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A photograph of a rural highway lined with palm trees and a brick stack on the left. A small group of men in white dhotis and shirts stands and walks along the roadside beside a white van, near an ornate, decorated palanquin or ratha with colourful garlands and a deity murti visible on it. Two large trucks and a bus travel on the road in the foreground, and a dated timestamp reads 12.03.2008 15:55.

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February 09 20092009-02-09February 09 20092009-02-09February 12 20092009-02-12A photograph of a wide, empty paved highway in flat countryside under a hazy white sky, with a dashed white lane marking and a raised concrete median on the left. Palm trees and coconut palms line the roadside. A white truck with an orange-painted cargo bed and an orange flag sits on the right shoulder. Three or four people in white clothing walk along the edge of the road beside the truck, some holding orange flags. A small white truck is parked on the left side of the road. Date stamp in orange digits reads 12.04.2008 and 12:39.2009-02-10February 10 20092009-02-10A roadside procession of devotees walking along a paved road beside a dirt shoulder under a hazy sky. In the foreground two women in white saris with orange and blue borders walk side by side, one carrying an orange-and-white cloth. Behind them a group of men in white dhotis and shirts walk in a line, one in an orange-brown kurta, and some hold orange umbrellas. A loaded truck with a tarpaulin and an orange-bodied truck pass on the left, and a cyclist rides on the right. Trees and a telecom tower stand in the background.2009-02-13A road procession on a wide two-lane highway lined with palm trees and flowering bougainvillea bushes in pink, purple and yellow. A golden palanquin-style ratha carrying deity murtis, with two figures decorated in garlands, moves along the left lane. Men in white dhotis and white shirts walk beside it, many carrying orange-red flags on poles. A white van follows behind the ratha, and a yellow pickup truck and a dark car travel in the opposite lane toward the distance. Trucks and other vehicles are visible further up the road.2009-02-12February 10 20092009-02-10A photograph of a paved highway with white lane markings and a dry roadside lined with trees and flowering shrubs. A decorated vehicle with a framed portrait on its front panel and orange cloth draping leads a group walking alongside it. Several men wear white dhotis and shirts, and one man in orange clothing walks near the vehicle. In the right foreground a woman in a yellow sari carries a red-orange flag on a pole. The group appears to be on a procession along the road.2009-02-12February 10 20092009-02-10February 10 20092009-02-10Devotees walk along the shoulder of a paved highway in hazy daylight, part of a procession. In the foreground, three people in white ritual clothing walk together: a woman on the left in a white sari with a light shawl, a woman in the centre in a white sari with a red-bordered drape, and a man on the right in an all-white dhoti and shirt with a dark bag over his shoulder. Behind them, more white-clad devotees and some people in saffron-orange cloth follow along the road. A large brown truck loaded with sugarcane or fodder is on the left, and roadside trees and scrub stand on the right.2009-02-13