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A street scene beside a green-and-white bus with destination boards reading Tiruchi, Viralimalai, Madurai and Karaikudi, its door open as men and women crowd the roadside. In the centre, a man in white shirt and dhoti lifts a silver tray of offerings on his head, flanked by a bearded man in a white shirt and an orange-wrapped figure. Several men wear white dhotis, one with a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads, another in a red-and-white turban. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands near a parked bicycle, and women in sarees and salwar kameez watch from the right.

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October 19 20062006-10-19A dense street crowd gathers at a roadside in a town with buses, a green state bus and a white-and-blue bus behind them, and an auto-rickshaw. Many men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris press forward, several holding up lit oil lamps or flames while others raise hands in devotion. Bicycles and parked vehicles line the road. Red-and-white decorations hang at the right edge. The scene resembles a street puja during a procession, with the central figures tightly packed and hard to separate. Dozens of people are visible.2006-10-24October 29 20062006-10-29October 26 20062006-10-26A street scene in a busy Indian town with a crowd of devotees lining the road. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands with a steel bowl and a plate, serving food or prasadam to people who extend their hands. A woman in a green and gold sari and a woman in a red-bordered sari are prominent in the foreground, and older women in white and grey saris stand at right. Shops, a white minivan, cars, auto-rickshaws and motorbikes line the road behind. Two shops show signboards, and a bus passes in the background.2006-10-25January 21 20092009-01-21Street scene in a busy Tamil town during a procession, viewed from an elevated, gilded vehicle in the foreground. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands with his back to the camera, holding a metal tray of offerings, while a crowd of devotees presses around him with hands folded in namaskar. Many people wear white dhotis and shirts, while women wear sarees in pink, yellow, teal and purple. Shops, parked motorbikes, cycle rickshaws, a white van and a green-and-white bus line the road. A uniformed policeman in khaki stands at left. Hoardings and shop signs are visible above, with Tamil script on the signboards.2006-10-25October 14 20062006-10-14October 24 20062006-10-24Street-side photograph of a silver and red public bus, with the Tamil-script sign reading Kovai Kodikkan? partially visible on its side, parked on a dusty road beside a green tree. Several passengers are crowded at the windows and open front door; a man in a khaki uniform stands on the step smoking, and a man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands on the road. At the far left edge, a man in white with a rudraksha-style bead necklace is partly cropped, and an orange cloth is visible. Motorcycles and an auto-rickshaw are at the right edge.2006-10-20A roadside gathering beside a blue and white public bus with its destination board showing Tamil script, on a tree-lined road. Many devotees in white dhotis and kurtas and women in white and green saris stand close together, some holding white flags on poles. A saffron flag stands at left beside a black speaker and a wooden barrier, with a crowd moving along the road beyond. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance; the figures are visible only as devotees and bystanders in a procession-like setting.2006-10-19October 29 20062006-10-29