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A busy Indian town street during a procession, photographed from an elevated angle. Dozens of people in white dhotis and shirts walk in a crowd, many carrying saffron-orange flags and placards. Yellow auto-rickshaws, a blue-and-yellow tipper truck, motorcycles and pedestrians fill the road. Shopfronts line the street, including a Vodafone sign and a Lakshmi Engineering Company board with Tamil text. Overhead wires and trees frame the scene. A Kodikkan Ratha Paada Yatra procession is in progress at Rajapalayam.

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January 21 20092009-01-21A busy street procession in a Tamil town, viewed from above. A decorated ornate ratha (chariot) with carved wooden panels, garlands and a seated deity murti dominates the right side, pulled along the road. Crowds of people in white clothes move through the street, some holding colourful umbrellas. Yellow and black auto-rickshaws, a blue tipper truck and motorcycles crowd the road. Shops line the street with signboards, including a Vodafone sign and a Lakshmi Engineering Company board. Overhead power lines cross the sky above the procession.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21August 01 20082008-08-01A large street procession winds through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, hanging wires and Tamil-script signboards. Many people in saffron-orange shirts and white dhotis walk in the crowd, several carrying tall orange flags on poles. Musicians play large drums in the foreground, including a drummer in a white shirt and a drummer wearing an orange scarf. Colourful umbrellas and ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the street, and a yellow auto-rickshaw and a black auto-rickshaw are in the lane. A temple gopuram rises in the background above the buildings. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a specific leader from this view.2008-08-01A street procession fills a busy Indian town road, with a golden ornately carved ratha (chariot) at right holding a deity murti in a red garment, decorated with marigold garlands and hanging tassels. Crowds of people in white clothes walk alongside, many carrying colourful umbrellas and flags. Auto-rickshaws, a blue three-wheeler truck and a bus crowd the street, with shops and signboards lining both sides and power lines overhead.2009-01-21A street procession in a busy Indian town moves past shops and auto-rickshaws. A golden ornate ratha (chariot) carries a deity murti decorated with garlands and a red-and-green cloth, while a man in white dhoti walks beside it. Crowds in white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron or orange shawls, walk in the road, many holding colourful umbrellas. Shopfronts include Lakshmi Engineering Company and a Vijay Super Market sign, with traffic of buses, trucks, bicycles and motorcycles around them.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A large street procession moves through a busy Tamil town. Hundreds of devotees in saffron and orange shirts and white dhotis fill the road, many holding tall orange flags on poles. Several decorated umbrellas in bright multicolour patterns and framed square banners with emblems are carried aloft. Drummers in white clothes play large drums and horns at the front. Shops with signboards, a yellow auto-rickshaw and two-wheelers line the street, and onlookers watch from the roadside. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from the image.2008-08-01A large crowd of devotees walks down a crowded street lined with shops, many in saffron-orange shawls and white clothing, carrying orange flags and two colourful striped umbrellas at the front. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a portrait sticker on its side is in the foreground. Shop signs including The Hindu, Vodafone and a Tamil-language sign are visible, and a gopuram-style temple tower rises in the background. Among the procession, no individual is clearly identifiable as a specific figure from this view.2008-08-01