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A street procession fills a busy Indian town road, with a golden ornately carved ratha (chariot) at right holding a deity murti in a red garment, decorated with marigold garlands and hanging tassels. Crowds of people in white clothes walk alongside, many carrying colourful umbrellas and flags. Auto-rickshaws, a blue three-wheeler truck and a bus crowd the street, with shops and signboards lining both sides and power lines overhead.

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January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21A busy street procession in a Tamil town, viewed from above. A decorated ornate ratha (chariot) with carved wooden panels, garlands and a seated deity murti dominates the right side, pulled along the road. Crowds of people in white clothes move through the street, some holding colourful umbrellas. Yellow and black auto-rickshaws, a blue tipper truck and motorcycles crowd the road. Shops line the street with signboards, including a Vodafone sign and a Lakshmi Engineering Company board. Overhead power lines cross the sky above the procession.2009-01-21A street procession in a busy Indian town moves past shops and a Vodafone sign. A large ornate golden palanquin with a canopy and floral garlands carries a seated figure in orange robes beside a deity murti; a second decorated float behind it carries a framed portrait of a woman with a dark-haired portrait. Crowds in white shirts and dhotis walk alongside, many under colourful umbrellas, with autorickshaws, motorcycles and a blue truck in the street.2009-01-21A street procession in a busy Indian town moves past shops and auto-rickshaws. A golden ornate ratha (chariot) carries a deity murti decorated with garlands and a red-and-green cloth, while a man in white dhoti walks beside it. Crowds in white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron or orange shawls, walk in the road, many holding colourful umbrellas. Shopfronts include Lakshmi Engineering Company and a Vijay Super Market sign, with traffic of buses, trucks, bicycles and motorcycles around them.2009-01-21A street procession in an Indian town, seen from an elevated position. Crowds of men in white dhotis and shirts walk along a busy road lined with shops, signboards, and overhead wires. A richly carved ornamental ratha (chariot) decorated with flower garlands in pink, orange and white is pulled through the street, with a deity murti visible inside its open front and a carved panel on its side. A framed portrait of a smiling woman in red is mounted on the chariot, surrounded by garlands. Auto-rickshaws, a blue tractor, a truck, motorcycles and multicolored umbrellas crowd the roadway, and saffron flags are carried among the marchers.2009-01-21Photo of a crowded street procession in a town in Tamil Nadu, India. A golden ratha (chariot) carries a deity murti decorated with garlands, moving down the road. Many people in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, some holding white placards and orange flags. Behind them a truck loaded with large black speakers follows through traffic. Shops, signboards, motorcycles and power lines line the street, and a small square portrait is mounted on a shop front at right.2009-02-02A busy Indian town street during a procession, photographed from an elevated angle. Dozens of people in white dhotis and shirts walk in a crowd, many carrying saffron-orange flags and placards. Yellow auto-rickshaws, a blue-and-yellow tipper truck, motorcycles and pedestrians fill the road. Shopfronts line the street, including a Vodafone sign and a Lakshmi Engineering Company board with Tamil text. Overhead wires and trees frame the scene. A Kodikkan Ratha Paada Yatra procession is in progress at Rajapalayam.2009-01-21February 02 20092009-02-02A dense street procession in a town, with a large crowd of mostly men in white dhotis and shirts and women in colourful saris moving between shopfronts and parked autorickshaws. Above the crowd, an ornate golden ratha/palanquin with a deity murti decorated with garlands is carried forward under a canopy. Several large decorated umbrellas with red, gold and green fringed panels are carried by men in white. A few saffron-clad figures appear among the crowd. A large hoarding at top right shows a deity image and text dated 2006, and strings of pennants hang across the street.2006-09-24A large street procession moves through a busy Tamil town. Hundreds of devotees in saffron and orange shirts and white dhotis fill the road, many holding tall orange flags on poles. Several decorated umbrellas in bright multicolour patterns and framed square banners with emblems are carried aloft. Drummers in white clothes play large drums and horns at the front. Shops with signboards, a yellow auto-rickshaw and two-wheelers line the street, and onlookers watch from the roadside. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from the image.2008-08-01