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Photograph taken through a vehicle window of a street scene with a large spreading tree overhead. A colourful temple gopuram with painted deity figures stands beside a yellow two-storey building with arched balconies. A small shrine with a figure sits on a raised platform under the tree. In the foreground, a dark ox is led on a rope past people walking along the road, including an older man in an orange-brown shirt and a woman in a pink-and-red sari. A banner with Tamil text and a portrait-style image hangs on a wall at right, and a child sits atop the platform. Ordinary street and temple life.

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A photograph taken through a vehicle window of a temple gopuram with painted deity figures, a white compound wall bearing a Tamil-script signboard, and a large shade tree overhead. Two elderly men stand near a dark cow tied to the wall. A yellow building with arched windows stands behind the temple. A deity relief is set into the wall on the right, and a figure sits on a pedestal beneath the tree.2011-09-26A photograph taken through trees of a colourful Hindu temple gopuram with painted deity figures and green pillars on a white platform, behind a low grey wall. In the foreground a thatched palm-leaf hut with a white cloth draped over its roof, beside a tree trunk and a small wall with posters. No people are visible.2009-08-03A photograph of an outdoor village scene with a small stone shrine structure on a dirt yard, its open pillared pavilion containing a carved relief panel above and a dark stone Nandi bull statue seated on a pedestal in front. Large leafy trees shade the area, and a bench sits beside a low tiled-roof building with yellow, blue and green painted doors and signage. A seated figure rests on the bench at right, and a dark statue rests on a pedestal beside the shrine. Scattered debris lies on the ground in the foreground.2012-07-08January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor street scene in Chennai during a ratha yatra procession. A large ornate golden-brown chariot with carved panels and garlands stands at right, carrying a deity murti draped in flowers. Crowds of men in white dhotis and shirts walk along the road, some carrying items, and a man in a checked shirt rides a bicycle at center. Auto-rickshaws and motorbikes fill the street, a large leafy tree shades the road, and a small roadside shrine with a carved gopuram sits beside the procession. Overcast sky above.2006-11-05Street scene outside a colourful South Indian temple gopuram-style shrine with painted sculptures, a decorated roof frieze and a blue-painted pillar, shaded by a large tree. A woman in a green sari with red border holds papers beside a woman in white salwar, and a man in a white shirt stands at the front. Men in white dhotis and shirts, one with an orange shawl, move among the crowd. A fruit vendor's cart with oranges and bananas sits at left. The shrine's sculptures include a seated figure atop the roof.2006-11-05Outdoor photo at a gate beside a large tree. A dark brown bull with curved horns, bells and a painted rope is being fed green leaves by a man in white on the left and a woman in a yellow sari with a blue blouse, hands raised in greeting. In the foreground a smiling man with long dark hair, white tripundra marks on his forehead, an orange-saffron cloth and a green garland is turning toward the bull. Behind him, a bald man in white dhoti and shawl wears a gold necklace, and several men and a boy in white shirts stand near a red-and-orange metal gate.2010-12-29A street scene in a Tamil town shows a bullock-drawn cart loaded high with bundled sacks of jute or grain. A boy in a patterned shirt and shorts sits at the front of the cart holding the rope reins, and another boy in an orange shirt sits atop the load. The brown bullock with long horns is in a wooden yoke and walks along the road. Behind it, a man in a white shirt and grey trousers walks past shops, and several people sit or stand at roadside stalls. Shop signs and advertisements line the street, including a laptop billboard and a colourful Tamil-language sign.2010-01-08July 08 20122012-07-08November 01 20062006-11-01Photograph of a small temple facade seen through a large leafy tree in the foreground. Above the entrance a painted niche holds a seated ganesha murti with orange-yellow body and a white and red decorative arch, flanked by a white recumbent bull (nandi) on the roof ledge. The shrine doorway below is dark, with a framed picture inside and black chalkboard-style signs with white writing on the wall to either side. No people are visible. A date stamp in red digits reads 20 10 2006.2006-10-20February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copies