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A street scene in a Tamil Nadu town on a bright day. A yellow school van marked JEEVANA and SCHOOL VAN with registration TN 60 A0466 is in the foreground, its driver visible through the windscreen. Beside it, a white van with a small photo sticker sits in traffic. Yellow auto-rickshaws, a red and white bus, and scooters line the road. A large building with a signboard reading CHETTINAD CEMENT and a red lattice telecom tower stand behind, with a tree shading the right side. Pedestrians walk along the left footpath, and a few people are visible on the roadside. No ritual activity is shown.

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A street scene in a Tamil Nadu town on a cloudy day. In the foreground a yellow school van marked JEEVANA and SCHOOL VAN is driving, with a driver at the wheel and a passenger visible behind him. Beside it a yellow truck and white cars pass on the road. Behind them stands a large white colonnaded building with arched windows, a red-and-white telecom tower rises to the right, and a rooftop sign reads CHETTINAD CEMENT. A small temple-style tower with a kalasha sits at the building's left edge, and a blue canopy shades a roadside area.2006-10-23A street scene in traffic on a tree-lined road. A yellow city bus with a green stripe dominates the right, its windshield showing a driver in a light shirt. To the left, a yellow school-style bus and a white van marked G.V. Ortho Centre are seen, the van's windshield bearing a small framed portrait of a smiling woman in red. Auto-rickshaws and cars fill the lane, and several passengers look out of windows. Tall green trees and overhead wires line the background under a pale sky.2006-10-23October 20 20062006-10-20A 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 2006.2006-10-22A busy street in an Indian town on a hazy day, with cars, buses, auto-rickshaws and motorbikes crowding a dusty road lined with trees and shopfronts. Men in white shirts and dhotis ride motorcycles and walk along the pavement, and a small vehicle carries green banana plants and foliage toward the procession area. Signboards read AYYANNA and TN 45 on the vehicles, and the scene suggests a roadside gathering for a ratha procession rather than a ceremony itself. No deity or featured ritual figure is clearly visible in the frame.2006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20A blurred street scene in a busy Indian town during daytime. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a pink-and-white sign occupies the left foreground, and a white van with a small framed portrait displayed on its windshield sits at right. Several scooters and a white car travel down the road, with pedestrians and motorcyclists along both sides. Palm and shade trees line the roadside, with shopfronts, signboards and utility poles behind. No deity, ritual or procession is visible, and no identifiable a person figure appears.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23A busy Indian town street with a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, many riding motorcycles and scooters, mixed with yellow autorickshaws and a red van with a roof rack. Trees line the road and shops with signage such as Networth and Jockey stand behind. A man in a saffron-coloured lungi and shirt and a man in a white cap appear among the riders. Several people on foot and a boy in the foreground are visible. The street is congested with traffic and parked vehicles.2006-10-20A 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.2006-10-27