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A busy street in a coastal Tamil Nadu town on a cloudy day. A white van with a roof rack leads a line of traffic, followed by motorcycles and a flatbed truck. Two men ride motorcycles in the middle lane, one wearing a dark shirt and the other a light shirt. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks, and a man in a lungi stands at left. Shopfronts display painted signs, including one reading Cape Hotel, and billboards with pictures on the right. Two yellow auto-rickshaws sit at the right edge. Power lines and streetlights run overhead, with trees lining the far road.

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October 27 20062006-10-27A busy street in a South Indian town with a wide paved road running through the centre. Pedestrians walk across the road, including a man in a white dhoti and a woman in a green sari. Several black motorcycles are parked on the right beside a row of shops, and yellow auto-rickshaws sit on the left. A white minibus stands in the middle distance. Tall trees line the left side, and utility poles with overhead wires run along the road. A large billboard on the right shows portraits of men, though the figures are too small to judge clearly. Power lines and a low hill appear in the distance under an overcast sky.2012-05-09 +1 copiesOctober 20 20062006-10-20A busy town street in daylight under an overcast sky, with a paved road running toward the distance. A woman in a pale yellow sari walks beside a green bicycle on the left. A man in a white shirt rides a motorcycle down the middle of the road. Several parked motorcycles and white vans line the roadside. On the right, a low building has a sign reading Sri Arunachala Auto Service, and walls are covered with faded film and advertising posters. Power lines cross overhead above multi-storey concrete buildings and a yellow-painted block.2012-07-08A busy urban street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a white Maruti van leading a line of motorcycles and bicycles down the centre of the road. The van's windshield shows a framed photograph of a person, and riders include men in white shirts and dhotis. Green trees line the street, with auto-rickshaws, shops with Tamil signage, a blue multi-storey building and an empty billboard on scaffolding. The overlaid date reads 22 10 2006.2006-10-22October 27 20062006-10-27September 25 20062006-09-25October 26 20062006-10-26January 12 20072007-01-12A wet, rain-slicked town street in Tamil Nadu with shops on both sides, blue and white storefronts, a tall gopuram temple tower with painted sculpted figures on the upper right, and a white van and a white hatchback car in the foreground. Yellow auto-rickshaws and a few cyclists travel down the road, and several pedestrians stand or walk along the left sidewalk, some in white dhotis and saris. Hanging signboards and banners in Tamil script line the street under overhead power lines and a cloudy grey sky. No ritual or a person depicted; the scene is a street view on the procession route.2006-10-27October 22 20062006-10-22September 23 20062006-09-23