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A crowded street procession moves between multi-storey concrete buildings under strings of orange and saffron pennant flags. Several large saffron flags stream from poles above the crowd. A golden temple tower with tiered spires rises in the background above trees. Dense crowds of men and women in everyday clothing fill the road, many in white shirts and dhotis, with orange and red garments visible. Shop signs and banners hang along the street, including a purple banner with Kannada script and a blue banner. Overhead utility wires cross the scene.

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A photograph taken from an elevated position looking down a crowded urban street during a procession. Hundreds of people, many in white shirts and orange or saffron scarves and caps, fill the road between multi-storey concrete buildings with shop fronts, hanging signboards and overhead wires strung with orange flags. Several men in front hold tall saffron-orange flags on poles. Street vendors under white and red umbrellas stand at the left edge, and a small statue or figure is visible under a canopy in the far background. No individual a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the crowd.2011-05-24A dense street procession moves down a crowded town road lined with shops and multi-storey buildings, with strings of orange and white bunting strung overhead. Many men in white kurtas and dhotis, and others in orange shirts, fill the street. Several people hold tall orange flags that stream in the breeze. On the right, a loudspeaker or sound equipment is mounted on a vehicle at the front of the crowd. Shopfronts display signboards in Kannada script, with colourful cloth and goods hanging at stalls on the left. A distant temple gopuram rises above the rooftops.2011-05-24A dense street procession moves between shops under a long string of saffron-orange pennant flags. Many crowded men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing white caps and saffron scarves, walk and press forward. Large saffron flags on poles rise above the crowd on the left. A blue hoarding with Kannada script stands at the lower left, and a few people are visible on the right near a parked motorcycle. Concrete utility poles and overhead wires frame the street.2011-05-24A dense street crowd fills a narrow town road during a procession. Large saffron-orange flags on tall poles rise above the people, and strings of small orange pennants stretch across the street. Many men in white shirts, pastel and checked shirts, and lungis press forward, some raising hands. A loudspeaker horn and amplifier sit at left among the crowd, and parked motorcycles line the right side beside shopfronts and hanging blue and purple banners.2011-05-24Aerial view of a dense street procession moving through a narrow town road lined with shops and a gopuram-style temple tower at upper left. Hundreds of people in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside saffron-clad participants carrying orange flags and banners. A large ornate chariot or ratha with a decorated canopy and red-orange fabric travels down the centre, with drummers visible at lower left. Parked vehicles and motorbikes line the road edges.2011-12-20A crowded narrow street lined with shops and tall buildings, filled with a dense procession of men in white shirts and dhotis, many in white caps, plus uniformed police in khaki on the road. Strings of small orange pennant flags stretch across the street above the crowd, and several large orange flags are held aloft. Motorcycles are parked along the left edge. A golden temple tower rises in the background above the rooftops. Hanging banners on the left include a red-and-white sign reading Padmavati Abhushan and a blue sign with Kannada lettering, and a purple banner reads Delhi Bazaar.2011-05-24A dense street procession in a narrow town lane lined with shops and signboards. Many people in white shirts and dhotis walk through the crowd, with saffron-orange flags on poles and orange pennant strings strung overhead across the street. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk along the procession, and motorcycles are parked along the right side. A large golden temple tower rises in the background above the buildings. Hanging shop signs read Padmavati Abhushan and Delhi Bazaar.2011-05-24A dense street procession in a narrow town lane lined with multi-storey concrete buildings, shopfronts, blue shutters and overhead cables. Hundreds of men in white shirts and dhotis fill the street, many carrying or waving large saffron-orange flags on tall poles. Some devotees wear orange scarves. A loudspeaker horn is mounted on a pole at left, and a small roadside stall with a red and orange cloth canopy stands on the right. The procession moves through the crowd toward the upper left, where orange banners and decorated vehicles are visible.2011-05-24A dense street procession packed between shopfronts and strung triangular orange pennants. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, some with orange or saffron scarves, walk in the crowd, while uniformed police in khaki stand in the foreground near motorcycles parked along the road. Several tall orange flags on poles rise above the marchers, and blue and purple signboards with Kannada script hang on the left. Numerous people line the street, and a banner shows a stylized figure on the right.2011-05-24A dense street procession moves through a narrow market lane lined with shops and blue and pink buildings. Many people crowd the roadway, mostly men in white shirts and light clothing, with some women in saffron and colourful saris at the lower left. Large saffron-orange flags on tall poles rise above the crowd, and strings of orange pennant bunting stretch across the street. Parked motorbikes line the right side, and a loudspeaker horn is visible among the crowd. Signboards in Kannada script advertise a jewellery shop and a Delhi bazaar. A golden temple tower is faintly visible at the top left, and a distant float or vehicle appears in the middle of the procession.2011-05-24A large outdoor crowd fills a street in front of a colourful gopuram-style temple tower with striped tiers. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, and some women in saris, press forward while many raise orange-saffron flags on poles. A white domed structure stands behind them, and a tall banner beside it shows a bearded figure in an orange turban and saffron robes, with Tamil script beneath. Palm trees and roadside shops line the scene under a pale sky. The crowd is dense.2011-12-20A dense street procession moves along a crowded Tamil town road lined with shops and signboards. Many men in white shirts and dhotis walk among saffron-orange flags carried on poles. A golden canopy umbrella with fringed yellow-red trim is held above the centre of the procession, with gold ceremonial staffs and a gilt ornament visible beneath it. Some devotees wear red and gold cloth. Overhead hang strings of bunting and a multicoloured umbrella stands at left. Signboards read Udupi Hotel and Lodge, and a billboard shows a car advertisement. Crowd size is in the hundreds, most of them visible in the foreground.2011-12-20