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A photograph of a street procession at a temple-style ratha with ornate golden pillars, a canopy and orange flags, in front of a yellow colonial-style building. A deity murti in floral garlands sits on the ratha. Posters on the ratha show a portrait labelled with Tamil text and a smaller portrait of a person in white headwear. A dense crowd of women in colourful saris, including a girl in pink holding a tray of fruit, and several men in white shirts and dhotis stand around the cart. A parked white van and bicycles are visible, with trees and smoke in the background.

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Outdoor street procession in a small Tamil Nadu town, with a crowd of devotees gathered around an ornate golden palanquin-style ratha/chariot with carved pillars and a canopy. Near the front, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands on the ratha, and another man in white attends at its base beside offerings of fruit and a brass lamp. Women in saris in orange, pink, yellow and blue stand in the crowd, many with long braided hair. Two large framed portraits of a bearded figure wearing a white head covering are carried on the ratha and beside it; the portraits are printed images, not physical people, and the printed caption reads in Tamil. Red and orange flags rise from the ratha, and a bus and motorcycles are parked behind a yellow colonial-style building with a large tree.2006-10-25Outdoor photo of a crowd of women and children gathered in a dirt-yard compound beside a white multi-storey building with tinted windows. At right stands an ornate golden palanquin-style canopy with carved pillars and a red curtain, with a framed portrait and flower offerings beneath it. A large framed portrait of a bald man in a dark outfit is propped on an easel-like stand at centre. Women wear saris in red, orange, green and blue, many with braided hair, and a few older men in white shirts stand near the canopy. Orange flags and a sound system are visible. A watermarked caption reads 25 10 2006.2006-10-25Outdoor photo of a street procession in Tamil Nadu, India. A large crowd of women in colourful saris (yellow, pink, orange, lavender, blue and green) stands along a dirt road under leafy green trees. Many have braids with white flower garlands. In the centre, a gilded, ornately carved ratha/palanquin shrine sits on a raised platform, housing a deity murti draped in orange and red cloth. A small framed portrait stands beside it. Behind them, a grey statue on a plinth and parked white vans line the roadside under a pale sky. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2006-10-25October 24 20062006-10-24A large crowd of women and men, mostly in saris and shirts with many older women in pale and bright saris, gathers outdoors in a dusty yard beside a white multi-storey building. On the right, an ornate golden wooden ratha-style canopy with carved pillars and red and orange flags stands near a dark speaker. A framed portrait showing a man in white with a cap is displayed on an easel by the canopy, and a man in white stands near the decorated platform. Oil drums and a rooftop tank sit along the left wall, with trees and a partly built structure in the background.2006-10-25A photograph of an outdoor ratha yatra at Navalur Kuttapattu: a crowd of devotees surrounds a golden-cream canopied shrine on a procession platform holding two deity murtis draped in white and orange-gold cloth with marigold garlands. A man in white shirt and dhoti stands at the shrine tending a small flame, with a lit oil lamp in front. Two framed portraits of a bearded man in a white head covering and dark clothing stand at either side of the shrine, one labelled in Tamil. A white bus with 'PRASSANNA' written on it and red flags are visible behind. The crowd is largely in white, red, green and orange saris and shirts.2006-10-20Outdoor photograph of a crowd gathered in a temple courtyard of sandy ground beneath palm trees. On a raised golden palanquin-style platform under a gilded canopy stand two deity murtis, one dressed in red and garlanded with flowers. Framed portraits are displayed on the platform and its side panels, including one labelled with printed Tamil text and a golden-yellow sign reading 25 10 2006. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stands near the platform, another standing figure in white stands by the shrine entrance, and many devotees in white shirts, dhotis, saris and salwar kameez stand or sit in front. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha-like offering sit near the platform. A white shrine with a red-tiled roof and a striped red-and-white wall are behind. A procession-style gathering with deity murtis on a palanquin.2006-10-25October 16 20062006-10-16A dense street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, seen from above. A golden palanquin-style ratha carries deity murtis draped in garlands of marigolds and red flowers, with decorated umbrellas on either side. Crowds of devotees in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris of teal, green and orange, and many children press around the cart. A drummer in an orange shirt and white dhoti plays beside it, and a white van stands at right beneath a tree.2006-10-16Outdoor street procession in a village setting with a gilded, ornately carved palanquin or ratha holding decorated deity murti draped in red cloth and heavy marigold and jasmine garlands. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands on the left of the ratha, and a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and colourful saris, including a woman in yellow and blue, a woman in a lilac sari, and a woman with a braid in a blue-and-pink sari, face the shrine. A photographer in khaki shirt raises a camera on the right. A large framed portrait printed on a card is held up in the foreground, showing a bearded figure in a white turban and white robes. Palm trees, a tiled-roof shed and bamboo stands frame the scene.2006-10-09Outdoor procession on a dirt road beneath large spreading trees. Many women in colourful saris (purple, teal, green, orange, pink, yellow, maroon) walk in a long double line, some with white or grey hair, several wearing flowers in their hair. Behind them stands an ornate gold-coloured canopied palanquin or ratha with carved pillars, red curtains and saffron flags, with a framed portrait mounted on it. A few men in white are at the right edge near the vehicle. The scene appears to be a ceremonial deity or ratha procession.2006-10-25October 10 20062006-10-10