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Elevated view of a street procession in a town with low buildings, palm trees and power poles. At centre is an ornate gold-coloured ratha or palanquin platform with a white canopy and carved pillars, holding two gold-decorated deity murtis, one wearing a red cloth backdrop. A standing man in white dhoti and shirt stands beside the platform, and a small framed portrait sits at its base. Devotees in saris and dhotis gather on the road, some holding oil lamps, with children among them. Motorcycles, vans and a bus move along the street.

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October 30 20062006-10-30A gilded wooden ratha chariot with a golden canopy and carved pillars moves down a roadside in a procession. Two deity murtis stand on the raised platform, one garlanded in red and yellow flowers. A man in a white dhoti and orange shawl walks beside the chariot, and women in saris and children gather along the road. Printed portrait posters of a bearded man in a white headwear are pasted on the chariot sides. A silver car and motorbikes are on the road.2006-10-09January 20 20092009-01-20October 09 20062006-10-09October 30 20062006-10-30Night photograph of a crowded outdoor procession at a religious event. Centre of the image is a golden canopied palanquin or ratha with carved gold pillars, bearing two deity murtis draped in red and garlanded with flowers, with a framed portrait placed beside them on the left. Devotees in white shirts and white dhotis, women in saris and salwar, and children press around the shrine, some holding papers. Bright floodlights and a glowing green tree light the scene, with more people and a white van in the background. A printed banner at the top of the canopy carries Tamil lettering. Visible foreheads show white and ash markings.2010-01-24Outdoor photo of a decorated ratha (procession chariot) parked on a dirt road beside a cream-coloured building and green trees. The carved golden-brown shrine on the ratha holds deity murtis garlanded with flowers, with a standing man in white dhoti and an orange-saffron shawl beside it. Two framed portraits are mounted on the ratha's sides. Around the ratha, about a dozen devotees stand: a man in white dhoti and orange shawl, children in bright shirts, women in colourful saris including a green sari and a blue sari, and men in white shirts. A parked white car and a red scooter are nearby.2006-10-24A street procession in a crowded Indian town. Central focus is an ornate gold-painted palanquin with carved pillars and a pointed canopy, carried by men in white, with a deity murti and garlands visible inside. A dense crowd of men and women in light and coloured clothes presses along the road. Handheld portrait banners showing a bearded man in a red-and-white turban are held up on the left and right. White flags hang from a building on the right, and a bus stands at the left edge.2006-09-30November 05 20062006-11-05Outdoor temple-street procession in the evening: a gilded, ornately carved ratha-style float on a blue vehicle carries a golden seated deity murti under a gold canopy with a kalasha finial, with a white-clad priest tending it. On the left side of the float, a framed portrait shows a bearded man in a white turban and light clothing. Along the right, a crowd of devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts and women in saris, walks past a stone temple gateway with a gopuram-style tower and a flagpole with red flags. Boards and banners with text line the float's base.2006-10-24January 20 20092009-01-20Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees gathered around a gilded, canopied palanquin-style shrine on a street lit by floodlights. Two adorned deity murtis stand inside the golden structure, draped in red cloth and garlanded with flowers, with a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure fixed to its side. Men in white shirts and dhotis, women in colourful saris and flower-adorned hair press close, many with hands raised or looking toward the shrine. A large lit pillar and a white van appear in the background.2010-01-24