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A 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.

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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 street procession moves through a town lined with low tiled-roof buildings and utility poles. Many people in white clothes walk closely together, several carrying orange flags with a blue emblem on tall poles. A temple gopuram appears at the upper right, and a loudspeaker box mounted on a green cart sits at left. Girls in white and blue skirts stand at the roadside watching, and a woman in the foreground wears a flower in her braided hair.2009-02-05A 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.2011-05-24Aerial view down a narrow street lined with multi-storey buildings, orange flags and tangled overhead cables. A decorated procession float or ratha with a white canopy and deity murti moves through a large crowd. Many uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside, while devotees in mixed clothing fill the road and balconies. Saffron flags hang from windows, and shop signs line the street.2016-04-18Aerial 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 dense street procession crowds a narrow Tamil town road lined with shops, awnings, hanging power lines and parked motorcycles and auto-rickshaws. Many participants wear white dhotis and shirts, while others wear saffron and orange garments and carry saffron flags. Several drummers with drums are visible at the lower right, and a line of decorated umbrellas or canopies with ceremonial banners moves through the crowd. A cameraman stands on a rooftop at the left edge filming the scene. Crowd count is large, with many dozens to over a hundred people visible.2008-08-01A dense street procession fills a narrow market lane with crowds of people in white and saffron-coloured clothing, many wearing red-and-orange garments and rudraksha-style necklaces. Large colourful umbrellas in orange, yellow, red and blue are carried above the marchers, and red flags on tall poles rise through the crowd. Uniformed police officers walk among the procession. A decorated float or palanquin with a golden canopy is visible further up the street, with shops, balconies and hanging signs lining both sides of the lane.2016-04-18A 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 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.2011-05-24December 20 20112011-12-20February 05 20092009-02-05