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Outdoor street procession on a multi-lane road with a white line down the middle, buses, trucks, a tuk-tuk and an auto-rickshaw in the traffic. A long column of men in white kurtas and dhotis walks along the road carrying orange and red flags and red placards bearing a portrait of a saffron-robed figure and slogans. Spectators line the left verge behind a railing, and a few people in casual clothes watch from the right side of the road. Further ahead, a decorated float or palanquin with orange and gold ornaments and a tall ornate canopy moves at the head of the procession, with a banner overhead. Several men march in front of the vehicles at the front. Many participants are visible, and the scene reads as a protest-style march.

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A large padayatra procession moves down a divided highway in daylight. Hundreds of marchers in white clothes carry saffron-orange flags and placards, and a red banner reads 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda Padayatre' in English and Kannada. Police in khaki uniforms with lathis walk along the road edge, and a decorated palanquin on the left carries large painted figures garlanded with marigolds. Buses, trucks and a row of spectators line the roadside, with a few schoolchildren in the foreground. Several drummers in yellow shirts play in the crowd. A visible a person portrait appears on a placard at the front of the banner. Bidadi area roads are visible in the distance.2010-07-24A large procession of many people in white clothes moves along a wide road, carrying orange flags and orange banners. Two orange banners at the front read in Kannada and English about a padayatre (foot pilgrimage). 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Uniformed police officers walk along the edge, and buses and trucks pass on the left.2010-07-24A large outdoor procession moves along a road, with hundreds of marchers in white shirts and dhotis carrying orange-red KAILASA flags and placards. A tall red banner shows a portrait of a saffron-robed man with a crown or turban and a banner reading in Kannada, and a second banner with a fine print above it. On the left, a decorated palanquin with marigold garlands carries large painted figures in saffron and green. A TATA truck and a white bus stand in traffic, and police officers walk along the route.2010-07-24Street procession on a busy road lined with parked auto-rickshaws, yellow taxis and a red-and-white Karnataka state bus. Dozens of devotees in white and saffron walk in a long column, many waving orange flags, with some carrying white banners. Onlookers stand along the curb and a police officer in khaki uniform directs traffic. 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