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A village procession gathers in a sandy lane in front of a small blue-and-cream temple gateway topped with a pink-roofed shrine containing a deity murti flanked by bulls. Men in white dhotis and shirts play drums and a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style horn), while women in colourful saris—pink, blue, orange, and yellow—stand along the left, some holding white flags on poles. A bare-chested man stands at right near a bicycle, and trees and a utility pole frame the scene. The event is a ratha yatra-style procession of temple deities.

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Outdoor temple procession in a village street in India. A man in the foreground wears a white dhoti and an orange-saffron shawl and faces the temple, and beside him another man in white holds a long wind instrument. A drummer with a barrel drum stands among white-clad musicians, and a crowd of women in colourful saris and men in shirts watches from the left and right. Behind them a blue and yellow temple gateway with a white-and-yellow sign reads in Tamil, with a sculpted deity group and two bulls atop it. White flags with blue emblems are held on the left, and a man at the entrance wears a red shirt. Date stamp 16.10.2006 in the corner.2006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16Outdoor photograph of a street procession in a village with palm trees and green foliage. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with cloth sashes, stand among a crowd that includes women in yellow and pink saris and a man in an orange shirt holding a hand drum. Small white flags are raised, and a brass horn is visible near a roadside billboard showing a deity-themed image and Tamil text. A yellow building with ventilation blocks stands at left. The purple a person logo appears at top left. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.2006-10-16A street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, where a group of musicians in white dhotis and shirts play traditional instruments on a paved road. Several men play long nadaswaram-style wind instruments with flared bell ends, while others beat large two-headed drums with white heads and decorated wooden rims. One drummer wears a red shirt and an elderly man stands in the line. An orange cloth is draped over the shoulder of a man at the right edge. Two-story pink and cream houses, parked motorbikes, a yellow sign and a banana plant line the street under a partly cloudy sky.2006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A rural village procession on a dirt road lined with palm and leafy trees, with a thatched hut at left. Men in white shirts and white dhotis march barefoot; the lead drummer carries a large two-headed drum with a red cloth cover, and others play long wind instruments. Several men hold up framed posters on poles showing a bearded saffron-robed portrait and white-turbaned portraits, though these printed images are not physical people. A man in a yellow-gold shirt walks in the middle, and women in pink saris stand at left beside a small child in a navy shirt. A motorcycle passes at right. The scene appears to be a Kodikkan Ratha Yatra procession.2006-10-16Outdoor village street procession in Tamil Nadu with a large crowd of men and women moving past a colourful temple gopuram on the left. Drummers in white dhotis and bare-chested men carry drums, and a man in an orange robe, with a camera operator in white beside him, walks near the center. Behind, a red umbrella and a decorated palanquin or chariot are visible among the crowd. Women wear saris in red, pink and blue, and a signboard and white wall with Tamil text line the road beside orange flags on poles.2008-07-28