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A busy street procession in a Tamil town, viewed from above. A decorated ornate ratha (chariot) with carved wooden panels, garlands and a seated deity murti dominates the right side, pulled along the road. Crowds of people in white clothes move through the street, some holding colourful umbrellas. Yellow and black auto-rickshaws, a blue tipper truck and motorcycles crowd the road. Shops line the street with signboards, including a Vodafone sign and a Lakshmi Engineering Company board. Overhead power lines cross the sky above the procession.

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January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21A busy Indian town street during a procession, photographed from an elevated angle. Dozens of people in white dhotis and shirts walk in a crowd, many carrying saffron-orange flags and placards. Yellow auto-rickshaws, a blue-and-yellow tipper truck, motorcycles and pedestrians fill the road. Shopfronts line the street, including a Vodafone sign and a Lakshmi Engineering Company board with Tamil text. Overhead wires and trees frame the scene. A Kodikkan Ratha Paada Yatra procession is in progress at Rajapalayam.2009-01-21A street procession fills a busy Indian town road, with a golden ornately carved ratha (chariot) at right holding a deity murti in a red garment, decorated with marigold garlands and hanging tassels. Crowds of people in white clothes walk alongside, many carrying colourful umbrellas and flags. Auto-rickshaws, a blue three-wheeler truck and a bus crowd the street, with shops and signboards lining both sides and power lines overhead.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21A street procession in a busy Indian town moves past shops and auto-rickshaws. A golden ornate ratha (chariot) carries a deity murti decorated with garlands and a red-and-green cloth, while a man in white dhoti walks beside it. Crowds in white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron or orange shawls, walk in the road, many holding colourful umbrellas. Shopfronts include Lakshmi Engineering Company and a Vijay Super Market sign, with traffic of buses, trucks, bicycles and motorcycles around them.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21A large street procession winds through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, hanging wires and Tamil-script signboards. Many people in saffron-orange shirts and white dhotis walk in the crowd, several carrying tall orange flags on poles. Musicians play large drums in the foreground, including a drummer in a white shirt and a drummer wearing an orange scarf. Colourful umbrellas and ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the street, and a yellow auto-rickshaw and a black auto-rickshaw are in the lane. A temple gopuram rises in the background above the buildings. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a specific leader from this view.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession in a busy Indian town moves past shops and a Vodafone sign. A large ornate golden palanquin with a canopy and floral garlands carries a seated figure in orange robes beside a deity murti; a second decorated float behind it carries a framed portrait of a woman with a dark-haired portrait. Crowds in white shirts and dhotis walk alongside, many under colourful umbrellas, with autorickshaws, motorcycles and a blue truck in the street.2009-01-21A street procession in a Tamil town, with a decorated ratha or float moving along a tree-lined road. The float is adorned with marigold garlands and orange flags and carries a framed portrait of a woman with dark hair near its top. Men in white dhotis and white shirts walk along the road, while motorcycles, bicycles and a white SUV follow, and pedestrians line the pavement beside shops and hoardings. A red-and-white sign at left reads Rajapalayam South Police Station.2009-01-21February 05 20092009-02-05