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Photograph of a crowd of villagers standing on a wet street during rain, many holding black umbrellas, with hands pressed together in anjali as if greeting or receiving darshan. Women wear saris in cream, orange, yellow, pink and maroon; men wear white shirts, checked shirts and lungis. A woman in the centre wears a cream sari and rudraksha-style beaded necklace. A light blue building with a thatched roof and a truck with a tarpaulin stand in the background, and a red-and-yellow painted wall shows painted lettering. The scene appears to depict a roadside gathering along the Koadikkan Ratha Yatra route.

A rainy street procession of many devotees holding black umbrellas, with hands pressed together in anjali. In the foreground a young man in white with an orange-yellow shawl folds his hands beside a large brass fire vessel with a bright flame. Older women in yellow, purple and pink saris and men in white shirts and dhotis stand in the crowd, while a thatched roof and a tall balcony building line the wet road. A partly visible bearded older man in white ritual clothes stands at left, with no clear a person candidate visible in appearance.

October 27 2006

A crowded street scene in a Tamil Nadu town, with cars, auto-rickshaws and a bus behind a dense crowd of mostly men in white shirts and dhotis. In the centre, an elderly man with glasses wears a saffron wrap over ochre-orange robes, hands joined in anjali, flanked by devotees including a woman in pink sari and another in blue sari with hands folded in prayer. A younger man in white with an orange shawl stands at lower right, hands folded. Shop signs and a car parking board line the street; a person holds an umbrella at right.

A street procession in an Indian town at dusk, with a crowd of devotees walking past shuttered shopfronts and a tin-roofed building. A colourful striped canopy with tasselled fringe, red, green and blue, is carried on poles at upper left, with a yellow and red banner beside it. Women in saris, one in teal with gold border and one in red and white, stand near the centre, some holding flower garlands. A man in a white shirt and dhoti at the lower left wears red and white bead bracelets, and an elderly man in white stands centre. A devotee in saffron-orange cloth stands in the middle distance. A boy in a blue shirt is held by a man in white.

A street procession in a small Tamil town under bright sky. In the foreground, saffron-clad men wearing rudraksha malas and orange turbans walk beside red and gold ceremonial umbrellas with tasselled fringes. Behind them, white-clad devotees follow, and an orange flag is raised at right. Shopfronts, a turquoise two-storey building, a white car and a telecom tower line the road.

October 20 2006

Outdoor street scene in an Indian town on a sunny day, with parked white vans, cars and passing traffic beyond a low wall and tree. A crowd of devotees, mostly in white and saffron, stands along the roadside. A white-clad elderly man in the foreground holds a sheet of paper and leans toward a white plastic chair in the centre. Women wear saffron, orange, green and purple saris, and a man in the lower right wears an orange shawl and a white kurta with sacred ash on his forehead. Bamboo poles lean at the left edge.

A street procession in daylight with a dense crowd of devotees walking past a white building with a blue-painted truck behind them. Two large umbrellas with red, green and yellow panels and tasselled fringes are held above the group. In the centre, a woman with long dark hair wears an orange sari and a multicoloured flower garland, with other people in orange, saffron, yellow and white clothing around her. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, walk alongside. Hand-held placards and banners are visible in the background. The scene shows a padayatra or ratha procession.

October 31 2006

A street scene during a ritual procession: a crowd of devotees stands with palms pressed together in namaste along a narrow residential road. In the foreground a woman in a blue and gold saree holds her hands folded, and beside her a small wooden table bears a silver aarti plate and a lamp. Men in white shirts and dhotis, a woman in a green saree, and an older woman in a brown saree join in. At the right a man in an orange shawl bends forward toward the offering table. A white van and a parked motorbike line the road, and a stone wall with plants is visible on the right.