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A busy street scene in front of a South Indian temple with a colourful multi-tiered gopuram-style facade decorated with painted deity figures, a central Ganesha relief and sculpted lions on top. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers rides a bicycle in the foreground, another man in a white shirt rides a black motorcycle beside him, and a man in an orange-and-red checked shirt walks past with a bucket. A woman in a green sari carries a bucket near the temple gate. A blue Mahindra truck and a yellow-and-green auto-rickshaw with a driver are at the left and right edges. The temple shutters are closed and marigold garlands hang at the left edge.

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A busy street scene during a procession, with a gilded wooden ratha-style float on the left, its carved golden panels and red drapery visible. A silver MPV and a white van are stopped in traffic. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and shirt rides a bicycle, and two men in checked shirts stand on the roadside. Behind them rises a colourful gopuram-style temple tower with sculpted figures. A small multicoloured umbrella with gold fringe hangs over a figure near the temple gate. Orange flags are visible at the right edge beside a white van. Commercial signs and a tall antenna frame line the street.2008-11-18Street photo in an Indian town showing a blue Mahindra DI 3200 truck carrying a large red-and-yellow Tamil banner for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. The banner shows a smiling woman in orange clothing with rudraksha beads at left, and a deity murti adorned with garlands at right. Passing the truck is a yellow auto-rickshaw with a white-haired passenger in white, a man in a striped shirt in the foreground, and a man in a yellow shirt at right. Shops line the street, including Bhagavathar Sweets and Sri Ramanathan Printers, with orange flags and a Reliance Mobile billboard. A timestamp reads 11.18.2008 15:37.2008-11-18October 20 20062006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20July 08 20122012-07-08A busy street scene in a town with heavy traffic. In the foreground a young man in a striped white shirt looks toward the camera. A man in a blue checked shirt and grey trousers rides a motorcycle with a green and white sack tied to its front, wearing sandals. Behind him another rider in a striped shirt follows on a scooter. To the right a yellow auto-rickshaw with a black seat and number plate 0454 sits in the lane. On the left a yellow flatbed truck loaded with sacks passes, and a pink and white bus marked Sri Thirumagal is ahead. Shop signboards line the street and a partial figure in white appears at the lower right.2010-01-08A busy street scene in an Indian town with heavy traffic. Yellow three-wheeled auto-rickshaws with canopies fill the foreground, one bearing the sign Elumalaiyan Thunai. A maroon city bus with passengers at its windows is on the left, and a white van sits behind it. Motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians crowd the road under tall shade trees, with multistorey buildings and signboards along the roadside. Two women in saris and a man in a checked shirt are visible in the foreground.2006-10-20A street procession passes a gopuram-style temple with carved tiers and sculpted figures. On the right, a golden wooden palanquin-like chariot draped with red cloth and garlanded with orange and yellow marigold strings is pulled along the road. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis walk on the left, some holding white placards with printed text. A yellow-and-black auto-rickshaw passes in front, and a multicoloured umbrella and orange and red flags are visible. A temple banner reads Kamakshi Sudarshaneeswarar Temple. A timestamp in the corner reads 11.18.2008 15:37.2008-11-18July 08 20122012-07-08A busy city street in Tamil Nadu filled with traffic: yellow auto-rickshaws with meters and numbers, motorcycles, and white cars crowding the road under shade trees. Many men in white shirts and trousers ride or walk along the street. On the left edge, a gold-painted ornate column and a vehicle with an orange and red cloth stand near the frame. Shopfronts with colourful signs, including a Nokia Cell World banner on an auto-rickshaw, line the right side. No ritual, procession or deity is visible.2006-10-20July 08 20122012-07-08A busy street scene in an Indian town, photographed in daylight from the roadway. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk along the road and ride motorcycles, including a man in a pink shirt riding pillion behind another rider. Two yellow auto-rickshaws are visible, one at centre and one at right. Shops line both sides with signboards, a green-domed mosque tower stands at upper centre, and a pale temple gopuram rises in the distance at left. Plastic bags and sacks lie on the pavement at left. No one is identifiable as a person and no ritual is shown.2012-07-08