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A night street procession in a crowded Indian town. Dense crowds of men in white shirts, dhotis and checked shirts walk along a road lit by shopfront signs and string lights, with scattered flower petals on the ground. A white van with a framed portrait displayed in its windshield leads the procession, followed by motorcycles and vehicles. Blurred motion shows the crowd moving through the street. Shop signs in Tamil and English are visible, including a sign reading Sri Saraswathy Savings Fund.

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Night street scene during a procession in a busy Indian town. A large crowd of men and women walks past shopfronts and a white minibus with headlights on. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, some with white forehead markings, while women wear bright saris in yellow, red and pink. At right, a decorated temple-car or ratha structure is lit with string lights and marigold garlands. Shop signs and a banner line the street. a person is not visibly identifiable in this image.2006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28Night street photo of a dense procession moving through a busy Tamil Nadu town, with many men in white shirts and dhotis and men in red checked shirts walking in the foreground. Several yellow auto-rickshaws and a white van with a framed portrait in its windshield line the road among pedestrians, some holding umbrellas, while shop fronts with bright lights and signs line both sides. A police patrol vehicle is visible behind the procession. The scene is crowded with many onlookers and marchers in the street.2006-10-28Night street scene in a town with a crowd of men in white dhotis and white or checked shirts walking along a road. A silver car is in the foreground with a passenger visible through the open window, and a red-and-white vehicle with a windshield sign reading NITHYANANDA moves ahead with headlights on. Two men near the front wear garlands, one in a white shirt and one in a white shirt with a red garland. Motorcycles, a yellow bus, streetlights and shop fronts line the road, with a small sign on a building facade.2014-07-01Night street photograph of a busy Tamil Nadu town road with lit shopfronts, parked motorbikes and a white car with headlights. Many people walk along the road in motion blur, including men in white shirts and dhotis, a woman in a red sari, a woman in a blue sari, and women in green and yellow saris in the foreground. A man in a striped polo shirt stands at left and a man in a checked shirt walks beside a cyclist. The stalls display fruit and goods. A tilak mark is visible on one young man's forehead.2006-10-28A busy town street in Tamil Nadu with a crowd of villagers lined up along the roadside, watching a procession pass. A man in a plain white shirt and white dhoti stands with his back to the camera in the foreground, facing the crowd. Men in white banians and checked lungis stand at the left edge, and women in saris with flowers in their hair and red and green blouses stand at the right, some with hands folded. Vehicles, auto-rickshaws, a white van and motorbikes fill the road, and shopfronts with Tamil signboards line the street. The scene suggests a ratha or deity procession passing through the town.2006-10-25Night photograph of a crowd gathered on a dark street around a dark SUV whose headlights are on. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at the vehicle's front, another in white clothing stands near him, and a uniformed police officer in khaki stands at left. Many people in shirts and dress press close on both sides, some holding cameras. Trees and dim shopfronts with lit signs frame the scene. The visible person in an orange-brown neck garland stands at left foreground. Shopfront signage reads SRI LAKSHMI BAG WORKS.2014-07-01October 24 20062006-10-24Night street photo in a town with bright streetlamps and a glowing orange street light. A crowd of men in white dhotis and white or checked shirts surrounds and follows a white car with a red and white 'a person' sign on its windscreen. A silver car in the foreground shows a passenger seated inside. Shopfronts with multi-storey buildings line the road, and a few motorcycles are visible at left. Several people walk alongside the vehicle, some with garlands.2014-07-01May 07 20122012-05-07Night street scene during a procession in a crowded Indian town, lit by street lamps and shopfronts. A white van marked DHYANAPEETAM carries a framed portrait of a woman on its windscreen; people stand in the road, including a man in a white shirt holding a pamphlet and a woman in a grey sari. Other people in white and checked shirts and dhotis press around the vehicle, and a white-clad woman holds a tray. A bus with a lit destination board and a row of motorbikes are behind. A few people carry white flags. No clearly visible a person candidate is present in the scene.2006-10-13