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A street scene in an Indian town with two large hoardings mounted over a roadside. The left poster shows a man in an orange turban and orange robe with a beaded necklace, looking upward, beside Tamil text. The right poster shows a saffron-toned background with a red hill, temple gopurams, a deity figure with a crown and a woman in orange draped clothing with hands folded. Pedestrians, cyclists and a yellow traffic police barrier stand in the foreground, and shops with a Reliance Mobile sign line the street.

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January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12A street photograph of two large roadside hoardings in front of a multi-storey building with a balustrade. The left hoarding shows a smiling man in an orange turban, orange garment and gold beaded necklace, labelled with Tamil text and the Chennai Dhyanapeetam Ashram. The right hoarding shows a red mountain with temple towers, two deity figures, a white-clad woman in prayer, and a robed figure with hands folded, advertising a Dhyana Sathsangam. Several people walk along the street: a woman in a white sari with yellow border, a woman in orange and white, an elderly man in white, and other men in white dhotis, some near rickshaw carts. The sky is overcast with wires overhead.2007-01-12A street scene in a busy Indian town where a group of people in white clothing walk along the roadside past large outdoor banners. The biggest banner shows a man in an orange turban, orange robe and beaded necklace, with a Tamil-language event poster beneath him. A second banner on the right shows a temple tower, a red mountain and a robed figure. A rider on a motorcycle in the foreground wears a white shirt, and a cart with a blue frame sits at left beside a small roadside shrine with a red roof. Power lines and old shopfronts fill the background.2007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12A street scene in a Tamil town with several people walking and riding bicycles and motorbikes past a row of billboards. On the left, a large board shows a man in a white shirt beside a woman and a green-and-orange political message. In the centre, a board shows a man with a white turban, grey beard and a yellow-and-orange garland, with a yellow-and-orange border. Behind them, a large billboard shows three women in saris and a jewellery advertisement. A red-and-white police barrier stands at the left edge, and shopfronts line the right side. A man in a red-checked shirt walks in the foreground.2005-11-21September 23 20062006-09-23Street scene with two roadside billboards hung on a wall beneath trees and utility wires. The left red-and-yellow billboard shows a man in a white head wrap and white clothing with a beaded necklace, beside Tamil text announcing a Dhyana Satsang meditation event and a Vaastu consultancy sponsor panel. The right billboard shows a row of smiling men in suits and white shirts above a large portrait of a moustached man, with a bottom row of small portraits and Tamil slogans. In the foreground, yellow auto-rickshaws, parked bicycles and motorcycles, and a man in a white shirt on the right. The billboards are the most visible subjects; the photograph is taken through a hazy windscreen.2006-11-25A street photograph in a busy Tamil town. Large billboards hang above the road: a Sreenivasa Corporation jewellery and sari advertisement showing three women in saris, and a portrait banner of a white-haired man in white with a garland of yellow flowers and an orange background. Two smaller hoardings stand below, one green and white with political-style portraits. A white van and motorcycles and bicycles pass; pedestrians walk along the shop-lined pavement, some in white dhotis and a woman in a blue sari. Overhead power lines cross the scene.2005-11-21Street photograph of a procession walking along a busy road in Tiruvannamalai. Several people in white ritual clothing walk in a group, some with white and cream shawls, a few women in saris. On the left a motorcyclist in a yellow-and-white shirt rides past. Behind them stand large colourful hoardings: one shows several smiling political figures under a sunrise, another shows a smiling man in a pale shirt, and on the right a banner shows a man in a saffron/orange turban and ornate orange garment with a mala, above Tamil text. A small blue and white roadside shrine structure stands in the middle of the street.2007-01-12