robe sits at the steering wheel, reaching his hand out toward a crowd of people pressing against the car. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a flower garland in her hair and a bouquet in her hand leans in, and older people and children crowd the sides of the vehicle. Behind them a yellow metal railing, a grey wall, palm trees and motorcycles with riders line the road. A purple logo sits in the top-left corner.2009-02-15February 15 20092009-02-15