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A 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.

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October 20 20062006-10-20A busy Indian town street with a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, many riding motorcycles and scooters, mixed with yellow autorickshaws and a red van with a roof rack. Trees line the road and shops with signage such as Networth and Jockey stand behind. A man in a saffron-coloured lungi and shirt and a man in a white cap appear among the riders. Several people on foot and a boy in the foreground are visible. The street is congested with traffic and parked vehicles.2006-10-20A busy urban street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a white Maruti van leading a line of motorcycles and bicycles down the centre of the road. The van's windshield shows a framed photograph of a person, and riders include men in white shirts and dhotis. Green trees line the street, with auto-rickshaws, shops with Tamil signage, a blue multi-storey building and an empty billboard on scaffolding. The overlaid date reads 22 10 2006.2006-10-22October 22 20062006-10-22October 20 20062006-10-20A 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.2006-10-20A street scene in a South Indian town on a sunny day, with a tree-lined road crowded with traffic. Yellow auto-rickshaws, a white minivan with a small portrait displayed in its windscreen, a green bus, and two-wheelers fill the road. Several people stand near a low white gate with a red-and-white wall sign at left, and a procession of people on bicycles and motorbikes with white flags moves toward the centre of the frame. Overhead power lines and a tall utility pole line the right side, and a banner hangs from a pole at the far right. The timestamp 20 10 2006 appears in the lower right corner.2006-10-20A blurred street scene in a busy Indian town during daytime. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a pink-and-white sign occupies the left foreground, and a white van with a small framed portrait displayed on its windshield sits at right. Several scooters and a white car travel down the road, with pedestrians and motorcyclists along both sides. Palm and shade trees line the roadside, with shopfronts, signboards and utility poles behind. No deity, ritual or procession is visible, and no identifiable a person figure appears.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23October 20 20062006-10-20October 27 20062006-10-27A busy street scene in an Indian town, with a white city bus marked route 14 with Tamil destination boards driving among motorcycles and a black-and-yellow auto-rickshaw. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left near the rickshaw, holding papers. A bald man in a brown shirt rides a yellow motorbike, and a man in a blue shirt walks on the right among pedestrians. Multi-storey buildings with shop signs, including a Networth sign and Tamil-script banners, line the road under leafy trees.2006-10-20