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Outdoor courtyard photo of a crowd of devotees gathered in front of a white multi-storey building with wooden shuttered windows. On the left, a carved wooden balcony with green pillars. A man in a striped shirt and grey trousers stands centre with both hands raised above his head in a namaskar-like gesture, while men in white dhotis and shirts stand around him and a drummer in white with an orange shawl plays a drum. A woman in a red sari stands among other women in saris at the back. Bicycles and motorcycles are parked beside a low wall. A golden deity figure with garlands is partly visible at the right edge, and a floral garland hangs on it. A kalasha-style gold object is visible near the right edge.

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A large outdoor gathering in front of a temple-style wooden pavilion with white-painted columns and banana-leaf decorations. In the foreground, a man with grey hair wears a plain white dhoti and shirt and stands barefoot in front of a group of white-clad men. Behind them, a long line of women in colourful saris, including pink, red, green and blue, stands on a sandy ground. Some are holding children. A bicycle is parked at the right edge. Date stamp 25 10 2006 appears in red at lower right.2006-10-25Outdoor temple courtyard scene at a ratha procession shrine: a golden, canopied palanquin-style structure holds two garlanded deity murtis, a male and female pair with flower garlands and decorated cloth. Portrait photographs of a bearded man in saffron-coloured clothing are mounted on the golden base and the front panels, and a framed portrait stands on a yellow board. In front, a large group of devotees in white dhotis and mostly white shirts and checked shirts sit and stand around a ritual arrangement of brass oil lamps, flower offerings, coconuts and smoke rising from the lamps. A girl in an orange top and green skirt stands at the centre. Women in saffron, red and white saris sit at the right. Behind the shrine are white temple gateways with red-and-white striped walls and a tiled roofed shrine building.2006-10-25A village street in Tamil Nadu with concrete paving, tiled and thatched houses, utility poles and trees. Several men stand together playing hand drums, which are round frame drums with skin heads. The man at front left wears a white shirt and white dhoti and has a grey beard. Other men wear white shirts with checked or striped lungis, and one wears an orange shawl. Women in blue and purple saris and a young girl watch from the right side. The scene looks like a street procession gathering during a festival.2006-10-20A procession moves along a dusty open lane lined with trees and concrete walls. Men in white dhotis and white shirts walk in front, several beating large hand drums; a drummer in a green shirt and white dhoti and another in an orange-striped cloth are visible. Behind them a decorated palanquin or ratha with an orange and red canopy and floral decorations carries deity murti, with attendants following. On the left, a row of women in white saris and men in white clothes stand with hands folded in reverence, while uniformed police stand along the route. Electricity poles and a small building appear in the background.2006-07-18A photograph of a temple outdoor area during a procession-related gathering. Five men seated on a striped blue and green cloth play traditional instruments: a man at left reads from a printed sheet, a seated drummer strikes a barrel drum with a yellow-wrapped body, and two men at right play long wooden nadaswaram-style reed pipes with bell-shaped ends. Several men stand behind them in white dhotis and white shirts beside green-painted temple pillars. Other people stand and sit in the background, and a bicycle and parked vehicles are visible in the open dirt yard. No person is identifiable as a person in this image.2006-10-25A photograph of a courtyard gathering at an ashram-style building with a balcony, decorated with a green banana-leaf garland. In the foreground, a barefoot man in white dhoti and shirt, with grey hair, holds a lit lamp or arati plate toward a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala. Nearby, a man in an orange shawl with a mala stands beside a man in white holding a mala. Behind them, a large crowd of women in saris, mostly in green, orange and red, and men in white clothes press together, some with palms pressed in namaste. An older man on the right raises his hands in greeting. A tiled walkway with pink and cream tiles leads through the scene, and a small sign hangs on the building wall. A timestamp reads 25 10 2006.2006-10-25October 20 20062006-10-20October 25 20062006-10-25A street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, where a group of musicians in white dhotis and shirts play traditional instruments on a paved road. Several men play long nadaswaram-style wind instruments with flared bell ends, while others beat large two-headed drums with white heads and decorated wooden rims. One drummer wears a red shirt and an elderly man stands in the line. An orange cloth is draped over the shoulder of a man at the right edge. Two-story pink and cream houses, parked motorbikes, a yellow sign and a banana plant line the street under a partly cloudy sky.2006-10-16June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesOctober 09 20062006-10-09A photograph of men barefoot on a tiled floor under a canopy of blue, green and red draped fabric beneath a scalloped green-and-white border. On the left, a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in anjali, near a red plastic chair. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis carry white cloths or towels balanced on their heads, walking in a line; one holds a white cloth on his head with both arms raised. A man in a pink shirt and brown trousers stands at right with hands folded, and another in white with a pink-and-orange shawl stands with arms crossed. Behind them, a woman in a green sari and a child are visible, with sandals lined along the step.2008-07-11