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A street view of a temple-side area with a corrugated metal roof sheltering a carved stone structure with sculpted panels. Beside it stands a yellow-washed wall with a small ornate niche and a white building behind. In the foreground a woman in a pink top sits near a tarp-covered pile of straw and bamboo poles, with power lines overhead and green trees at left.

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A photo taken through a vehicle window of a rural temple-side scene. In the centre, a stone structure with a corrugated metal roof stands beside a yellow-washed building with a dark tiled roof and decorative finials. Carved stone pillars and panels are visible under the shelter, and a wooden wheel-like structure sits at left. In the foreground, a large heap of straw is covered by a black tarpaulin tied with bamboo poles and rope. No people are visible.2012-05-22May 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copiesA rural dirt-road street in a Tamil village seen through a vehicle windscreen. An old yellow-ochre temple-like building with a dark domed roof and a row of finials stands to the right, beside a corrugated metal shed and a black tarpaulin covering a heap of straw. A woman in a red sari walks on the road near the tarpaulin. A cow lies in the dirt at right, and an auto-rickshaw is parked in the background among palm trees. Utility poles and wires cross the sky, and a small white wall sign with a poster is visible at right. No a person candidate is visible.2012-05-22January 03 20122012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of an old wooden temple chariot with a thatched palm-leaf roof and carved figures along its tiers, standing on large round wooden wheels with metal rims. Several people stand near the wheels: a woman in a yellow saree with a braid, a woman in a teal saree and glasses, a woman in a red and white saree with a flower in her hair, a man in a dark shirt and white trousers standing at right, and a few other men and a child at left. A white plastered building with a small barred window sits behind the chariot, and cars and a small tent are visible at left under a pale sky.2008-05-04A photograph of storm-damaged buildings on a residential street. In the centre a small structure with a collapsed thatched roof of dried palm fronds and bamboo rafters is partly exposed, with bare timber poles propping its green wall. Beside it stand white and orange-painted concrete houses, a light green wall and a corrugated sheet roof with debris scattered on the ground in the foreground. No people are visible.2012-01-07Outdoor relief work in a debris-strewn street beside a collapsed thatched hut and damaged concrete building. A saffron-robed man in a green surgical cap stands on a raised wooden platform, with a second person in a green cap and white clothes beside him. A bald, shirtless man in white stands among the crowd. Women in a red patterned sari, a yellow shawl over white, and a dark sari gather at the platform while a white-clothed man in a green cap reaches toward them. A saffron flag is raised at the left edge. Scattered straw and rubbish lie on the ground.2012-01-03A photograph of a damaged thatched hut in a village, its roof of dried palm fronds and straw partly torn away and sagging, with a mud-plastered wall showing horizontal bamboo or wooden supports. Bent wooden poles, tangled wires and bare branches lie in the foreground under a pale blue sky. No people are visible in the scene.2012-01-06A narrow concrete lane between a thatched palm-leaf hut with a blue tarpaulin on its roof and a pale cream-washed concrete house with a green-framed window and a wall-mounted electric meter box. Clotheslines with hanging cloth stretch across the back area, and a small figure in a pink and dark garment sits near metal pots and buckets by a wall. Concrete steps lead down at the right edge. No ritual, discourse or ceremonial activity is visible, and no one is identifiable as a person.An elderly woman with short grey hair sits on the ground in front of a collapsed thatched hut of dried palm fronds and split bamboo. She wears a pink and white striped cotton sari, a small gold earring, and gold bangles, and gazes off to the side. Behind her lie torn pink and lavender cloth, plastic bags, scattered bricks, and a fallen tree with bare branches. A woven striped bag hangs from a pole on the right, and a metal pot sits beside her. Palm trees stand in the hazy background.2012-01-04A damaged mud-and-thatch house in a dusty village street after flooding, its roof partly collapsed and walls cracked, with rubble and stones piled around it. A wooden cabinet and a broken wooden shelf stand outside the front, with scattered debris on the ground. Utility poles and wires run overhead under a pale sky. In the lower left a man in a white shirt sits on a motorbike with his back to the camera, and a partly visible person in blue stands at the edge of the frame.