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Night street procession in a crowded Tamil town street. A large illuminated ornate temple chariot with a multi-tiered golden roof, lit by electric lights and decorated with deity images and garlands, moves through the crowd. Dense crowds of men in yellow and white shirts and dhotis walk in front and around it, many in yellow clothing. Shops with shutters and signboards line the street on both sides. A few men near the chariot wear white and bare upper bodies. No figure can be confidently identified as the a person from appearance, so the role is given only as a devotee or procession participant.

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February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesNight street procession in a town lined with shops and signboards. At centre, an ornate gilded and illuminated temple chariot with a tiered golden roof and a central deity murti decorated with garlands, moving on a green motorised cart. Smoke or incense drifts through the street. Around it, many men in white shirts, dhotis and yellow clothing walk and push, some wearing red and white shawls and white headbands. Shopfront signs in Tamil script line the street, and a bright lamp is visible at the right edge.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesNight photograph of a dense crowd filling a narrow street during a temple procession in Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, many devotees in saris and shawls, several women in yellow and green and a man in a patterned black-and-white shawl, walk closely together. Ahead, a brightly illuminated, ornately decorated chariot (ratha) with a golden tiered canopy is carried down the road, and a second illuminated float with fairy-light decorations stands at the left edge beside shopfronts. Colourful shop signs and yellow and red buildings line the street under a dark sky. No individual candidate for a person is clearly identifiable.2017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesNight photograph of a street procession. A large gilded ornate chariot (ratha) decorated with red and white flower garlands and string lights is in the centre, with a deity murti visible on its raised platform. A man in a white garment stands on top of the chariot, and another figure sits inside the lower wooden cabin. A dense crowd of silhouetted devotees fills the foreground, lit by the chariot's bright lamps, with a glowing neon sign and shopfronts behind. No clearly identifiable a person is visible; the figures are too distant and dark to establish appearance.2006-09-24September 24 20062006-09-24