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A street procession in daylight with a decorated vehicle at the centre. The ornate golden-brown vehicle front is framed by yellow and purple marigold garlands and has a framed portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair at its top; no legible name is visible on it. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk alongside, one holding a long rod, with a rudraksha mala around the neck of the man in the foreground. Saffron-orange flags on poles are held nearby, and onlookers stand on the roadside beside a yellow railing with auto-rickshaws behind. Visible people number roughly six to twenty, including partially visible figures.

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A street procession in daylight with a decorated vehicle at the centre. The front of the vehicle has an ornate gold-coloured carved frame, a large framed portrait of a smiling man with dark hair set in the arched top, and garlands of yellow and purple flowers draped across the bonnet and sides. Men walk beside it in white shirts and white dhotis; one man in the foreground holds a saffron-orange flag on a pole and wears a white shirt, orange cloth and beaded necklaces. A white bus is parked at left and a banner with Tamil script hangs behind the crowd on a shop front.2009-01-12January 20 20092009-01-20A street procession in a small Tamil Nadu town. A golden, ornately carved vehicle decorated with yellow and purple marigold garlands is the centre of the scene, with a framed portrait of a smiling woman with short dark hair placed on its upper front panel. Four men and one woman walk alongside: a man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a saffron flag, another in white with a mala and an orange dhoti walks in front, a woman in white with a rosette holds a saffron flag, and a man in white with a rosette stands at right. Saffron flags flank the vehicle, a yellow bus stands at left, and a figure in a dhoti stands near a yellow railing at right. A white sign with Tamil text is on the building at right.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A decorated golden vehicle is processed down a street, its front framed by an arched gold surround with a large portrait of a smiling figure with long dark hair in a dark oval panel, draped with purple, magenta and yellow marigold garlands. A flag with a blue and orange emblem is carried on the left. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk alongside the vehicle, some wearing rudraksha malas and identity lanyards, one in orange lower garment. A woman in white stands on the right. Buildings, a hotel signboard and a blue street sign line the road under bright sunlight. The scene is a ratha procession. The portrait is printed on the vehicle, not a physical person.2009-01-12A decorated ornate vehicle, carved and gilded with a temple-style roof, travels down a village road in procession. A framed portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair, garlanded with marigolds, is mounted on its front, and red-orange flags flutter from its roof. Blue state bus sits to the left. Devotees in white clothes and an orange-robed figure in saffron walk alongside, and children stand by the red dirt roadside. Trees line the background.2009-01-20January 20 20092009-01-20January 12 20092009-01-12A decorated orange and gold vehicle, appearing to be a pada-yatra or procession truck, stands on a dirt road between white walls. A large framed portrait of a smiling woman in an orange garment is mounted atop the vehicle within an ornate gold arch. Yellow marigold garlands drape its front, and a red flag is fixed to the side. A man in a white dhoti holds a red flag near the gate on the left, while several men in white dhotis and shirts walk in the background. Coconut palms and a banana plant frame the scene, with a tiled roof building on the right.2009-01-29 +1 copiesA street procession on a paved road beside an ornately carved, metal-sheathed vehicle decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands and a carved deity figure on its side. Two men in white dhotis and white shirts walk in front holding orange flags with a blue emblem, one with a lanyard. Behind them a uniformed police officer and a figure in a saffron-orange robe walk among other white-clad participants, with a striped umbrella and a stone arched bridge in the background.2009-01-20February 16 20092009-02-16A decorated yellow vehicle with an ornately carved golden facade and a large framed portrait of a smiling person in orange clothing mounted above the windshield, garlanded with marigold and multicoloured flower strings. Saffron flags flutter on the sides. Crowds of people walk along a street lined with trees, shops and strings of small decorative lights. In the foreground an older man in a white dhoti and pink shawl rides a bicycle with a bag, and several children and men in white shirts stand nearby.2010-01-29