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Outdoor street scene during a roadside procession, with a crowd lining a dusty road lined by trees. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing orange saffron shawls, stand among women in sarees, including a woman in a pale pink saree and a woman in a light blue saree holding a wooden stick. A small boy in dark clothes holds a stick. Cars, vans, motorbikes and an auto-rickshaw pass on the road behind them. A white board with flower garlands in the left foreground suggests a devotional stop. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person; the white-clad and orange-shawled men are shown only by role as devotees.

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Street-level photograph of a crowd gathered on a tree-lined Chennai road for a ritual procession. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while several women wear saris in pink, yellow and blue. A woman in a bright pink sari stands in the centre, with men in white around her, some holding and offering cupped hands toward a small burning fire or flame in a metal dish. A man in white at the right holds a camera. A woman in pink at lower left holds a garland of white flowers, and a tray of yellow and orange flower offerings sits at the left edge. Several men wear orange shawls. Parked scooters, cars and a white van line the roadside, and a uniformed police officer stands near the crowd.2006-11-01November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor street scene during a temple procession in a dusty residential lane, with a silver van parked on the right and a yellow auto-rickshaw in the background. A crowd of many men, women and children stands closely packed around a central group. Two men in white dhotis and orange-saffron shawls stand at center, one holding a lit oil lamp in a cupped hand. A man in a white shirt on the left holds a tray of offerings. Several older women wear pink, teal and purple saris with white forehead marks. The setting suggests a ritual welcome during the Koadikkan Ratha Yatra procession, though the photo itself shows only the gathered devotees and ritual participants.2006-10-24A photograph of a residential street lined with shade trees and parked white vintage cars. A large group of women in colourful saris stands in the road, holding offering plates and flower bouquets, while men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the sidewalks. A man in a white shirt holds a camera at the centre. Several women in orange, red, pink and green saris carry brass plates and a bouquet of white and red flowers. No one in the scene is identified as a person.2006-10-23Outdoor photograph of a village street during a procession, with a crowd of many villagers standing and walking along a dusty road lined with thatched huts, palm trees and a utility pole. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand in the centre, and a man in an orange-saffron shawl stands among them, while women in saffron, orange and red saris carry brass plates heaped with bananas and flowers. A few people hold white flags on poles. Children in bright clothes crowd the foreground, and a man on a motorcycle waits at left. The crowd is clearly visible but not fully countable.2006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesOctober 27 20062006-10-27October 20 20062006-10-20Crowded street scene during a procession in a small town, with many men and women in white and colourful saris, salwar and dhotis pressing around a central area. At the upper left, a framed portrait on a stand, garlanded with flowers, shows a figure in white head covering and purple robe with a star motif, labelled as a portrait. In the left foreground, a man in white dhoti and white shirt with a rudraksha-style necklace stands beside the portrait area. Several people are holding cameras or phones.2006-10-24October 24 20062006-10-24Outdoor street crowd in a busy Indian town during a procession, viewed from above. Dense rows of devotees, mostly women in sarees in purple, pink, orange, yellow, white and green, stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. Some carry small children on their hips. Men in white shirts and dhotis and a man in a pink shirt stand among them. Parked white and red cars, motorbikes and a yellow-roofed roadside stall line the road behind. Shop signs and an overhead car roof fill the background.2006-10-30