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A street procession passes a blue temple gateway topped with painted sculptures, including a Ganesha figure, with a red and yellow banner reading a Tamil temple name. Men in white shirts and dhotis play drums and a long brass horn, and one man raises a hand. On the right, a large ornate gold palanquin or ratha panel is visible, and a red flag flies overhead. A held poster shows a portrait of a bearded man wearing a white turban and white clothing, and several people are visible in the crowd.

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October 16 20062006-10-16Outdoor temple procession in a village street in India. A man in the foreground wears a white dhoti and an orange-saffron shawl and faces the temple, and beside him another man in white holds a long wind instrument. A drummer with a barrel drum stands among white-clad musicians, and a crowd of women in colourful saris and men in shirts watches from the left and right. Behind them a blue and yellow temple gateway with a white-and-yellow sign reads in Tamil, with a sculpted deity group and two bulls atop it. White flags with blue emblems are held on the left, and a man at the entrance wears a red shirt. Date stamp 16.10.2006 in the corner.2006-10-16A village procession gathers in a sandy lane in front of a small blue-and-cream temple gateway topped with a pink-roofed shrine containing a deity murti flanked by bulls. Men in white dhotis and shirts play drums and a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style horn), while women in colourful saris—pink, blue, orange, and yellow—stand along the left, some holding white flags on poles. A bare-chested man stands at right near a bicycle, and trees and a utility pole frame the scene. The event is a ratha yatra-style procession of temple deities.2006-10-16Outdoor procession at a temple courtyard in front of a pale yellow Ganesha shrine with a pink Ganesha murti in its niche. Men in white dhotis and shirts carry a gilded, flower-garlanded palanquin on the right, and one man in white raises a hand near a framed portrait mounted on its front. Devotees in white and saffron stand in the crowd; a red and gold umbrella and saffron flags are visible. Several people in the foreground watch and photograph the procession, and the palanquin appears to be decked with garlands.2006-10-10Outdoor street procession in front of a cream-coloured temple with pink-accented pillars and a pink Ganesha murti in a niche above the entrance. A gilded, ornately carved ratha/chariot stands at right, carrying a deity murti dressed in green cloth and garlanded with flowers. Crowds of devotees in white dhotis, saris and shirts gather on the street, and a drummer in the foreground plays a drum. Banners with photographs and text are mounted on the chariot's side panels. Trees and a clear sky are visible above.2006-10-10October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A street procession in Tamil Nadu passes a temple lined with palm trees. On the right, a golden-canopied ratha carries garlanded deities, decorated with white, pink and red flower garlands; several men in white dhotis and orange cloths stand on and around it. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis, some with white flags, crowd the road. A drummer in a red shirt beats a drum at the front. Behind them, a temple shrine has sculpted figures and a sign reading in Tamil. Coconut palms and overhead power lines frame the scene.2006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16May 18 20122012-05-18Outdoor photo of a street procession beside a temple with a tiered gopuram-style shrine topped by sculpted figures and a small domed roof, and a signboard reading Sri Muthumariamman Aalayam. A golden ratha or chariot-like canopy decorated with garlands of flowers and orange cloth stands at right, with several men in white dhotis and shirts climbing and tying garlands onto its top. A framed photo of a smiling figure in dark clothing is propped on the chariot's side. Musicians in the foreground hold a drum, and onlookers in white and saffron-trimmed cloth stand around under coconut palms.2006-10-16Outdoor village street procession in Tamil Nadu with a large crowd of men and women moving past a colourful temple gopuram on the left. Drummers in white dhotis and bare-chested men carry drums, and a man in an orange robe, with a camera operator in white beside him, walks near the center. Behind, a red umbrella and a decorated palanquin or chariot are visible among the crowd. Women wear saris in red, pink and blue, and a signboard and white wall with Tamil text line the road beside orange flags on poles.2008-07-28