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A 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.

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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 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.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.2008-11-182009-glimpses-of-kodikkan-ratha-pada-yatraJanuary 31 20092009-01-31A street procession in an Indian town. Centre frame is an ornate golden-brown wooden ratha with carved lions and pillars, draped in red cloth and hung with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Two deity murtis stand inside, adorned with white flower garlands. Around the chariot, people carry red-and-orange flags and white placards with Tamil text. A man in a red-checked cap and white shirt holds a flag, and a woman in a red sari with a long braid walks nearby. Shops with signs line the street behind. At the lower left, a covered cart with a printed photo of a smiling man sits under a white tarp. The timestamp 11.18.2008 15:41 appears at lower right.2008-11-18A street procession moves past shopfronts. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk with saffron-orange flags and blank white placards, several white shirts printed with a figure and the words Rajapalayam New Town. At centre, a decorated palanquin behind a ceremonial umbrella with red, green, yellow and blue panels and fringed tassels carries a deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. A figure in saffron robes walks at left. A signboard reads Classic Ready Madras. A woman in a sari stands at right, with a visible timestamp 11.18.2008. +1 copiesA photograph taken from inside a vehicle, looking through a windshield at a street procession in a town. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis walk along the road, several shirts printed with the words RAJAPALAYAM NEW TOWN. Orange flags on poles are carried among them, and a colourful ornate canopy with gold finials and fringed tassels is held above a palanquin-like structure. Blank white placards hang from the canopy poles. Shops line the street, including a jewellery store, and a scooter rider and auto-rickshaw appear at the right under a clear blue sky. +1 copiesNovember 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20092009-02-02A street procession in a crowded Indian town. Dense crowds of men in white shirts and dhotis fill the road. Two large canopy-like umbrellas with red and gold fringed tops, decorated with green and blue floral embroidery and a white bird emblem, are carried aloft above the crowd. A man in the foreground wears a maroon and gold scarf. Two men in white clothing film from the roof of a white vehicle, and bunting flags line the street. Buildings and a stadium-style light tower sit behind the crowd under an overcast sky.2006-09-24October 16 20062006-10-16