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A large street procession winds through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, hanging wires and Tamil-script signboards. Many people in saffron-orange shirts and white dhotis walk in the crowd, several carrying tall orange flags on poles. Musicians play large drums in the foreground, including a drummer in a white shirt and a drummer wearing an orange scarf. Colourful umbrellas and ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the street, and a yellow auto-rickshaw and a black auto-rickshaw are in the lane. A temple gopuram rises in the background above the buildings. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a specific leader from this view.

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August 01 20082008-08-01A large street procession moves through a crowded Indian town past shopfronts and hanging signboards. Dozens of men in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing orange shawls, march with drummers beating drums, and people carry colourful striped umbrellas and orange flags on poles. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a campaign poster sits in the foreground, and a temple gopuram rises above the rooftops. Crowds line the roadside and watch from balconies. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so no specific person is named.2008-08-01A large street procession moves through a busy Tamil town. Hundreds of devotees in saffron and orange shirts and white dhotis fill the road, many holding tall orange flags on poles. Several decorated umbrellas in bright multicolour patterns and framed square banners with emblems are carried aloft. Drummers in white clothes play large drums and horns at the front. Shops with signboards, a yellow auto-rickshaw and two-wheelers line the street, and onlookers watch from the roadside. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from the image.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A large crowd of devotees walks down a crowded street lined with shops, many in saffron-orange shawls and white clothing, carrying orange flags and two colourful striped umbrellas at the front. A yellow auto-rickshaw with a portrait sticker on its side is in the foreground. Shop signs including The Hindu, Vodafone and a Tamil-language sign are visible, and a gopuram-style temple tower rises in the background. Among the procession, no individual is clearly identifiable as a specific figure from this view.2008-08-01Elevated view of a dense street procession in a small Indian town, with a large crowd of people in white dhotis and orange-saffron shirts and scarves filling the road between shophouses and overhead power lines. Drummers in white clothing play large drums on the right, and several ornate umbrellas with red, white and blue canopies are carried above the crowd. Motorbikes and auto-rickshaws are parked along the edges, and a tall temple gopuram is visible in the distance behind the rooftops.2008-08-01A 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 street procession in a town, seen from an elevated angle. Many devotees in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls walk along the road, several women in saffron shawls carry brass or copper pots on their heads. Above them, colourful umbrellas with blue, red and white panels are held aloft, and saffron-orange flags and banners fly from poles. Shops, a parked auto-rickshaw and bystanders line the roadside, with overhead wires strung across the street.2008-08-01A large street procession winds through a crowded Indian town road. Hundreds of participants in orange and saffron clothing and white dhotis march behind orange flags and decorated parasols with multicolored fringes. Drummers and a horn player lead the group. Two yellow auto-rickshaws with printed banners are in the foreground, and a pedestrian in a purple sari stands at the roadside. Shops with signboards line the street, and a white temple gopuram rises in the background.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession moves through a busy Tamil town. Crowds of men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk under a canopy of colourful umbrellas with gold fringe and blue-and-white emblems. Drummers in white with large drums beat along the road, while a man in a white shirt plays a long wind instrument. A red-and-gold banner flies above the crowd, and shopfronts with signs line the street.2008-08-01