Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
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.

More like this

Open the gallery
A 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 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 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.2011-05-24A 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 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.2011-05-24A dense street crowd fills a narrow Indian town road during a procession. Many men in white kurtas and shirts, some in pink and light colours, press together under overhead wires. Orange saffron flags on tall poles stand at left and centre, and several men wear orange headwear and scarves. Shopfronts with signboards line the right side, and a loudspeaker or drum-like equipment is visible at left.2011-05-24Aerial view of a road procession on a city street. Dozens of men in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing rudraksha malas, walk in a crowd waving saffron-orange flags on poles. Several hold red and white placards with printed text and a small portrait. On the right, a footbridge overhead, parked motorbikes, a woman in a pink sari and shopfronts with signboards line the road. The procession fills the centre and lower half of the frame.2010-07-24A dense crowd fills a narrow street lined with shops and strung with orange pennant bunting, during a procession. Many people walk in white and light clothing, and numerous saffron-orange flags on poles rise above the crowd, some held by men in orange shirts. A loudspeaker or amplifier is visible among the flags. At left, a small roadside stall sells colourful cloth and garments under a yellow awning, and a seated elderly man sits near the lower left corner. Overhead wires cross the street. No individual figure can be clearly identified as the a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2011-05-24A street procession moves through a dense, crowded town lane lined with shops and strung with orange and yellow triangular pennants. At left, a silver-decorated palanquin or ratha carries a seated figure in orange and saffron clothing under an ornate canopy, with garlands of yellow flowers along its frame. Several men in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing white caps, walk beside and behind it, and metal vessels with orange-topped offerings are carried at the front. A man at right holds up a large orange flag on a pole. Red and gold decorative panels hang from the palanquin and along the route, and a dense crowd of onlookers fills the foreground.2011-05-24A street procession moves past parked auto-rickshaws and a green truck. Dozens of men in white dhotis and shirts carry orange-red and orange flags and white placards. At center, a large decorated palanquin or ratha topped with a golden-yellow turban and green-embroidered figure is carried along, with an orange-robed figure walking beside it. Saffron-robed attendants and a uniformed police officer in khaki line the roadway. A man in a white shirt wears a white and orange lanyard. Some people are partly obscured by the crowd.2010-07-24A 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.2011-05-24