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Night-time photo of a crowd gathered at the entrance of a decorated temple-style stall in India. A large golden floral arch and a red-and-gold emblem frame the doorway, with green potted plants and hanging leaves above. Inside, a flat-screen TV shows a bright scene. Several men stand in line along a rope barrier: a shirtless man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread sits at the front left, a man in a blue shirt and a man in a light green shirt stand center, and a man in white and orange clothing stands on the right, with a person in an orange cloth beside the counter. Serving equipment and food containers are on a table at right.

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April 17 20222022-04-17SHYAMALAPEETA SARVAJNAPEETAM on 4/5/20222022-04-05 +1 copiesMay 02 20172017-05-02Night procession on a decorated street lined with banana leaves, orange flags and marigold garlands. A deity murti or utsava image is adorned with red, white, purple and orange flower garlands and gold-toned ornaments, carried on a palanquin-style platform. Around it, devotees stand and sit close together. A man in an orange turban and orange shawl stands at centre, with a man in white kurta beside him. Seated devotees in white dhotis, including a bare-chested man, hold objects near the platform. A child in a striped shirt sits in the foreground holding a small flame. Street lights and shopfronts are visible behind the crowd.2009-11-30A street procession in a busy Indian town at dusk. A bare-chested priest in a purple dhoti and white shawl with a green border stands at left, facing a decorated wooden palanquin mounted on a green cart. Gold and flower garlands cover a deity murti on the palanquin, and a man in a grey patterned shirt raises his arms to steady the canopy. A brass lamp with a bright flame burns beside the cart. Behind them, a man in a dark shirt stands near the palanquin. Shops and multi-storey buildings line the street, and a sign reads Maragatha Meenakshi Metal. Green and yellow cloth and fruit sit in the foreground.2025-06-04July 17 20082008-07-17April 05 20122012-04-05Night street scene in Madurai during a temple procession. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a striped red-and-gold veshti and white dhoti stands on a wooden platform, with garlands of orange and white flowers hanging beside him. A red and orange umbrella is at left. A man in a grey shirt and a bare-chested older man in white sit on the bamboo-framed cart, one holding a brass tray or plate. Shops line the street, including a 'Sankar Metals' vessels sales store with hanging brass and steel utensils. On the right a large sign reads 'kailasa' with an illustrated deity figure, and a golden ornate palanquin or chariot section is visible beside it.Night street scene in a crowded Tamil market lane lit by bright shop signs, including a sign reading Sankar Metals Vessels Sales. On the left, a decorated palanquin-style deity float with garlands and a small canopy moves through the crowd. In the centre, a bare-chested man carries a long silver staff, and beside him a uniformed man in white shirt and trousers stands near shoppers. On the right, an older man in white dhoti and shirt sits among brass vessels and religious items displayed at a shop front, and a man in a gold-bordered shawl over a white dhoti stands at the right edge. Several onlookers in casual clothing stand along the street.A street procession in a crowded Indian city market at dusk. In the foreground, a bare-shouldered man with a shaved head wears a rudraksha mala and an orange cloth over his shoulder, seen from behind. Further ahead, a shirtless man in a white dhoti stands on a ratha or palanquin, lifting a long pole, beneath a flower-garlanded canopy decorated with red and white blooms. Crowds of onlookers in pink, white and green clothing line the street, some watching from a balcony. Shops with signs including Maragatha Meenakshi and SK Lark line the road, and overhead electric wires crisscross the sky.2025-06-04A night street procession in a city lane, with a crowd of devotees gathered beside a decorated palanquin-style ratha carrying deity murti. The chariot is draped in red and white garlands and lit by a bright bulb. In the foreground, a man in white shirt and trousers wears a rudraksha mala and gold bracelet, facing the procession with his hands by his sides. Nearby, women in blue and teal saris stand close to the cart, and a shops with signage line the left side under a dark sky.2006-11-01Night photograph of a crowded street-side temple entrance in Tiruvannamalai, lit by warm orange and white lights. A large orange signboard above reads SPH Sri Nithyananda's Ancestral Home in English and Tamil, with a Telugu-script line below. A deity murti or decorated image stands in an alcove, draped in a garland of purple and white flowers and wearing a white beaded necklace, with a lit lamp and offerings in front. A woman in an orange sari and other devotees in orange and white stand around it. A large crowd of mostly young men and women, some in white shirts and some holding up phones to record, presses forward in the foreground. Shop fronts with signs and a hanging loudspeaker surround the scene.2024-07-21