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A dense crowd of many people stands and sits on a city street at night, filling the frame. Men in white shirts and light trousers, women in saris including an orange-and-blue sari in the lower centre, and children mingle among the shopfronts. Strings of small oil lamps glow on the ground at the lower left. Shop signs for Raymond Suitings, Sanatha Cut-Piece Cloth Centre and Philips line the street, and a large devotional banner hangs at the upper right beside green-lit trees.

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Evening street gathering in a busy commercial area, with a large crowd of men and women standing and seated on blue plastic chairs. Many wear white shirts and dhotis, saffron and yellow saris, and blue and red garments. Some seated men wear round rosette badges on their shirts. Shops behind them include Raymond suitings, a cloth centre and Philips and Electricals signage. A tall blue banner with a deity image hangs at upper right, and a few people are visible at the edges of the frame.2009-11-30Dense outdoor evening crowd gathered under a canopy of orange and saffron pennant flags strung between trees along a street lined with shops and signboards. Many seated people in plastic chairs face forward, including women in saris, men in white shirts and dhotis, and children. Some hold small lamps or flowers. A large framed poster of a smiling deity-like figure with a garland hangs at the right beside a banner, and a green-lit tree and lights decorate the scene.2009-11-30A dense crowd fills a city street at night, lit by rows of small clay oil lamps placed on the pavement and road. Many people are crouched or bending to light and arrange the lamps, while others stand watching. A man in a white shirt and light blue shirt is in the foreground, and a man in glasses and a dark shirt looks to the left. Shopfronts with signs, including Philips and Ambica-style lighting advertisements, line the street, and a tree and string lights overhead. No ritual figure or a person candidate is visible in this scene.2009-11-30Dense evening crowd on a city street filling the frame, mostly men and women in white shirts, white dhotis and sarees, many wearing round ribbon rosettes pinned to their clothes. Several people hold palms together in namaste at left. Behind them, a bright open fire blazes at right beside lit oil lamps set along the road, and orange and red festoon pennants are strung overhead. Shopfronts, a Philips and other store signs, and blue plastic chairs line the street. Two large blue-framed banners show a painted deity figure.2009-11-30Night street procession with a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, many in pale or pink shirts, raising orange saffron flags on tall wooden poles. A man in the centre wears an orange turban and orange robe with a red shawl. Behind them a decorated umbrella or palanquin canopy with red and multicolour tassels rises above the crowd. Some men hold their palms together in namaskar, and one raises a hand. Shopfronts behind show signs for Raymond, Janata Cloth, Rasolite Lighting and Nano.2009-11-30October 14 20062006-10-14October 14 20062006-10-14October 28 20062006-10-28Night street procession in a busy urban market area, with a large crowd of devotees holding small oil lamps and flames that light the scene. Many women wear saris in orange, red, blue and teal, with shawls draped over their shoulders. A man in front wears a white shirt with a round ribbon rosette pinned to his chest. Shopfronts and streetlights line the road, and a green cloth covers a raised platform on the left. The crowd fills the street, with people in the foreground and lamp-carrying devotees stretching into the background.2009-11-30Night-time outdoor gathering of a large crowd seated on white plastic chairs behind a rope barrier, watching something off-frame. Many men wear white or light-coloured shirts, one man in a blue jacket sits at the lower left, and a woman in a multicoloured headscarf sits at the lower right. Street lamps, trees and a two-storey building with a faded billboard frame the background. The foreground is dense with attentive faces.2010-01-24February 13 20092009-02-13A night street procession moves through a crowded city road lined with shop signs, including Mahat Electricals and a Nano advertisement. Men in white kurta-style clothes and some in pink or blue shirts fill the street. Two saffron-orange flags are raised on poles, one carried by a smiling man in a cream kurta with a rudraksha mala and a red rosette, who lifts his hand. On the left a man in a maroon shirt with a red thread on his wrist raises his palms in greeting. Behind the crowd a decorated canopy umbrella with fringe is visible. A few men wear saffron or ochre scarves.2009-11-30