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A rural roadside photograph of a procession route lined with large grey concrete pipes stacked on the grass verge. A white van with orange and red decorations and a larger decorated vehicle with floral garlands and red flags drive along the road, followed by a few people walking beside them in white clothes. Two men in light shirts stand near a motorcycle on the left, beside a yellow roadside sign with black printed text. Green shrubs, dry grass and tall trees frame the scene under a pale sky.

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January 20 20092009-01-20January 20 20092009-01-20January 20 20092009-01-20A procession on a rural road passes concrete pipes stacked in grass. A decorated golden vehicle, resembling a mobile shrine or ratha, leads the group. Its front has a framed portrait with orange marigold garlands, and its sides carry red and orange cloth and placards. Behind it, a crowd of devotees in white and saffron-coloured clothes walks carrying orange and red flags. A woman in white with an orange shawl stands at the left edge beside the vehicle, and a white car and a bus pass on the road at right. A tree overhangs the upper right corner.2009-01-20A procession on a rural road passes a golden decorated float carrying a seated deity murti draped in red and green cloth, with a gilded canopy and carved pillars. Marchers in white dhotis and kurtas and orange shawls carry saffron flags, and a woman in a red sari walks among them. A man in a yellow lungi and cameramen film the float beside parked motorbikes. Concrete pipes line the roadside, a truck loaded with sacks passes, and a white car drives past.2009-01-20A decorated golden procession vehicle, carved with ornate panels and draped with orange and marigold garlands, moves along a rural road past open fields. Two figures in red and green cloth stand on the vehicle beside carved deity figures, and several saffron flags wave from its frame. Behind it a crowd of devotees walks in white and orange clothing carrying flags, while two men on the roadside photograph the procession. Concrete pipes lie on the grass at right and a yellow roadside sign stands near the road.2009-01-20February 16 20092009-02-16Outdoor procession on a rural road lined with dry grass, palm trees and a sugarcane field under a pale sky. A decorated wooden ratha or chariot with a canopy and red-and-green draped deity murti is pulled or accompanied by people in white dhotis and white shirts, some carrying red and orange flags. A white pickup truck, a white SUV, a motorcycle and a cyclist with a bundle follow along the road beside a stacked-load orange truck. Roughly two dozen people are visible, many in white with red-garmented figures among them.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21A road procession in a rural Tamil Nadu village. A decorated vehicle with a framed portrait of a woman with flower garlands and orange flags leads a group walking along the road. Several men in white dhotis and a woman in an orange and white sari walk near the center; one man in orange robes with a shawl walks in front. A yellow Tata truck with the name Murugan Kanagavel stands behind them, with motorcycles and onlookers at the left and a tree with posters at the right.2009-01-20January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21