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Street scene in a busy Tamil Nadu town on a hazy day. A man in a white shirt rides a motorcycle carrying a bundle of straw, while another rider in white and a grey-clad pedestrian walk along a dusty roadside. A yellow auto-rickshaw, an orange-and-white bus and a white van with a 'Love ONE' sticker share the road. Shops line the street with signboards, a banner hangs over the road, and a multi-storey building with orange balconies stands at right.

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August 03 20092009-08-03A busy street in a coastal Tamil Nadu town on a cloudy day. A white van with a roof rack leads a line of traffic, followed by motorcycles and a flatbed truck. Two men ride motorcycles in the middle lane, one wearing a dark shirt and the other a light shirt. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks, and a man in a lungi stands at left. Shopfronts display painted signs, including one reading Cape Hotel, and billboards with pictures on the right. Two yellow auto-rickshaws sit at the right edge. Power lines and streetlights run overhead, with trees lining the far road.2006-10-27October 22 20062006-10-22October 20 20062006-10-20A busy city street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, seen from an elevated position on a procession vehicle with ornate gold-coloured wooden railing and an orange cloth edge in the foreground. Several motorcycle riders wearing shirts and lungis navigate the road, one carrying a child. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a Tamil-script sign sits at left, while trucks, white vans and cars fill the lanes under leafy trees and street lamps. Pedestrians walk along the roadside beside a white boundary wall with a blue banner. The date 23 10 2006 appears in red at lower right.2006-10-23November 10 20112011-11-10A busy street scene in an Indian town, photographed in daylight from the roadway. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk along the road and ride motorcycles, including a man in a pink shirt riding pillion behind another rider. Two yellow auto-rickshaws are visible, one at centre and one at right. Shops line both sides with signboards, a green-domed mosque tower stands at upper centre, and a pale temple gopuram rises in the distance at left. Plastic bags and sacks lie on the pavement at left. No one is identifiable as a person and no ritual is shown.2012-07-08A busy street in an Indian town on a hazy day, with cars, buses, auto-rickshaws and motorbikes crowding a dusty road lined with trees and shopfronts. Men in white shirts and dhotis ride motorcycles and walk along the pavement, and a small vehicle carries green banana plants and foliage toward the procession area. Signboards read AYYANNA and TN 45 on the vehicles, and the scene suggests a roadside gathering for a ratha procession rather than a ceremony itself. No deity or featured ritual figure is clearly visible in the frame.2006-10-20May 09 20122012-05-09A street scene in a town with a busy road. A yellow Mahindra-style utility van with a banner reading Nithyananda in Tamil script and an orange banner on its side drives forward. A man in a white shirt and light yellow lungi rides a motorcycle in front of the van. Several motorcycle riders follow behind. A man in white with a cap stands on the van's rear platform. On the left, a man in a white shirt and white cap stands with his back to the camera. Shops and multi-storey buildings line the road, including a signboard reading C.N.S. BAR and an Autotech Power World sign.2012-01-06A busy street scene in a Tamil Nadu town on a hazy day. Many motorcycles, auto-rickshaws and cars fill the road, with riders in white shirts and dhotis and men in pale shirts. A large leafy tree stands in the centre, with strings of small pennants or flags hanging from its branches. On the left, shopfronts and a blue vertical signboard line the street, and a red-and-white bus travels on the right. The crowd is mostly ordinary commuters and pedestrians, with no visible ritual or ceremony in the frame.2006-10-20November 25 20062006-11-25