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December 31 2011

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July 24 20102010-07-24 +1 copiesJuly 24 20102010-07-24 +3 copiesA two-panel collage of a road procession. The left panel shows a large crowd of people dressed in white walking along a busy road, with auto-rickshaws, cars, a truck and motorcycles passing, and roadside shops and buildings behind them. The right panel shows a wider road procession with many people in white and some in saffron and orange clothing walking alongside a decorated float or palanquin carrying flower arrangements and banners, with uniformed police officers visible at the front of the march. Bright red and orange banners are carried throughout the crowd. The scene conveys a long pada yatra, a walking pilgrimage with a ceremonial palanquin.2010-07-24 +1 copiesA three-panel graphic collage of a Pada Yatra procession. The left panel shows drummers and a ratha or palanquin decorated with long garlands of orange and yellow flowers, with a green and purple cloth hanging from it, while men in orange dhotis, saffron turbans and green and orange clothing carry or drum. The upper right panel shows a street lined with white-clad marchers and red and orange banners held aloft. The lower right panel shows uniformed police in khaki and white-clad marchers carrying a large red banner with a portrait, walking past a green bus. A temple gopuram and trees appear at upper left. People in the photos are numerous, though the collage itself contains no physical people.2010-07-24 +1 copiesA collage of three photographs of a rally, with a crowd of mostly white-clad devotees holding up orange and red flags and handmade placards. The placards show a portrait of a man with long hair and an orange-garbed look, printed with slogans such as "Religious Persecution Down Down!", "Right to Live in My Chosen Religion", and "Hindu Pride" style messages, plus "Is the world's spiritual leader untouchable?". In the top right panel, older men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind a sign in Kannada script. Women in white saris and salwar suits hold placards in the centre and lower panels, some with orange shawls. The bottom right panel shows a woman with a bag on her shoulder among the crowd. The people visible across the panels are a sizeable group of marchers.2010-07-242010 - Photo Album +2 copiesJanuary 01 20122012-01-01July 24 20102010-07-24 +2 copiesJuly 24 20102010-07-24 +2 copies2010 - Photo Album +1 copiesJuly 14 20112011-07-14A photograph of an outdoor procession on a dusty road. Several colourful ceremonial umbrellas with red, gold and green fringes are carried over a crowd of people, many in white clothes and some in saffron or orange robes. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk in front, and a man in orange holds a small cloth banner. Buildings and trees line the background under a pale sky.