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A street procession in a Tamil Nadu town on an evening in October 2006. In the foreground, a large gilded deity figure with pillars and a red flag stands on a raised decorated platform, with gold finger-like forms visible at the bottom edge. A crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, some in lighter clothes, presses toward the platform, with a bald man in white and a man in a dark shirt reaching forward. A child in a striped shirt stands near the front. Parked cars, auto-rickshaws, motorcycles and shops line the road, and trees and hills appear in the background. A dense group of several dozen people is visible.

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A crowded street scene in a South Indian town, shot from an elevated angle with a dense crowd of men and women gathered on the roadway beside tree-lined shops and parked motorcycles and auto-rickshaws. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis; one man in the foreground wears a white kurta and holds a small plate. Several devotees in the lower right have white vibhuti or tilak smeared on their foreheads. A woman at left wears a pink sari with a white flower garland in her hair, and a child is held at far left. A paler, blurred crowd presses toward the centre. A faint purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2006-10-24Street procession scene on a wooden ratha with a large gilded hand of a deity murti decorated with white flower garlands in the left foreground. An orange saffron flag on a pole stands on the cart. Several men in white dhotis and shirts and a man in a grey shirt stand on the cart and crowd the street, with motorcycles, auto-rickshaws and a white car visible. A black speaker is mounted on the cart and tall bamboo poles lie along its edge. Shop signs and billboards line the street behind the crowd.2006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20A crowd of devotees, mostly women and children, reach their hands toward a small flame on the decorated platform of a procession chariot. A young man in an orange-saffron shawl over white clothes stands at the centre, tending the lamp. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and kurta bends over a deity murti adorned with pink and white garlands and gold ornaments. A framed printed portrait on a stand shows a smiling man in a white head wrap, garlanded with red flowers, and a video camera operator stands at the right edge. A metal dish and a silver vessel sit on the platform near the lamp.2006-10-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA dense street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, seen from above. A golden palanquin-style ratha carries deity murtis draped in garlands of marigolds and red flowers, with decorated umbrellas on either side. Crowds of devotees in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris of teal, green and orange, and many children press around the cart. A drummer in an orange shirt and white dhoti plays beside it, and a white van stands at right beneath a tree.2006-10-16October 20 20062006-10-20Outdoor street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, with a crowd of devotees gathered around a golden palanquin carrying decorated deity murtis draped in garlands and flowers. Men in white shirts and white dhotis or lungis, and women in saris and salwars, surround the ratha. Two colourful umbrellas and white flags are raised above the palanquin. A white van, parked motorbikes and a tiled-roof building with signboards stand behind the crowd. No individual devotee is identifiable as a person candidate, and the crowd is large.2006-10-16October 21 20062006-10-21Photograph of a street scene in a busy Indian town during a daytime procession. In the foreground, a large bronze or gold-toned deity murti's hands are draped with a garland of white jasmine-like flowers. Behind it, an orange flag hangs on a pole, and a wooden cart or ratha-like structure stands at the left. The street is crowded with two-wheelers, auto-rickshaws, a red van, and many people in white dhotis and shirts, plus women in saris, some standing and watching. Tall trees and multi-storey shop buildings with signboards line the road.2006-10-20A street procession moves past a palm tree and a small roadside shrine in Tamil Nadu. In the centre a gilded, carved open ratha (chariot) shelters a deity murti adorned with garlands, flanked by portrait banners of a bearded figure on the left and a smiling figure in dark clothing on the right. Red and orange flags fly beside the chariot. Crowds of devotees in white shirts, pink and green garments walk along the road, and a man in an orange saffron cloth stands at lower right. A white cloth with a blue emblem hangs over a shop front bearing Tamil signage. Overhead, power lines criss-cross the sky.2006-10-27October 20 20062006-10-20