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A street scene in a town, photographed from behind a golden carved pillar at the right edge of the frame, with a saffron cloth edge visible beside it. A silver SUV with a bull bar and Tamil Nadu plate TN72 M0897 drives down the centre of the road, with a small portrait sticker on its windscreen. Behind it a green-and-yellow government bus passes, and a white car and autorickshaw follow. Motorcycle riders wear helmets or walk alongside on the road, including a man in a pale blue shirt on the right and two men riding a blue motorcycle on the left. Low shops, green and red painted walls, palm and roadside trees line the street under an overcast sky. A utility pole and wires run along the left side.

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October 22 20062006-10-22October 22 20062006-10-22October 20 20062006-10-20Street view in a busy Indian town during a procession route on 22 October 2006. In the foreground, golden metal fingers or hands of a deity figure hold white flower garlands, framing the scene. A white SUV with a yellow registration plate drives down the middle of the road. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks, a man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at left, and motorcycles and scooters pass. Shopfronts line the street, including a signboard reading House Anchor, and a rickshaw or vehicle roof rack is visible at right. The visible people number roughly 20 to 30 scattered across the street, and the exact count is uncertain.2006-10-22A roadside street scene during a daytime procession in Tamil Nadu, with a white Maruti van in the foreground carrying a framed portrait on its dashboard area and a driver in a white shirt. Behind it follow a second white van, a blue-and-white bus, and yellow auto-rickshaws. On the right, a man in a grey shirt walks past a saffron-orange flag fluttering in the near foreground, while a rider on a motorcycle in a white shirt passes beside it. Trees line the road, and roadside shops and a billboard stand on both sides. Several people stand along the far right roadside. The scene reads as a vehicle procession moving along a street.2006-10-23Photo taken through a car windshield on a tree-lined road in daylight. A silver SUV with a spare tyre on its back drives ahead, followed by a dark grey sedan. On the right, a man in a white shirt rides a motorcycle with several passengers, and a child sits in front. On the left, a man in a checked yellow-and-white shirt walks along the roadside, and other pedestrians in white and blue clothing are further up. A yellow signboard stands at the left edge.2011-11-10A blurred street scene in a busy Indian town during daytime. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a pink-and-white sign occupies the left foreground, and a white van with a small framed portrait displayed on its windshield sits at right. Several scooters and a white car travel down the road, with pedestrians and motorcyclists along both sides. Palm and shade trees line the roadside, with shopfronts, signboards and utility poles behind. No deity, ritual or procession is visible, and no identifiable a person figure appears.2006-10-23October 22 20062006-10-22Street scene in a town with a green and yellow public bus on the left and several men riding motorcycles, one in a white shirt and white dhoti. On the right, an ornately decorated golden-brown vehicle with carved panels and a loudspeaker on its roof carries a large banner with portrait photographs and Tamil text, and smaller portrait posters are displayed on its side. Shop signs and utility poles line the roadside under trees.2009-01-31A 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 busy urban street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, seen from an elevated vantage point beside a gilded temple-style pillar on the right edge. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a yellow roof is in the foreground, with a motorcyclist in a light blue shirt and green cap riding beside a passenger in white. Cyclists, rickshaws, a red SUV and white vans fill the road, and shopfronts with signboards line both sides under trees, with a tall building and billboard in the distance.2006-10-23A hazy daytime street scene shot from inside a vehicle on a busy road, with traffic moving in both directions. Yellow-and-black auto-rickshaws, a white hatchback, a white minivan, a bus and a dark car fill the lanes. A man in a white shirt rides a silver scooter toward the camera, and two pedestrians in dark and pink clothing walk along the left roadside beside a yellow truck. Tall leafy trees line the road, and a red-and-white roadside billboard stands above the shops on the right. No a person candidate is visible.2012-05-09