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A photograph taken through a vehicle windshield of a street lined with large spreading trees. A golden-decorated ratha or float carrying deity murti and seated figures moves down the road, with a white van in the foreground and motorcyclists and pedestrians nearby. Shops and a street sign with the word YOGA line the left side. The ratha is ornately gilded with garlands, consistent with a procession. A date stamp in the lower right reads 4 and 16:42. The seated figures on the ratha are too small and distant to identify.

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November 04 20062006-11-04October 15 20062006-10-15A photograph taken from behind a white minivan on a rural two-lane road lined with trees and scrubland. The van bears a red-and-white sign reading TN 67 Q 7822 on its rear plate. Ahead is a gold-coloured ornate ratha, a processional chariot, carrying garlanded deity murti under a decorated canopy, with red flags on its sides. Framed photographs are attached to the chariot's side panels. Several vehicles follow along the road, and no people are clearly visible.2006-10-24Street photo of a busy Tamil Nadu road lined with tall green trees, parked and moving cars, and motorcycles. In the centre, a decorated ratha chariot carrying a deity murti under a gold canopy with garlands and yellow-gold drapery is pulled along the road. Pedestrians walk in the street, including a woman in a green and yellow sari and a man in a white shirt, while a man in a checked shirt walks barefoot. A green building on the left shows a shop sign with Tamil text.2006-11-05January 21 20092009-01-21November 05 20062006-11-05A photograph taken from behind a white minivan on a tree-lined rural road. Following the van is a golden carved ratha (chariot) with an ornate canopy, carrying two deity murtis adorned with garlands and flower necklaces, with red flags flanking the sides. Small portrait photographs are affixed to the chariot's rear, one showing a man in a suit with a garland. The minivan bears a sign reading G.V. Ortho Centre, Rajapalayam and the registration TN-67 Q-7822. Green trees line both sides of the grey asphalt road under a pale overcast sky.2006-10-24October 24 20062006-10-24A photo of a street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu. A gilded, ornately decorated ratha/chariot with a canopy stands on a tree-lined road, its deity figures draped in colourful garlands and cloth. Two men in white dhoti and shirt attend the chariot, one standing on its platform and another below. In the foreground a white van bears a rear-window portrait of a woman in red and the word NITYANANDAPEETAM on its glass, and a man in a light shirt holds a white banner. A temple gopuram rises in the background under cloudy skies.2006-10-16A busy urban street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a white Maruti van leading a line of motorcycles and bicycles down the centre of the road. The van's windshield shows a framed photograph of a person, and riders include men in white shirts and dhotis. Green trees line the street, with auto-rickshaws, shops with Tamil signage, a blue multi-storey building and an empty billboard on scaffolding. The overlaid date reads 22 10 2006.2006-10-22A street procession on a busy urban road in India. In the centre, a golden ornate palanquin with a canopy holds a deity murti decorated with garlands of marigolds and white flowers, with orange flags fixed at its sides. A white car in front carries a large blue banner showing a smiling man in a light yellow turban and a printed portrait; the banner's Tamil text advertises VCD, ACD, audio discourses and books sold here. Motorcycles and pedestrians fill the road, and onlookers in colourful saris and shirts stand along the roadside beside a red and orange bus.2006-10-10A street scene on a tree-lined road in India, with a silver sedan in the foreground bearing the number plate TN 09 AR 7374 and a red cord tied across its boot. Ahead, a gilded ratha or palanquin-style procession chariot with a golden canopy and draped golden fabric is carried along the road among traffic. Pedestrians, a cyclist, a woman in a red sari at left, a yellow bus and auto-rickshaws fill the street.2006-11-04