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A photograph taken from a narrow balcony of a yellow-painted building, looking down onto a busy street in a small Indian town. A rusted iron grille with diamond lattice pattern is on the left. Overhead and along the street hang many tangled electrical and telephone wires strung from a utility pole. Shopfronts with blue and green shutters and awnings line the road, and a multi-storey building with white checkered balconies stands on the right. A mountain covered in scrub rises behind the rooftops under an overcast sky. Two or three pedestrians walk along the street and a small figure stands near the bottom right. A cattle figure is visible near the middle of the street. A signboard on the right reads T.S.M. Mo...

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A photograph taken from a narrow upper-floor balcony of a yellow-painted building, looking down onto a street in a small town at the foot of a rocky, tree-covered hill. The balcony has a grey-washed concrete parapet, a blue-painted metal railing, and an ornate metal grille on the left. Below, a tangle of overhead electrical and telephone wires crosses the road. Along the street are shopfronts with blue and teal shutters, a green-fronted shop with a sign, and a multi-storey building on the right with patterned white balconies. A few small figures walk along the road and a cow is visible on the street; no one stands on the balcony. A plain white flat-roofed structure and a satellite dish appear on the right.2012-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph taken from a balcony of a yellow-walled building overlooking a street in a town below a rocky hill. A black sedan is parked on the road, a man on a motorbike rides past, and a few pedestrians walk along the street. Shopfronts with blue and green shutters line the road, with tangled overhead electric wires and a white satellite dish on a pole. A metal grille window with ornate scrollwork is at left, and a bare balcony railing with a blue frame runs across the foreground. No ritual, deity or a person depiction is visible.2012-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a quiet street in a small town at the foot of a rocky hill. Shopfronts line the road, including a shop sign reading T.S.M. Mobiles and another signboard in Tamil script on a building with a blue-green awning. A bicycle rider in a white shirt rides on the road, a man in dark clothes walks along the pavement, and a cyclist with a handcart passes below. Overhead utility wires cross the street, and a gopuram-like temple tower rises behind the buildings at right.2012-07-08A street scene in a town with a hillside behind low buildings. On the left a yellow auto-rickshaw and several motorcyclists ride along the road, and a few pedestrians walk on the pavement. Shuttered shop fronts line the street, including a yellow-fronted mobile phone shop with a blue sign, and a shop with a sign reading H.R. Electrical Store. A tall gopuram temple tower rises behind the buildings near the centre. Overhead electric wires cross the scene. A man in white clothing rides a bicycle at the lower right, and a few people stand at the right edge.2012-07-081988 - The SPH's premonastic home and street in TiruvannamalaiJuly 08 20122012-07-08A busy street in a South Indian town on a hazy day, with a tall gopuram temple tower rising in the distance and a forested hill behind it. On the left, shopfronts display Tamil signboards and advertising, and motorcycles are parked along the kerb. A woman in an orange-brown sari walks down the road, and a few other pedestrians and riders move through the traffic. On the right, a small roadside shrine with a turquoise and gold domed roof holds painted deity figures, with a white cow standing nearby. Tree branches with green leaves frame the top of the scene.2012-07-08A busy street in an Indian town viewed from an upper floor. Two-wheelers, a yellow tuk-tuk auto-rickshaw, a small yellow pickup truck and a silver SUV travel along the road, and a cow walks on the left past a man in white. Pedestrians and riders are scattered along the roadside. Older colonnaded buildings with red-tiled roofs, arched windows and shuttered shopfronts line the street beside pastel-painted houses, with overhead power lines crossing above. A pink building and a Tamil-script signboard appear to the right.2012-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a busy town street in Tiruvannamalai with a low, rocky hill rising behind rooftops and shopfronts. On the right, a blue-and-teal shopfront carries a large Tamil-script signboard, with an iron shutter and a blue rolling shutter beyond. A woman in a pink sari and a woman in a green sari with a small child walk along the pavement, carrying a blue bag. On the left, a man in a white shirt and a porter with a large sack on his head walk past a motorcycle and bicycles, and posters are pasted on the walls. The scene is an ordinary street life view with no a person or ritual activity visible.2012-07-08A busy street in a South Indian town leads toward a tall gopuram temple tower set against a hill. A man in a light shirt rides a bicycle down the centre of the road, and a woman in a blue sari walks on the left. A cow stands near a small shrine with a colourful multi-tiered roof and deity figures on a blue-painted facade. Shops line both sides, with signs in Tamil and English, a loudspeaker mounted on a pole, and motorcycles parked at the kerb.2012-07-08A busy street in a South Indian town leading toward a large gopuram temple tower set against a hill. Two men walk on the road, one in a white shirt and dark trousers, another in a white shirt and white dhoti. Several women in dark saris walk down the middle of the street, and motorcycles and a cow are visible. On the right stands a small colourful roadside shrine with deity figures on a pale blue and gold roof. Shop signs and hoardings line both sides, including a sign with Tamil text and a banner with an image of men in white.2012-07-08A street scene in a small town at the foot of a rocky hill under a pale sky. A man in a checked lungi carries a large white sack on his head while walking along the road, and a woman in an orange sari carries a bundle on her head beside him. A boy in an orange-and-white checked shirt holds a yellow bag. Two other men walk on the left near a row of parked bicycles and a motorbike. Shopfronts have yellow and green walls, metal shutters, and tall painted signboards in Tamil script, along with paper posters on the walls and overhead electric cables.2012-07-08