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A photograph of a street procession at a temple festival. Three carved wooden or metal devotional figures of seated saints are shown on a palanquin-like platform under a wooden canopy with pillars. The left figure wears a cream shawl with gold borders and a white garland; the centre figure wears a cream shawl with gold trim and a white garland; the right figure is draped in a red-pink cloth with gold borders and a white garland. Marigold petals and white flowers are scattered at the base. Behind them are shopfronts with Tamil signage, greenery, and a uniformed police officer at the upper right. A man in a white sleeveless vest stands in the foreground at right, holding a camera, and a partially visible person appears at the left edge.

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June 05 20122012-06-05A street procession in a Tamil Nadu town: a wooden palanquin with a cream roof and red frame carries several seated statues draped in cream cloth and garlanded with white flowers, pulled along a road by men in white banians and dhotis. Devotees walk alongside, including a bearded man in a white sleeveless vest and an older man with a bare chest. Shop signs and a billboard line the street, and a palanquin pole is decorated with green and orange cloth. Readable Tamil text appears on the shop fronts and a banner.2012-06-05 +2 copiesOutdoor procession scene at a temple festival. A row of wooden palanquin-like frames holds several seated statue figures draped in sheer cream and red cloth with gold borders, garlanded with white flower strands, with orange tilaka marks on their foreheads. In the foreground, a person with a grey bun and a clear crystal-bead necklace, seen from behind, is bent forward near the carrier poles, and several men in yellow and white shirts crowd around the frames. A uniformed police officer in a peaked cap stands at the upper right.2012-06-05 +1 copiesA street procession on a sunny day, with a wooden palanquin on a red-framed cart carried by men. Several men in white vests and dhotis pull and steady the cart with ropes and poles. Two figures on the palanquin wear white cloth and garlands, and a man in a yellow shirt walks alongside. Shops, a signboard and a building are visible behind, and a cameraman stands at the left edge.2012-06-05Three small metal statues of seated saints stand side by side on a red wooden shelf inside a temple-like setting, each draped in a gold-bordered cream shawl and wearing a white flower garland. Their hands are folded in anjali mudra and each has an orange tilak mark on the forehead. The wooden pillars frame them, with a dark stone wall behind. These are statues, not living people, so there are no physical people present.2012-06-05Three small metal saint statues sit side by side on a red wooden palanquin frame, draped in magenta silk shawls with gold edging and wearing white flower garlands. Each figure has an orange tilaka mark on the forehead and hands folded in prayer. The statues are set against a dark night background with a stone pillar behind them, and white cords tie them to the platform.2012-06-05Three small metal statues of seated saints stand on a red wooden palanquin or platform between white wooden posts. Each figure wears a magenta-pink shawl with gold edging, white jasmine garlands around the neck, and a green leaf and flower bundle at the waist, with a yellow kumkum mark on the forehead. White cords tie the figures to the platform. The figures are statues, not living people.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05Three life-sized wooden or painted figures of standing saints are arranged side by side in a dimly lit hall with a dark wooden door behind them. Each figure has an orange tilak on the forehead, a white flower garland around the neck, and a cream-coloured shawl edged with gold border worn over the shoulders. The central figure stands with hands folded in namaskar, and the right figure also has hands joined in prayer. Each figure stands on a dark metal base on a red-painted wooden floor, with white ropes tied to their bases. No living people are visible.2012-06-05Three life-sized wooden or painted statues of standing saints are displayed on a red-painted platform under a wooden canopy with cream pillars. Each figure wears a gold-bordered cream shawl over white dhoti-like clothing, a white flower garland around the neck, and a vermilion forehead mark. Thin white cords are tied at their feet. The background is a dark wooden door.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05Three bronze or metal saint figures sit side by side on a red wooden palanquin platform, each draped in magenta silk shawls with gold edging and wearing white garland strands and red flower garlands at the base. Each figure has a small orange tilaka mark on the forehead. White cords stretch beneath them, and the red-painted wooden frame of the palanquin is visible around them.2012-06-05