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A large outdoor street procession crowded with hundreds of people in a Tamil town. In the centre, a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands barefoot on the open platform of an orange tractor, holding a camcorder to his eye. Around him, men in white and devotees in saffron stand packed together, some raising phones and cameras. On the right, an ornate golden chariot or palanquin is decorated with white flower garlands, red and green fabric and hanging bells. Uniformed police officers stand among the crowd. A multi-tiered temple gopuram with painted colourful sculpture rises behind the street, and a banner above shop fronts shows a portrait under the name Sri Arunachaleswara.

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A large street procession in a crowded Tamil Nadu town near a temple gopuram. A decorated golden ratha or palanquin carries a deity murti under a striped canopy and red-and-yellow fabric, draped with white and orange garlands. In the foreground a woman in orange sari and blouse stands on the chariot holding a rope-decorated pole, while men in saffron and orange robes with garlands walk beside it. A man in white shirt and dhoti films with a camera at left, and uniformed police officers keep the crowd back. Above, a billboard shows a portrait and readable Tamil text, and many onlookers watch from a building balcony.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A dense outdoor crowd surges through a street in front of an ornate South Indian temple gopuram-style gateway with painted sculptural figures. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with white head cloths and sandalwood or vibhuti marks, press forward, while women in saris and salwar are mixed among them. On the right, a decorated temple procession vehicle with a bull mount and a painted deity murti under an ornate arch stands among banana plants. A man in an orange-saffron garment appears at right with a shaved head, and a yellow auto-rickshaw and parked vehicles are visible at left. Blue and white shop signs with Tamil script line the street.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A street procession in a crowded town centre. At the centre, a large decorated ratha or chariot carries a deity murti adorned with garlands and a colourful fan-shaped canopy, with a golden lion-like figure at its base. Ahead, a man in white shirt and trousers holds a microphone to his mouth while another in white holds a camera. Several bald men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls walk near the chariot, one with a white-and-gold necklace. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps stand among the crowd, and a temple gopuram rises behind the procession under a pale sky.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A street procession in an Indian town with a large crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, along with some people in orange clothing, moving past shops and signboards. At the centre, a decorated golden ratha/chariot carries a deity murti under a striped canopy, with garlands, colourful draping and orange flags. A figure in orange robes walks beside the chariot near the front. Temple gopuram towers are visible in the background under a pale sky. Shopfronts display Tamil-script signs and banners in red and yellow, and a tractor with a trailer appears at the lower right. Many people line the roadway on both sides.2011-12-20A street procession at a Tamil Nadu temple: a golden ratha carrying deity murtis garlanded with yellow and white flowers, under a multicoloured canopy with tasselled fringe. In the foreground a man in orange robes, bare-shouldered with a red garland, stands on the cart near a golden bull-shaped figure, and a bald priest in orange robes and white dhoti with a gold chain stands below. A man in white dhoti and orange cloth stands beside him. Uniformed police officers line the crowd, and many onlookers watch from the street and from balconies. Shops and a banner reading Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple appear in the background.2011-12-20A dense outdoor procession on a Tamil temple street under a pale sky. A large decorated ratha/chariot with a golden deity murti and a striped canopy dominates the centre, with a red-and-gold temple gopuram tower behind it. Several red tractors pulling decorated carts move through the crowd. On a tractor at centre, a man in an orange-saffron kurta sits beside a driver in white, and another man in a white dhoti holds the steering wheel. Many men in white shirts and dhotis and some in saffron-orange cloth fill the street, with police in khaki uniforms among them. Orange flags wave on poles and floral garlands decorate the carts, and a shrine-like palanquin appears at left. Several people are visible in the foreground and background, forming a large crowd of about 100 or more.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A large outdoor crowd fills a dusty town street during a procession. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some in saffron, press forward around a golden-fringed umbrella with red and gold panels. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps hold back the crowd. Saffron flags are raised, and a man in a white shirt stands on an orange vehicle at right, gripping a pole. A tall multi-coloured gopuram tower stands at right and a painted temple-style structure appears at left. Many people are photographing with cameras. Shop signboards line the street. The large crowd is well over one hundred people.2011-12-20