Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A busy street in an Indian city with heavy traffic moving toward the camera. A man in a yellow-and-white striped polo shirt and cap rides a blue motorcycle on the left, beside a yellow metal crash barrier. Behind him a red-shirted rider on a motorcycle and a green auto-rickshaw travel the road, while a white Ambassador car sits at the right. Red-and-white state buses, shopfronts with signboards including a NIT sign, and a few pedestrians line the roadside under a cloudy sky. No ritual, procession or deity is visible in this scene.

More like this

Open the gallery
October 23 20062006-10-23October 22 20062006-10-22October 22 20062006-10-22October 22 20062006-10-22Street scene in a busy Indian city road with a blue and white checkered city bus, a white van and other vehicles, and two men riding a silver motorcycle at the left-centre of the road. Pedestrians walk along the pavement beside a yellow-and-black kerb and metal railings. Tall roadside billboards advertise Padmini fans with a woman's portrait, a TCL product and Standard Fireworks, with trees and street lamps behind. No deity, ritual or a person appearance is visible in this photograph.2006-10-23A busy street scene in a Tamil Nadu town on a hazy day. Many motorcycles, auto-rickshaws and cars fill the road, with riders in white shirts and dhotis and men in pale shirts. A large leafy tree stands in the centre, with strings of small pennants or flags hanging from its branches. On the left, shopfronts and a blue vertical signboard line the street, and a red-and-white bus travels on the right. The crowd is mostly ordinary commuters and pedestrians, with no visible ritual or ceremony in the frame.2006-10-20A 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.2006-10-20January 30 20092009-01-30October 23 20062006-10-23October 22 20062006-10-22A busy street in a South Indian town, viewed from an elevated vantage point beside a procession. Many men ride motorcycles and scooters down the road, some in white shirts and trousers, others in pale collared shirts. A white hatchback car, a yellow auto-rickshaw and a red van share the crowded roadway. Tall green trees line the street, with shops and signboards on the left. In the right foreground, a bright saffron-orange flag flies from a gold-coloured pole beside a white board and a row of black speakers or lights. Wording on a blue signboard and a shop sign is partly visible.2006-10-20A busy street scene in a Tamil Nadu town with a white and teal city bus at left, its route board showing the number 14 and Tamil script, passengers visible through its open doors. Many motorcyclists and scooter riders, mostly men in white or pale shirts and trousers, fill the road beside and behind the bus. A man in a blue checked shirt stands on the right edge of the road. Tree-lined street with multi-storey concrete buildings and shop signs behind.2006-10-20