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A street scene in a Tamil Nadu town on a cloudy day. In the foreground a yellow school van marked JEEVANA and SCHOOL VAN is driving, with a driver at the wheel and a passenger visible behind him. Beside it a yellow truck and white cars pass on the road. Behind them stands a large white colonnaded building with arched windows, a red-and-white telecom tower rises to the right, and a rooftop sign reads CHETTINAD CEMENT. A small temple-style tower with a kalasha sits at the building's left edge, and a blue canopy shades a roadside area.

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A street scene in a Tamil Nadu town on a bright day. A yellow school van marked JEEVANA and SCHOOL VAN with registration TN 60 A0466 is in the foreground, its driver visible through the windscreen. Beside it, a white van with a small photo sticker sits in traffic. Yellow auto-rickshaws, a red and white bus, and scooters line the road. A large building with a signboard reading CHETTINAD CEMENT and a red lattice telecom tower stand behind, with a tree shading the right side. Pedestrians walk along the left footpath, and a few people are visible on the roadside. No ritual activity is shown.2006-10-23July 08 20122012-07-08Exterior photograph of a two-storey beige institutional building with a blue-trimmed ground floor and a blue sign reading Vellore Jayaprakash Narayan Institute at the top. In front, a white SUV and a maroon van are parked beside a row of parked motorcycles and bicycles, with several people in light clothing standing near the entrance under a red and white banner. A tall bamboo scaffold structure rises on the right side beside the building, and dense green shrubs fill the foreground under an overcast sky.2006-11-25A street scene in Tiruvannamalai beside a large temple wall with a tall gopuram (temple tower) carved with tiers of sculpture rising behind it. Along the top of the pink-and-white wall stand several stone figures and finials. In the road, two yellow-and-black auto-rickshaws drive toward the camera, with a blue-and-white bus and another bus parked at the curb on the right. A few pedestrians walk along the left side in white and light clothing, and motorcycles are visible at the edge. Overcast sky and low hills appear in the background.2012-07-08A decorated gold and orange ratha-style float is parked before a yellow colonial-style building bearing the sign "Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar Centre". The float has a white dome-shaped canopy, carved gold panels, and an orange cloth enclosure. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at the open side of the float, one holding something near the deity area, while a man in white dhoti and shirt and another in white walk beside it. A small pictorial strip of photos is displayed along the lower edge. Palm trees and green shrubs surround the building.2009-03-03October 20 20062006-10-20A street scene in traffic on a tree-lined road. A yellow city bus with a green stripe dominates the right, its windshield showing a driver in a light shirt. To the left, a yellow school-style bus and a white van marked G.V. Ortho Centre are seen, the van's windshield bearing a small framed portrait of a smiling woman in red. Auto-rickshaws and cars fill the lane, and several passengers look out of windows. Tall green trees and overhead wires line the background under a pale sky.2006-10-23January 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesA street scene outside a temple gopuram-style gateway with a tiered, ornamented roof, in front of which a row of yellow auto-rickshaws is parked on a paved road. A man in a brown shirt and maroon lungi stands beside the nearest rickshaw, which has its side door open. Behind the vehicles are white cars, a small roadside shop with a tarpaulin and a metal stand, a tall light pole, and a hazy sky with a few utility wires. A few other people are partly visible near the left edge.2012-07-08October 23 20062006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23A street view taken from an elevated vantage point, looking down a busy Tamil Nadu town road lined with palm and shade trees. A white Maruti van with a luggage-laden roof rack and a blue Tamil-script banner on its windscreen leads a line of cars and buses. Pedestrians walk along the pavement, including a person in a dark maroon garment and two men in white, and several motorcyclists ride on the road. Shops and multi-storey buildings stand beside the road, and a yellow building with a Tamil-script sign is on the right. The image shows only a passing street scene with no visible ritual or dignitary at the front of the procession.2006-10-27