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A street scene in a market town with a long tiled-roof building painted in blue and cream, with red-and-white arched arcades and small saffron flags on the roof edges. Market stalls with yellow and grey awnings sell goods in front, and many men in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris and children move through the crowd. A large purple-and-cream umbrella stands at right beside a red-and-white banner in Kannada script showing a portrait of a man, mounted on the building wall. The photo appears to be taken through a vehicle window, with a red fabric visible at left.

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November 10 20062006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09November 10 20062006-11-10A street procession scene outside a row of older shops with arched facades in red, white and blue-green paint and a yellow-red flag on a pole. In the centre, a figure in an orange robe with a matching orange turban and long curly hair is raising both hands in a folded anjali gesture toward a crowd. Several men in white kurtas and shirts surround the figure, and a man at the right holds a brass or silver kalasha pot with orange-wrapped offerings. A silver car with a dark windscreen is in the lower left foreground. Several onlookers stand along the street.2011-05-24November 10 20062006-11-10A dense outdoor procession moves down a dusty street lined with a large crowd of devotees, many in white clothes and some in saffron or orange shawls. Above the crowd, a decorated ratha or palanquin with a white canopy and colourful umbrellas is carried through the street, and yellow streamers and festive decorations hang across the road. Shopfronts and older multistorey buildings frame the scene. Several figures in orange-saffron garments walk near the front, but no individual can be confidently identified from appearance. Many people fill the frame, with more visible in the background, so the count is well above one hundred.2007-02-02A busy street scene in a South Indian town with traditional tiled-roof buildings on both sides. Several people walk along the road in the foreground, including a man in a white dhoti and white shirt on the right, a woman in an orange sari, and a woman in a pink sari carrying a small child on her hip. Cars, a green bus and motorcycles travel on the road, and roadside stalls with blue tarpaulin awnings line the left side. A wooden-pillared traditional building with a sloped tiled roof stands on the right, and a white arched gateway and a multi-storey building appear in the distance under a cloudy sky.2006-11-09February 02 20072007-02-02Outdoor street scene in front of an old tiled-roof building with pale green and cream walls and arched red-and-white trim. A man in an orange saffron robe and orange turban, with rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, stands at the left beside a silver car, palms pressed together in greeting. Around him, men in white shirts and dhotis and bald-headed men in white stand among the crowd. On the right, a man in a white kurta with orange trim faces him. Women in green and blue saris carry brass pots topped with orange marigold garlands on their heads, as part of a procession. Banners and signboards hang on the building, and a yellow flag is visible on a pole.2011-05-24A photograph from above of a village street procession. Dozens of people in white clothes walk along a dusty road lined with small shops and tiled-roof houses. Several large colourful umbrellas with orange, red, blue and green panels and gold trim are carried over a central group, and a white-covered palanquin or float with a blue Om symbol on its side is pulled at the lower right. Yellow pennant flags are strung across the street and above the buildings. Spectators stand on balconies and along the roadside.2007-02-02October 12 20122012-10-12A dense outdoor street procession in a narrow town lane lined with low shops, awnings and yellow-green festoon streamers. A large crowd of men, mostly in white dhotis and shirts, many wearing white or orange headcloths, walks forward; some carry long poles and staves. Dark-skinned drummers and attendants in orange and yellow turbans lead near the front. Above the crowd, a decorated palanquin or ratha canopy with striped red, orange and yellow umbrella-like tops moves along. A blue banner with Kannada script hangs over the street, and white and red printed banners flank the left. Women in saris stand among the throng, and an overhead view shows the crowd filling the lane.2007-02-02