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A photograph of a pada yatra procession moving along a roadside in a town, with many people in white clothes walking in a long column on the right side of the road. Several saffron-orange flags are carried above the crowd, and a red banner with a portrait is held up by the marchers. Vehicles pass on the road, including a red bus, a red minivan, a white car, and a blue and orange bus marked Royal Palace. Small roadside shops, palm trees, and a tin-roofed stall line the street, and a few men in dark shirts walk in front of the group.

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A photograph of a roadside procession on a multi-lane street, with participants in white clothes and white dhotis walking alongside traffic. Many carry saffron-orange flags on poles, and two men at the front hold a long banner with orange and red printing. Cars, a red minivan, a white SUV and a Royal Palace bus pass on the road, with shops, palm trees and a small roadside stall behind. Several people on the left wear white shirts and trousers. The scene reads as a street march rather than a ritual inside a temple.2010-07-24Aerial photograph of a road procession on a palm-lined street in a small town. Many people in white clothes march in two groups along the road, many carrying orange-saffron flags on poles. A red banner is held by marchers at the front left. Vehicles including white vans and a silver car travel on the road, and low concrete shops, houses and tall palm trees line the area. The procession is a pada yatra walking event.2010-07-24Elevated view of a road procession on a palm-lined street in a small town. Many people in white clothes and white caps walk along the road carrying orange-red flags on poles, with a few in orange garments among them. A green bus with pink and yellow panels drives past on the road, and a white van and dark car are parked along the side. Shops, low concrete buildings and a green field line the scene.2010-07-24Aerial view of a long procession of people in white clothes walking down a wide road, many carrying red-orange flags on poles and some holding placards. A red banner is carried near the middle of the line. Spectators stand on a pedestrian overpass and along the roadside railing at right, while traffic including cars, autorickshaws, buses and motorbikes moves on the left. Shops, a pink building and trees line the road. Many people are visible, numbering well over twenty.2010-07-24Elevated photo of a road procession moving along a palm-lined street past low commercial buildings and a parked white van. Dozens of participants in white dhotis and white shirts walk in a dense group, many carrying orange-red flags on poles, with a red banner in the lead. Motorcycles and a dark car move through the traffic beside them, and a few people stand on the roadside. Crowd in the middle of the frame is dense.2010-07-24July 24 20102010-07-24 +1 copiesAerial view of a long pada yatra procession moving down a wide road through a town. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts walk in the crowd, many carrying saffron-orange flags on poles. At the centre, a decorated palanquin with gold and green ornamentation is carried forward, with a rider in orange cloth visible near the front. Traffic includes buses, trucks, auto-rickshaws and motorcycles. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the road directing the crowd. Spectators line the roadside under trees, and a white banner is carried at the lower left. Hills and palm trees appear in the background.2010-07-24A photograph taken from an elevated position looking down on a roadside procession on a palm-lined road. Dozens of devotees in white clothes walk in a long line, many holding orange-and-red flags on poles. A red-and-white bus and several white vehicles travel beside them, while small roadside shops, concrete buildings and palm trees line the street. A concrete overpass edge with exposed rebar is visible at right. Many people are visible, all in white, carrying orange flags on the road.2010-07-24A photograph of a road procession along a wide tarmac road lined with palm trees and utility poles. Many devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas walk in a long column, many holding red and orange flags and placards with printed slogans. Several ornate ceremonial palanquins and decorated umbrellas with gold and red embellishments are carried at the front, and a white-clad figure in the lead wears a yellow sash. Buses, a large orange truck and a red bus line the roadside, and a few men in dark trousers and white shirts stand at the verge.2010-07-24Elevated view of a road procession moving through a town street. Many participants in white clothing carry orange-red flags and banners, walking in the middle of the road. Lines of onlookers stand along the pavement on the left and right, and several motorbikes, cars, buses and trucks share the street. Trees, a multi-storey cream building and roadside shops line the scene, with hills visible in the distance.2010-07-24Aerial view of a road procession in a town, with a long column of people in white clothes and orange-red flags moving down the middle of the street. Many marchers wear white dhotis and white kurtas, and some women wear saris. Buses, trucks, cars and a jeep share the road, and onlookers line the pavement and stand on a bus roof. Trees, low buildings and signboards frame the street, with hills in the distant haze. The procession appears to be a pada yatra, though no individual leader can be clearly identified.2010-07-24A large crowd marches down a palm-lined roadside in a town, filling the road in a long procession. Many marchers wear white clothing and carry red and orange flags and placards, some bearing portrait images. A decorated palanquin or float with a garland-covered structure moves within the procession near the centre. Parked cars, motorbikes, a yellow auto-rickshaw, buses and trucks share the road, while bystanders stand along the roadside beside small shops and a tyre stack. Tall coconut palms and utility wires line the street.2010-07-24