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Night photograph of a crowded street procession with many people pressing close together under warm streetlight. In the foreground a man in a checked shirt carries a small girl in a pale pink dress with a dark cord necklace, and a man in a white shirt with a badge stands beside him. A decorated float or shrine behind them glows with lamps, showing a deity murti draped in red and gold cloth, with garlands and illuminated framed pictures. A white van and a signboard in Tamil script stand at the left. Another man in a white shirt in the lower right looks down.

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November 18 20082008-11-18A dense night crowd of men and boys fills a street lit by shop signs, photographed from behind and slightly to the side. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis or lungis, while others wear checked and striped shirts. A bare-chested man in a brown cloth stands near the centre, and a young girl in a pink floral dress is held on a man's hip at right. A man at right holds an orange flag on a pole. Shop signage above reads KARPAGAM and includes Tamil script. The people appear to be watching something ahead of them, though the event itself is not visible.2009-glimpses-of-kodikkan-ratha-pada-yatra +1 copiesNight photograph of a crowd gathered on a dark street during a procession. In the background a decorated ratha or palanquin carries illuminated deity murtis draped in garlands of yellow and white flowers, with a figure standing on it. Many people in white shirts, dhotis, sarees and colourful checked lungis press forward, some on motorcycles at the left. A young man in a white shirt has a tilak on his forehead, and a girl in the foreground looks toward the camera. A small bird logo appears at upper left.2006-10-16Night street photo of a crowd at a procession. Several women in the foreground face the camera or look sideways; one woman in a blue and white patterned sari holds a small child on her hip. A lit, decorated float or palanquin with a deity murti and warm lamps glows in the middle distance, surrounded by onlookers. Street lamps and a sign in Tamil script appear in the background, and a visible timestamp reads 11.18.2008 23:25.2008-11-18Night photograph of a dense crowd of women and children seated and standing in a street, viewed from behind. Many wear sarees and salwar kameez in colours such as yellow, green, pink and blue; one woman in a yellow saree with a patterned border sits in the foreground, and a girl in a red-and-black checked shirt is visible at right. Ahead, a brightly lit decorated float or vehicle is illuminated with warm lamps and an ornate golden deity figure at its centre, while a man in white clothing stands beside it. Flanking vehicles and a roadside building with signage are visible under street lights. A date stamp reads 11.18.2008 in the corner.February 10 20092009-02-10Night photograph of a crowd of devotees gathered in a street procession. In the foreground, men in white shirts and striped shirts stand with their backs to the camera, facing a decorated float or shrine lit by warm lamps. The shrine holds carved deity murtis in front of a red cloth backdrop, with a framed portrait placed at its base. Behind it, a white and blue bus with a destination board and illuminated temple-style architecture complete the scene.Night street photograph of a crowd gathered before a lit deity murti or decorated shrine on a raised platform, with a flame burning in front. A man in an orange-brown garment stands near the flame, and an attendant in white stands beside the platform. Devotees in the foreground, several with their backs to the camera, wear white and beige shirts and saris in orange, yellow and green. A white bus with a blue and white band and an orange car sit in the street at left, and illuminated shop fronts and signboards line the road.Night street scene at a temple procession with a decorated ratha (chariot) lit by yellow lamps, bearing a framed portrait on its upper arch and a golden deity murti in a glowing alcove. Devotees and bystanders crowd the dark road in front of the ratha; a woman in an orange-brown sari stands centre, a man in a white shirt stands at left, a man in a yellow-checked shirt and a man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard stand at right, and several others in white shirts and dhotis are behind. A motorcycle is parked at left and a small temple gopuram is visible at right. A timestamp in the corner reads 12.06.2008 22:22.2009-02-12August 02 20092009-08-02Night street procession in India: a crowd of devotees in white dhotis, shirts and sarees gathers around an ornate, flower-garlanded ratha chariot lit by a bright lamp. Garlands of yellow and orange flowers hang from the chariot's pillars and canopy. Inside the shrine, a figure in white clothing and a white headpiece stands near the decorated structure, while others in the crowd stand close to the chariot. Shops with lit signs line the roadside behind the crowd.2006-11-01