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A street scene in a small Tamil town with a rocky, tree-covered hill rising behind rows of multi-storey buildings. Several people in white clothing walk down the road; a central figure wears a long orange-and-cream shawl over white attire, with another in an orange wrap nearby. Yellow auto-rickshaw on the left, parked motorcycles on the right, shop signs in Tamil script, and a utility truck further back.

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September 23 20062006-09-23July 08 20122012-07-08A busy street in a town at the foot of a rocky hill. Yellow auto-rickshaws and motorcycles travel along the road, and a man on a bicycle rides past a parked white car. A woman in white clothing walks on the pavement beside shops and multi-storey buildings with balconies. Signs for ICICI Bank, Reliance and a KOS lodge line the street, and a yellow truck is parked at the right edge beside a shop with a pink facade. Overhead power lines cross the scene under an overcast sky.2012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08A busy street in a South Indian town leading toward a large gopuram temple tower set against a hill. Two men walk on the road, one in a white shirt and dark trousers, another in a white shirt and white dhoti. Several women in dark saris walk down the middle of the street, and motorcycles and a cow are visible. On the right stands a small colourful roadside shrine with deity figures on a pale blue and gold roof. Shop signs and hoardings line both sides, including a sign with Tamil text and a banner with an image of men in white.2012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08A street scene in a Tamil town before a colourfully painted South Indian temple gopuram, its tiers packed with painted deity and figure sculptures, rising in front of a large rocky hill. Pedestrians in white dhotis and saris walk along the road, a silver minivan and motorcycles are parked at left, and a yellow auto-rickshaw passes. Shops line both sides, with a woman in a green sari and a man in a white shirt at a street stall on the right. Signs advertise jewellery and banking, and a red and white bank sign hangs above the road.2012-05-09A street view of a busy Tamil town leading to a richly painted gopuram, the tiered temple tower of Madurai's Meenakshi-Sundareshwara complex, its tiers covered in colourful sculpted deities in red, blue, yellow and green. Behind it rises a large rocky hill with a small shrine on top. Pedestrians walk along the road, including a man in a white dhoti and shirt and a few people in white and pale clothing. A yellow three-wheeled auto-rickshaw with a passenger in white sits in the foreground, and a man in a white dhoti stands near it. Shops line both sides, with motorcycles, parked cars and bicycles on the road, and a stall displays colourful toys and garlands.2012-05-09March 06 20202020-03-06September 23 20062006-09-23A street scene in front of a richly painted gopuram, the tiered temple tower of a South Indian temple, rising in front of a rocky hill. The tower is decorated with colourful sculpted deities in bright pinks, blues, greens and golds, topped by golden kalasha finials. Pedestrians walk along the road, including a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a woman in a pink sari. A man in a white dhoti stands at right beside a green and yellow TSR truck, and a man on a motorcycle rides past at left. Shops line both sides of the road, with a vendor's cart of colourful balloons and toys at right. Several people are visible, roughly a dozen.2012-05-09A busy street in Madurai leads toward a tall, colourful gopuram of a South Indian temple set against a large rocky hill. Vehicles, a parked motorcycle, and several pedestrians in white and saffron-toned clothing move along the road. Shops, banners and signboards line both sides, including an advertisement showing a woman in a red sari with gold jewellery. Two women in saris and a few men stand or walk near the stalls at the right edge. No identifiable a person appearance is visible in this street scene.2012-05-09