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A night street scene outside a temple shrine in Tamil Nadu. A decorated deity idol stands in a shrine on the right, heavily garlanded with flower strings and lit by a lamp. Several men in white shirts and dhotis and a few in checked or patterned shirts stand gathered in the road, facing the shrine. A man sits on a silver motorcycle in the foreground, and a white car with headlights on is at the left edge. A smaller lit shrine with a carved figure stands on the left.

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Night street scene at a temple entrance with a lit deity shrine in a gopuram-style niche above a yellow banner with Tamil lettering. To the right, a decorated palanquin or ratha with gold drapery and a garlanded deity murti is being moved. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand around it, some reaching toward the palanquin. On the left a man in a red jacket and helmet sits on a motorcycle, and a child in a grey shirt and dhoti stands nearby. Blurred motion and dark trees fill the background. No clearly visible white-clad person can be identified as a person.2006-11-04Night photograph of a street procession in front of a temple-style building with a lit yellow awning and an illuminated deity relief above it. A row of men in white shirts and dhotis stand along the road, some holding cameras or papers, while a richly decorated float or palanquin with gold and red drapery and flowers is lit on the right. Tamil signage appears on the awning. Several onlookers and a child in a grey shirt and dhoti stand at the left. Blurred motion and streetlights mark an evening ratha procession.2006-11-04November 04 20062006-11-04November 04 20062006-11-04November 01 20062006-11-01November 04 20062006-11-04October 29 20062006-10-29Night photo of a procession on a dark street in Chennai. On the left a lit ratha or palanquin carries gilded deity figures in yellow and gold, one standing and one seated in blue, under a street lamp. Around it several people in white clothes walk and stand, and a bright red light glows on a vehicle at right.2006-11-01November 01 20062006-11-01Night photograph of a ratha yatra procession in a crowded street. At the centre, a golden ornate temple chariot carries a deity murti decorated with yellow and green garlands, lit by bright lights, with a dark umbrella held above it. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts crowd around, and several men in white stand on a wall on the right edge. A blue illuminated sign with Tamil script sits atop the chariot. The timestamp reads 29 22:18.2006-10-29October 09 20062006-10-09Night procession at a temple-style ratha/chariot shrine, a wooden canopy with carved pillars and marigold garlands. Inside the shrine stand deity murtis draped in yellow and white flowers, lit by a bright lamp. Devotees crowd the street in front, including a man in a white shirt and grey shirt, a man in a striped shirt, and women in yellow and pink saris, with a white van at left. A man in white dhoti attends the shrine near a second person in white. Blue illuminated lettering runs along the top of the canopy.2006-11-01