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Outdoor street scene in a town procession setting, with a crowd of devotees offering a tray of fruit, flowers, a red-tinged offering and coconut halves. In the foreground a man in white clothes and an orange shawl holds the tray. An older woman in a maroon and red sari and gold necklace receives the offering while a woman in a yellow shawl and glasses reaches toward it. Behind them women in saris, a woman holding a small child, a bald infant and onlookers in white dhotis stand on a paved roadside. No visible a person candidate is present; the people are devotees and attendants.

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A photograph of a ritual offering outdoors on a dirt-and-paved ground. A man in white ritual clothing and an orange shawl holds out a brass tray of flowers, coconut halves and a yellow cloth to a woman in a maroon-and-brown saree and glasses, who receives it with both hands. Behind them a crowd of women in saris, including one in pale lavender with palms pressed together in namaskar, watches. A young girl in a pink top stands at left and a man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala stands at right. The setting looks like a festival or procession gathering. The visible ritual is an offering tray; no deity or a person depiction is clearly visible.2006-10-23A courtyard photograph at a Tamil Nadu event. In the foreground a woman with a long braid and beaded necklace holds a brass tray of flowers. A woman in white with a brown head covering and rudraksha beads holds a tray of bananas. Behind them a crowd of women in saris and salwar kameez stands watching, and a young boy in a light striped shirt looks on. At right a man in a white shirt with an orange shawl stands beside a figure in orange robes. A white building and a tree form the backdrop.2006-10-20A dense crowd of devotees gathers along a dirt lane during a street procession. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a white tilak on his forehead, carries a silver tray holding a yellow cloth, white flowers and a red-and-white floral garland. Around him women in saris, including a woman in a yellow sari with a red blouse holding a small child, and a woman in a teal blouse and blue sari, look on with hands folded. Children in striped and pink clothes and an older bespectacled woman in a magenta blouse stand nearby. A man in a white shirt raises a phone to photograph the scene. White flowers are visible at the lower left edge. No visible a person candidate is present.2006-10-24Outdoor photograph of a crowd of women and a few children gathered in a courtyard beside a white wall. In the centre, a woman in a brown and gold sari with a red blouse holds a brass tray of flowers, coconut and offerings while a woman in a white sari and white shawl with a rudraksha mala presses her palms together nearby. A man in white clothing with an orange shawl stands at left with hands folded, and a woman in white at right holds a plate of offerings with palms joined. Other women in saris of blue, orange, green and pink stand behind them, several with hands folded in greeting. Chalk kolam designs mark the ground below. No candidate for the named a person is clearly visible.2006-10-25October 29 20062006-10-29October 10 20062006-10-10Outdoor photograph on a paved street during a procession-style offering. An elderly man in all-white clothes with a dark rudraksha-style mala and a sandalwood tilak holds a silver tray of fruit and offerings, extending it to a woman in an orange and red sari with a flower in her hair. A younger man in white with an orange shawl stands at the left foreground, and a row of men in white dhotis and shirts stand along the roadside behind, with a woman in a red sari at upper right. A red-draped table sits at the right edge.2006-10-23A photograph of devotees gathered outdoors for an offering. In the foreground, a woman in a blue and gold sari holds a silver tray with bananas, a halved coconut, white flowers and small bowls of kumkum and offerings. Beside her, a young man in white clothes and an orange shawl bends forward over a wooden table. Behind them, several women in saris of pink, grey, green and brown stand with hands pressed in namaskar, and a small girl in pink watches. A man with a camera stands at the left edge, and there is a low brick wall and greenery in the background.2006-10-23October 22 20062006-10-22November 01 20062006-11-01Photograph of a crowded village street procession in Tamil Nadu. A man in a white dhoti and shirt, with a sacred mark on his forehead, carries a decorated silver-rimmed pot of flowers, leaves and lemons. A young man in white with an orange-saffron shawl steadies the vessel. Women in pink, green and blue saris, some with kumkum on their foreheads, carry brass plates of bananas, coconut halves and offerings on their heads. Children and elderly onlookers crowd around. The scene reads as a ratha yatra procession with offerings. A caption at the bottom right shows the date 20 10 2006.2006-10-20A dusk crowd photographed from above on a street, with many devotees in traditional dress. In the foreground a man in a white checked shirt and white dhoti carries a metal tray of fruit, flowers and marigold-like blossoms. Beside him a woman in a gold-bordered white sari with flowers in her hair gestures toward the tray. Behind them women in saris of orange, pink, green and blue hold white papers, and a man in a white shirt has his hands folded. A younger man in white with an orange shawl stands at right. Some attendees wear white and orange robes, and a few have sandal or kumkum marks on their foreheads. The scene looks like a religious procession or puja gathering.2006-10-23