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A photograph of a white vehicle with its rear doors open, serving as a mobile shrine during a street procession. Inside, two deity murtis are decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands; one is adorned with a white and gold crown and a red garment, and the other is seated on a white cloth beside an offering set with a brass vessel, a kalasha-style pot and a small basket of flowers. Yellow and red floral garlands hang along the vehicle's sides. A large printed banner on the left shows a saffron-robed man seated with one hand raised in blessing, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant; the banner bears Tamil text. A man in a white shirt and orange cap stands in the foreground, and a few people are visible at the right edge. An ornate yellow umbrella with floral embroidery is on the right. Street buildings line the background.

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A white van procession vehicle carries an open glass-fronted shrine displaying two deity murtis dressed with yellow and red marigold garlands. The figure on the left wears a white and blue cloth and a golden crown, the central figure a red garment and red-and-white garland. A brass kalasha-style pot, a small lamp and offerings sit on a white cloth on the platform. A large vertical banner on the left shows a smiling man in orange robes with a long rudraksha-style necklace, hand raised in blessing, above Tamil text and a bold heading. A devotee in a white shirt with an orange cap, back turned, stands at the right edge beside the vehicle, and a yellow and red decorative umbrella is visible at upper right. Shop buildings line the street behind.2008-11-18A street procession photographed from behind: a white vehicle carries an open shrine with deity murti decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, a kalasha and brass lamps on a white-draped platform. Above, a red umbrella and red-and-gold decorated fans frame the scene. Two men walk in front in white t-shirts; the left one carries a cloth bag with a colourful Colours 2009 graphic, the right one wears an orange cap and a shirt with a blue portrait print. A yellow auto-rickshaw and motorbikes line the street, with shops and signboards behind. A printed date stamp reads 11.18.2008.A procession on a city street where a white vehicle carries an open-fronted shrine holding two deity murtis draped in yellow and orange garlands. The left figure is a seated deity murti in white and blue, and the right is a standing murti in red and gold. A kalasha and brass vessels sit in front of the shrine on a white cloth. Two devotees walk alongside: on the left a man in a white t-shirt with a colourful multi-armed figure design and the word Colours 2009, and on the right a man in a white t-shirt with a blue portrait print and the text Rajapalayam New Town, wearing an orange cap. A red umbrella with embroidered red and yellow fringed panels shades the shrine. A yellow auto-rickshaw and parked motorbikes line the street, with shops and signboards behind.2008-11-18A photograph of a decorated shrine built into the side of a white vehicle, with a golden deity murti in a red and gold garment, adorned with white and yellow flower garlands and red blossoms. Behind the murti is a painted backdrop of a temple arch and a banyan-like tree. In front sit a small brass oil lamp, a kalasha-like stainless steel pot, a brass vessel, a leaf-topped bowl and a plate of flowers. On the left, a large poster shows a saffron-robed seated figure with rudraksha beads, above Tamil script. A man in white ritual clothes holds a microphone at the right of the shrine, and a second man in white sits partly visible behind the deity. +1 copiesFebruary 13 20092009-02-13December 29 20102010-12-29January 31 20092009-01-31January 12 20092009-01-12July 12 20112011-07-12July 12 20112011-07-12November 27 20092009-11-272009-glimpses-of-kodikkan-ratha-pada-yatra