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A street procession in a small town, viewed from above. Several decorated tractor-drawn carts (ratha-style floats) with ornate painted canopies and garlands of marigolds move along the road, each carrying a deity murti framed by flower garlands. In the foreground, a man in a yellow shirt and lungi walks past, and bearded older men in striped shirts and a white head wrap stand at the bottom edge. Men sit on the tractor-cart floats, one in a white dhoti and head cloth. A blue-canopied truck with pinned decorations and a loudspeaker is at right. Banners in Kannada hang from the front of a tractor, and a bundle of orange flags flies along the route. Shops, palm trees and a State Bank signboard line the street behind.

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October 15 20112011-10-15A street procession in a small town, viewed from above, with several decorated vehicles lined up along a road. Foreground tractors and carts are richly painted with floral garlands, orange flags and ornate canopies, one carrying a large decorated deity murti under a fringed canopy. A blue-tarpaulined truck has a portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a garland, and a banana-leaf arrangement flanks it. Men in white dhotis and saffron cloths walk beside the vehicles while onlookers stand along the roadside. Shops, a State Bank of India branch, parked motorbikes and cars line the street.2011-10-15October 15 20112011-10-15 +2 copiesOctober 15 20112011-10-15October 15 20112011-10-15A decorated festival procession in a town street. A richly ornamented float on a red Mahindra tractor carries a deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds and multicoloured flowers beneath a painted, pinnacled canopy. A young man in white dhoti with bare upper body stands on the float beside the deity, and a man in a pink shirt drives the tractor while a small child sits on the steering area. Orange and saffron flags and a banana leaf frame the scene, and a crowd of onlookers, many in shirts and saris, lines the road. A partial hanging white tassel and a blue tinsel ornament hang from the left-side float.2011-10-15A street procession in a town with palm trees and street lamps. Several ornately decorated ratha chariots, painted white, red and gold with floral garlands and saffron flags, move down the road. Crowds line both sides, including women in orange and pink saris, and a man in a pink shirt and a man in a dark cap filming with a video camera in the foreground. Shops and a blue signboard frame the scene under an overcast sky.2011-10-15A street procession in a town, with a crowd of men, women and children in white shirts, red and pink clothes walking along the road. At centre, a float decorated with garlands and a multicoloured fringed canopy carries a deity murti in red and gold dress, with a framed portrait of a woman in an orange sari placed on the float. A man in orange clothing stands beside the float. A red tractor with a green canopy, garlanded with orange and yellow flowers, pulls a trailer through the crowd. Spectators watch from a rooftop, and orange flags and bunting hang from a pink building.2011-10-15Elevated street view of a crowded town procession in Tiruvannamalai. Two decorated wheeled carts, one on the left with a deity murti under flower garlands and an orange canopy, and one on the right with a large ornate carved figure with a tall flower-decorated backdrop, rest on a red cloth. Men in white dhotis and shirts pull and walk beside the carts, a man in white stands on the right cart, and women in sarees and devotees fill the road. A tractor pulls a cart in the centre, orange flags fly, and shops with awnings line the street. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible; people are at a distance and appearances are uncertain.2011-12-20Outdoor street procession on a broad paved road lined with trees, palms and low buildings. Many people in white clothes, some with orange and white scarves, walk along the road carrying orange and red flags. A decorated palanquin with colourful umbrellas and garlands is carried at the centre-right, with a figure in orange robes standing on it. A red tractor with a trailer follows, and a yellow auto-rickshaw is nearby. Parked cars line the road, and a few bystanders watch from the roadside beside a construction area of stacked stones.2010-07-24A village procession on a road lined with palm trees and parked vehicles under an overcast sky. In the foreground a red tractor pulls a green flat cart carrying a decorated ratha with a colourful striped canopy, pennant-like flags and a painted deity murti garlanded with flowers. Behind it, several men in white dhotis and white shirts walk along the roadside, some holding orange and yellow flags, and another decorated palanquin-style float with a small umbrella canopy follows. Vehicles and a bus appear in the background.2005-12-31Aerial view of a large procession moving down a wide city road lined with buses, trucks, cars and autorickshaws. Crowds of men in white dhotis and shirts carry saffron-orange flags, and police in khaki stand along the route. In the lower right, an ornate palanquin with a colourful multi-panelled umbrella canopy and garlands carries a seated figure in saffron-orange robes, while attendants in white clothes walk beside it. Several other multicoloured canopies and a decorated vehicle appear further up the procession, and onlookers line the pavement on the right.2010-07-24 +1 copies