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Night street scene during a procession viewed through the gilded pillars of a golden ratha or palanquin. Ornate gold-painted columns frame the foreground, with a black speaker and a wooden pole on a red-carpeted platform. Several men stand along the roadside in white shirts and white dhotis, some with orange shawls and one in a red checked shirt, some holding papers. Vehicle headlights and tail lights stream down a dark road lined with shop signs and a lit billboard.

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October 09 20062006-10-09Night street photograph of a crowd of men on a roadside at a Coimbatore-area junction during the Kodikkan ratha yatra. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several have orange or saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. A man in the centre wears an orange shawl and gestures toward a companion. Parked vehicles, a white van at right, street lights and a glowing billboard appear in the background, with a barrier marked with text behind the crowd. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible, so the figures are described by role and clothing only.2006-10-09Night photo of a roadside gathering at a Kodikkan Ratha Yatra event in Coimbatore. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand close together near a white van, some holding small leaflets or booklets. One man in an orange shawl and white clothes stands centre-left, and a man in a checked shirt stands in front. Street lights and vehicle headlights glow in the background behind barricades with printed signs.2006-10-09Night photograph of a Kodikkan Ratha Yatra procession in a street in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. A large golden ornate ratha or chariot with carved pillars and a canopy holds two standing deity murti decorated with yellow flower garlands and draped in red and purple cloth. Around the ratha, about seven men stand facing it, some in white dhotis with orange shawls, others in shirts and trousers. Shop signs and a Xerox sign line the street, and a panel on the ratha shows printed Tamil text and images.2006-10-09October 09 20062006-10-09Night procession scene at a street with an ornate golden wooden ratha (chariot) decorated with carved pillars and a canopy. A silver-gilded deity murti seated on the chariot is garlanded with white and yellow flower garlands. A small portrait of a bearded man in a white turban is attached to the chariot's side, and another framed portrait shows a man in a white turban beside a number plate. Several men stand near the chariot: one in a striped blue shirt, one in a white kurta with an orange shawl over his shoulder, and one in a white shirt holding a phone to his ear. A digital display in the background reads Coimbatore, and the street is lit by orange street lamps.2006-10-09October 19 20062006-10-19Night street scene in a town with a large crowd of men pressing around an orange-red bus with a lit roof sign. A robed figure in saffron-orange stands in the open front doorway of the bus, with a man in white beside him. Many men in white shirts, checked shirts and lungis fill the road in the foreground, several raising cameras or phones. Shop fronts, street lights and a yellow signboard line the road behind the bus.2014-06-21 +1 copiesOctober 20 20062006-10-20October 13 20062006-10-13June 21 20142014-06-21Night photograph of a crowd gathered on a road beside vehicles with bright headlights. Several men in white ritual dhotis with gold-bordered edges stand on the left and right, one bare-chested man in white with a gold-bordered shawl at right. Others wear striped, checked and plain shirts and trousers. A man in an orange-saffron cloth with a beaded necklace smiles in the centre-top of the group. The scene is lit mainly by car headlights and street lamps.2011-09-26