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Night photo of a dense street crowd at a ratha yatra procession, with many devotees in white and orange clothes pressing forward under dim streetlights. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a red shawl and a red blouse presses her palms together in anjali, and an older woman in white with a rudraksha-style mala also folds her hands. A man in a white shirt and a bare-chested man with sandalwood and kumkum marks stand nearby, and a small child with a forehead mark is held in the crowd. Some devotees wear vibhuti and kumkum on their foreheads. A uniformed police officer stands in the background, and an on-screen timestamp and copyright overlay appear in the corner. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.

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Night-time street procession in a crowded Indian town, shot from above with a flash-lit foreground. A white car with headlights on moves through the crowd on the left. A man in a white shirt and necklace on the lower left carries a long bamboo pole with a wooden frame lashed to it. A bare-chested man in a checked lungi walks at centre, with a child on the hip of a woman in a white sari beside him. Many women in saris of green, yellow, pink and blue, and men in white shirts and dhotis, fill the street, with lights and balloons overhead. The scene matches a kodikkan ratha yatra style procession, though no deity is visible.2006-11-05A dense night-time crowd of devotees fills a street during a procession, most people standing close together and looking toward the front. Many are women in sarees of red, yellow, pink, blue and green, several with folded hands in prayer, and some wear bindi and glasses. Men in checked shirts and white dhotis stand among them, and a young man in an orange-and-white checked shirt presses his palms together. A bald toddler and several children are visible at the lower edge. A red-and-white vehicle or cart edge appears at the upper right. Warm street lighting and a dark background frame the scene. The visible people number roughly fifty, with the crowd extending beyond the frame.2006-10-19November 05 20062006-11-05A dense crowd of devotees packed together indoors at night, pressing toward the front of a hall. A man in a white shirt, open at the chest, stands centre-front with a moustache and wavy hair, and a younger man in a white shirt with an orange cloth draped over his shoulders stands beside him. Women in saris in green, pink, orange and white stand among the crowd, many with hands folded or looking forward. Some men wear white with vertical marks on their foreheads. No clear a person candidate is visible; the people are devotees.2006-11-05October 14 20062006-10-14October 25 20062006-10-25October 19 20062006-10-19November 05 20062006-11-05November 05 20062006-11-05A dense crowd of devotees gathered at dusk in front of a temple, with warm lamplight glowing in the background. Many people press forward with palms joined in anjali. Several men are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis, with sacred ash and tilak smeared across their foreheads and chests. A shirtless man in the centre has rudraksha-style beads around his neck and his hands folded at his chest, and a man beside him wears a white shirt and a white cloth tied around his head. Women wear saris in red, orange, pink and green, with flowers in their hair and gold jewellery. Children stand among the adults, and a pale blue temple pillar and a green-painted wall frame the scene. This appears to be a temple procession or darshan. A blue dove logo appears in the top left corner.2006-10-25A night street photograph of a large crowd of devotees gathered outdoors, many with white and red vibhuti or kumkum marks on their foreheads. In the foreground a woman in a light green saree stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, beside a woman in an orange saree and a woman in a red and white blouse. A young girl in a yellow dress is held by a woman in the middle, a man in a white vest holds a child in the background, and a man in white clothes with red forehead marks stands at lower right. Motorbikes and street lights are visible behind the crowd. No a person is visibly present.2006-10-14November 01 20062006-11-01