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Street procession in a crowded Indian town lane lined with shops, parked motorbikes and onlookers, seen from an upper floor. A decorated blue and red vehicle with yellow marigold garlands and saffron pennant flags leads the procession. Several people in saffron and orange robes ride on the vehicle, one wearing a red and orange cloth and another in orange robes beside a white-clad person. Men in white kurtas and a few in saffron walk alongside, holding orange flags. Older women in sarees watch from a doorway at right.

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A dense street procession in a crowded Indian town. In the left foreground a red-curtained tractor-drawn float carries a seated figure in orange robes, with flower garlands decorating the float. Beside it, a uniformed police officer in khaki stands on the road. Many men in white shirts, dark shirts and caps press along the street. Red flags flutter from poles, and a yellow-and-orange flower-garlanded arch spans the road. On the right, a large framed portrait of a bearded man hangs over the crowd. Shop signs and billboards line the buildings, including a Samsung Galaxy advertisement.2016-04-18A street procession in a crowded Indian town market lane lined with shops, signboards for LG, Samsung and Super Optical, and balconies above. Saffron and orange flags on tall poles lead the procession. 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