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A busy street scene in an Indian city with yellow auto-rickshaws and parked white cars lining a crowded road. Pedestrians walk along the pavement past shops with blue-and-white striped awnings. A golden temple pillar with carved ornamentation stands in the left foreground, and an orange flag hangs beside it. A red-lettered shop sign in Tamil script reads a shop name, and a white ambulance-style van moves through traffic in the background.

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A busy urban street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, seen from an elevated vantage point beside a gilded temple-style pillar on the right edge. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a yellow roof is in the foreground, with a motorcyclist in a light blue shirt and green cap riding beside a passenger in white. Cyclists, rickshaws, a red SUV and white vans fill the road, and shopfronts with signboards line both sides under trees, with a tall building and billboard in the distance.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23A photograph taken from an elevated, ornately gold-painted temple chariot or structure, looking down a busy street lined with shops and signboards in Tamil script. Motorcycles, bicycles, a white van, a green car and a yellow auto-rickshaw fill the road, with several riders in white shirts and dhotis. Pedestrians stand along the pavement, and a few men in white robes and caps appear at the left. Golden carved columns frame the right edge and gilded forms are visible at the bottom. No a person candidate is clearly visible in the scene.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23October 22 20062006-10-22A busy Indian street lined with shops, seen from a slightly blurred vantage point. Many pedestrians walk along the road, some in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris including a yellow sari and pink and green fabrics, and a man in a striped red shirt in the foreground. A yellow auto-rickshaw is in the middle of the street, and a tall orange saffron flag flutters on a pole at left. Shop fronts display colourful hanging textiles and signboards, with a bicycle and motorbike parked at the left edge. The scene looks like an ordinary market street during a Ratha Yatra-style procession route in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. A watermarked date stamp appears at bottom right.2006-10-23A busy street in an Indian town, photographed from a temple doorway. Golden carved temple pillar edges the right foreground, and a golden sculpted figure appears at the bottom. Many pedestrians walk along the road, including a man on a bicycle in a white shirt and trousers and a woman in a pink-orange sari. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a black-and-yellow tag passes on the right. Shops line both sides, selling colourful hanging clothes, textiles and striped cloth, with signboards and posters on the walls.2006-10-23A busy urban street in India seen from an elevated gold-painted pillar or railing in the right foreground. Several men ride motorcycles and scooters down the road, mostly in white or light shirts and dhotis or trousers. Yellow-and-gold barrier railings line the left edge of the road, and a large billboard showing a figure in red clothing stands above the street. Shops, signs and pedestrians fill the background under a hazy sky. No ritual or ceremony is visible.2006-10-23A busy town street in Tamil Nadu viewed from a temple-style carved stone pillar at right. A saffron-orange flag hangs from the pillar. Traffic fills the road: a blue-and-white city bus, a white auto-rickshaw with a portrait photo on its front, silver and dark hatchback cars, and motorcycles with riders in the foreground. Shopfronts line the street with signboards in Tamil script, including a red banner and a sign reading Vasavi Bhaisa... Electronics style signage. Pedestrians walk along the pavement under an overcast sky with overhead wires.2006-10-27October 23 20062006-10-23October 20 20062006-10-20A wet city street with puddles reflecting the grey sky, photographed from a stone pillar in the foreground. Vehicles include a white van, a yellow auto-rickshaw, cars, a red bus and many parked motorcycles. Several pedestrians walk along the road and pavement, including a boy in a striped shirt crossing in front and a man in white on the right. Shopfronts display signs for Saravana Bhavan restaurants, a UTI sign and a lottery shop. The scene appears to be a busy town street, possibly during a yatra route.2006-10-27