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A street procession moves past a large white gopuram temple tower with a gateway in Tiruvannamalai, with a mountain behind. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange sashes, walk in a group carrying orange flags and a decorated banner. Along the roadside are market stalls, shops, a yellow auto-rickshaw, bicycles, and pedestrians including women in sarees.

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August 01 20082008-08-01A procession moves through a busy street toward the tall gopuram of a South Indian temple, with a mountain behind it. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange scarves or saffron cloth, walk in a group carrying orange and saffron flags and a long banner with pink and red lettering. A woman in an orange sari and another in a yellow sari walk nearby, and a man in a white dhoti holds a yellow paper. Traffic includes a yellow auto-rickshaw, motorcycles and bicycles, while market stalls with blue and red canopies line the road. Several people carry umbrella-style canopies over the group.2008-08-01Outdoor street procession in front of a tall white gopuram temple tower with a multi-tiered entrance gateway, flanked by a mountain. A large crowd in white and saffron clothing walks down the road carrying orange flags and a banner, some people under decorated umbrellas. Market stalls with awnings line the street, motorbikes and a yellow auto-rickshaw are in traffic, and a woman in a yellow sari and another in orange walk nearby. Many people are visible, a few wearing white dhotis and saffron shawls.2008-08-01A busy street scene in front of a tall South Indian temple gopuram with carved white tiers and a gateway with pillared entrance, set against a hillside. A procession of many people in white dhotis and white shirts, many carrying or walking behind orange and saffron flags, moves toward the gateway, with a long white banner with printed text carried among them. Foreground pedestrians include a woman in a yellow and green sari and a woman in red with an orange shawl. Motorbikes, autorickshaws, roadside shops and market stalls with blue awnings line the road. Several people in the procession appear to be wearing saffron-orange garments.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01Photo taken through a car windscreen of a busy street outside a South Indian temple. A tall gopuram tower rises behind an open pillared gateway with painted arches. In the foreground, several people in saffron and red saris and white shirts stand and walk on the road. A yellow auto-rickshaw, a parked red motorcycle and bicycles are nearby, and small roadside stalls line the left. The car's side mirror is visible at left.2006-09-25January 12 20072007-01-12September 23 20062006-09-23July 24 20122012-07-24August 01 20082008-08-01A street scene in front of a large South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower covered in white and painted sculptures, with a smaller entrance gateway and pillared portico in the foreground. A small mountain rises behind the temple under a partly cloudy sky. On the left, a yellow billboard shows a portrait of a man with a printed caption, beside auto-rickshaws and a red sign reading Nalli. Several pedestrians walk across the road: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a woman in a yellow sari, and a woman in a green sari. A man on a motorbike and a few other figures are visible near the stalls and shops. No one is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-07-24A busy street scene in front of a South Indian temple gopuram and a colourful gateway tower. A silver SUV and a white van are stopped in traffic, with a yellow auto-rickshaw on the left and bicycles in the foreground. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk along the road and near the vehicles, and one man in an orange shirt stands by the white van. Roadside shops and hoardings line the left side, and a cart of produce is visible at right. No individual can be confidently identified as the a person from appearance, so the figures are described by role and clothing only.2007-01-12