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Aerial view of a busy road procession in an Indian town. A large decorated palanquin with an orange and gold canopy is carried along the street, surrounded by a dense crowd of people dressed in white clothes and some saffron-coloured garments. Small colourful umbrellas with red, yellow and green panels are held over smaller carts and a palanquin. Buses, cars, a truck loaded with black pipes and two-wheelers are stopped or moving on either side. A seated figure in orange robes rides on the palanquin, and a roadside billboard and palm trees are visible in the background.

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July 24 20102010-07-24July 24 20102010-07-24 +1 copiesDaytime road procession on a wide multi-lane highway lined with palm trees and low hills. Dozens of devotees in white dhotis and white clothing walk behind a decorated palanquin carried along the road, while many people hold red-and-saffron flags and white placards with printed photos. Spectators in street clothes stand behind a metal railing on the left side of the road, and vehicles including white cars, a blue auto-rickshaw, a red truck and a bus are on the road. A decorated palki with ornate canopy and umbrellas moves in the middle of the procession.2010-07-24Aerial view of a large street procession on a busy road lined with trucks, buses, cars, auto-rickshaws and roadside shops. A palanquin with a canopy of colourful umbrellas is carried through the centre, with a figure in orange robes standing on it beside a person in white. Many participants in white clothes carry small orange flags, and a crowd of onlookers lines the roadside. Traffic police in khaki uniforms walk along the route. Hills and trees fill the background.2010-07-24Aerial view of a large street procession moving down a busy road lined with buses, trucks, cars, autorickshaws and roadside stalls. Hundreds of participants in white clothes carry saffron-orange flags along both sides. At center, a palanquin draped in orange cloth with a golden canopy is carried forward, with a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a garland. Several multicolored decorative umbrellas, red and gold with blue and yellow panels, shade the procession, and a musical group with drums and horns walks ahead. Police officers in khaki and brown uniforms guide the route, and spectators line the pavement watching.2010-07-24A large street procession seen from an elevated angle, with a dense crowd of people dressed mostly in white walking along a busy road lined with buses, trucks, cars and auto-rickshaws. Many marchers carry orange-red flags on poles. In the centre, a decorated palanquin topped with a multicoloured canopy is carried forward, with a few figures in saffron/orange robes standing on or beside it, and a figure in a white dhoti stands on the platform. Several colourful umbrella-style canopies are also visible among the marchers. Uniformed police officers stand along the roadside, and onlookers in casual and traditional clothing watch from the pavement.2010-07-24July 24 20102010-07-24 +3 copiesAerial view of a large road procession moving down a wide street lined with parked buses, trucks, autorickshaws and roadside shops. Hundreds of participants in white dhotis and white clothing carry saffron-orange flags on poles, forming a long column. A blue open vehicle near the right holds drummers playing drums and cymbals, and a large orange-and-multicolour umbrella appears at lower right. Spectators stand along the roadside and police officers in khaki uniforms direct traffic. Trucks and a blue lorry on the left side of the street remain stopped, and a motorcycle is parked at bottom left.2010-07-24July 24 20102010-07-24 +1 copiesA photograph taken from an elevated vantage of a street procession on a busy road lined with parked buses, trucks, cars and auto-rickshaws. A long crowd of men and women in white clothes and orange-saffron sashes walks along the roadway. In the centre-right, a palanquin with a multicoloured umbrella canopy and garlands is carried forward; a figure in orange robes sits on it while a man in white stands beside, and other people in orange and white surround the palanquin. Several more multicoloured canopies are visible in the middle of the procession, and uniformed police officers stand along the road. Roadside spectators watch from the pavements, and a red car and silver vehicles pass along the street.2010-07-24 +1 copiesElevated view of a busy roadside procession moving through a town, with a long column of people in white clothes and orange or saffron scarves filling the road. A decorated palanquin or float with orange and red fabric and ornaments is visible near the center-left, surrounded by marchers. Buses, cars, auto-rickshaws, a red tractor-trolley and motorcycles are mixed among the crowd, and pedestrians line both sides of the street. Shops, trees, palm trees and a hilltop with a white quarry scar sit in the background, with a yellow billboard reading advertising text on the right.2010-07-24July 24 20102010-07-24 +1 copies