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A busy street in a South Indian town. A cream-coloured minibus with a windscreen display sits on the left, and a white van is parked near the centre. On the right, people in white dhotis, saris and striped shirts walk past shops, including an ICICI Bank branch with red signage and colourful shop boards. A large shade tree lines the road.

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A street procession in a busy Tamil Nadu town, with a crowd of men and women walking along a dusty road lined with shops. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and cream shirt walks with a woman in a white sari with green border, and a man in a white vest and lungi carries an orange cloth. A woman in an orange-yellow sari holds a small child, and many devotees in white dhotis and colourful saris follow. Shopfronts display signs, a red-and-white ICICI Bank sign and orange banners, and a bright orange flag flutters at the left edge. No clear a person figure is visible among the people.2006-10-25A street scene in a busy Indian town with a crowd of devotees lining the road. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands with a steel bowl and a plate, serving food or prasadam to people who extend their hands. A woman in a green and gold sari and a woman in a red-bordered sari are prominent in the foreground, and older women in white and grey saris stand at right. Shops, a white minivan, cars, auto-rickshaws and motorbikes line the road behind. Two shops show signboards, and a bus passes in the background.2006-10-25October 22 20062006-10-22A busy street in a South Indian town with a wide paved road running through the centre. Pedestrians walk across the road, including a man in a white dhoti and a woman in a green sari. Several black motorcycles are parked on the right beside a row of shops, and yellow auto-rickshaws sit on the left. A white minibus stands in the middle distance. Tall trees line the left side, and utility poles with overhead wires run along the road. A large billboard on the right shows portraits of men, though the figures are too small to judge clearly. Power lines and a low hill appear in the distance under an overcast sky.2012-05-09 +1 copiesA busy street procession in an Indian town, with a decorated ratha or float covered in garlands and bright fabric at the upper right, shaded by colourful umbrellas. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk and ride motorcycles in the road, many carrying saffron-orange flags. A yellow and green Mahindra bus, a yellow auto-rickshaw and a bicycle share the street, and shop signs in Tamil line the buildings. Many onlookers stand along the pavement under the sun.2009-01-21A busy street scene in a Tamil Nadu town on a hazy day. Many motorcycles, auto-rickshaws and cars fill the road, with riders in white shirts and dhotis and men in pale shirts. A large leafy tree stands in the centre, with strings of small pennants or flags hanging from its branches. On the left, shopfronts and a blue vertical signboard line the street, and a red-and-white bus travels on the right. The crowd is mostly ordinary commuters and pedestrians, with no visible ritual or ceremony in the frame.2006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20A busy town street in Tamil Nadu with a crowd of villagers lined up along the roadside, watching a procession pass. A man in a plain white shirt and white dhoti stands with his back to the camera in the foreground, facing the crowd. Men in white banians and checked lungis stand at the left edge, and women in saris with flowers in their hair and red and green blouses stand at the right, some with hands folded. Vehicles, auto-rickshaws, a white van and motorbikes fill the road, and shopfronts with Tamil signboards line the street. The scene suggests a ratha or deity procession passing through the town.2006-10-25A busy Indian town street in daylight with a wide dusty road lined by multi-storey pale buildings, shuttered shopfronts and colourful painted signboards. Many people ride motorcycles and scooters in the same direction, including a man in a yellow shirt on a red motorbike at the front and a young man in a blue shirt on the right. A yellow auto-rickshaw and a covered truck with a tarpaulin appear in the traffic. Overhead power lines cross the street. No ritual, procession or deity is visible in this frame.2006-10-20A 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 20062006-10-23February 12 20062006-02-12