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October 27 2004 - Surat Inter-religious conference in Tiruvannamalai

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A street procession in a busy Tamil market town moves along a wet road lined with shops, fruit stalls, bicycles and a cycle rickshaw loaded with sacks. Uniformed police and blue-uniformed marchers lead, followed by a large group of men and women in white dhotis and saris. A purple banner reads Conference on All Religions, and white banners display Om and swastika symbols. A man in orange clothing walks in the foreground. Shop signs include Royal Sweets and Khadi Bhandar. Several banners carry Tamil text. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible among the marchers.2004-10-27A street procession in a crowded Indian town, seen from above. Many people in white and mixed clothing walk along the road past shops and a blue-domed building. Uniformed police in khaki and a column of uniformed youths in dark blue march in the middle, and a row of girls in blue uniforms with pink umbrellas follows. Two long white banners with Tamil script and Om symbols are carried, and a blue banner reads 'Conference on All Religions' with the Om, cross and crescent emblems. A hand-drawn cart and yellow awning sit at the lower left. A temple gopuram stands at the left edge.2004-10-27A street procession moves along a busy town road lined with shops and a hanging red signboard. In the foreground, men in white shirts and white dhotis walk closely together; one man in the front wears a dark beaded necklace with a pendant. Behind them, several people carry large ornate umbrellas with colourful fringed canopies and gold finials, and small handheld placards are visible. A man in a red jersey with a yellow shawl walks at right, and a man in a white cap stands at the far right edge. A parked silver car and a cart piled with bananas and sacks sit at left. Several people are on a roadside platform near the shops, and some are holding placards with printed images. The scene shows a ratha paada yatra style procession.2009-01-21A wet, rain-slicked town street in Tamil Nadu with shops on both sides, blue and white storefronts, a tall gopuram temple tower with painted sculpted figures on the upper right, and a white van and a white hatchback car in the foreground. Yellow auto-rickshaws and a few cyclists travel down the road, and several pedestrians stand or walk along the left sidewalk, some in white dhotis and saris. Hanging signboards and banners in Tamil script line the street under overhead power lines and a cloudy grey sky. No ritual or a person depicted; the scene is a street view on the procession route.2006-10-27A rainy street scene in a town, with a wet paved road reflecting the grey sky. Many people stand and walk along the roadside under black and grey umbrellas, and a man on a bicycle and motorcyclists pass through. A white vintage sedan and a yellow auto-rickshaw are parked or moving nearby, and roadside shops with blue tarpaulin awnings line the left. In the foreground, a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti, with an orange-pink cloth over his shoulder, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar beside an elderly man in white holding an umbrella. Other men wear white shirts and white dhotis. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-10-21October 27 2004 - Surat Inter-religious conference in Tiruvannamalai2004-10-27A wet city street with puddles reflecting the grey sky, photographed from a stone pillar in the foreground. Vehicles include a white van, a yellow auto-rickshaw, cars, a red bus and many parked motorcycles. Several pedestrians walk along the road and pavement, including a boy in a striped shirt crossing in front and a man in white on the right. Shopfronts display signs for Saravana Bhavan restaurants, a UTI sign and a lottery shop. The scene appears to be a busy town street, possibly during a yatra route.2006-10-27A street procession moves along a wide paved road lined with shops, parked vehicles and orange flags strung overhead. In the centre, men in white dhotis and shirts walk in a group; one man in white near the front carries a tall saffron-orange flag on a pole. Two uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside on the right, and onlookers stand along the pavement, including a woman in a colourful sari and a man in a blue shirt. Orange and saffron banners decorate the buildings and a decorated vehicle is visible further up the road.2008-04-27December 20 20112011-12-20August 01 20082008-08-01January 21 20092009-01-21August 01 20082008-08-01