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A street procession at dusk in a crowded Indian town. Three colourful ceremonial parasols with gold fringe and red, blue and green embroidered motifs are carried above the crowd, one with a bird emblem. A woman in an orange sari with a raised hand leads near the centre, while a woman in a grey-blue sari and an older man in white follow. Devotees in white and orange clothing, many women in saris and a girl in a red top and checked skirt, press along the road. Shop signs, including a partly visible milk shop sign, line the street behind the crowd.

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Evening street procession in a crowded Indian town. Two large embroidered umbrella-like canopies with red and gold panels and blue emblems flank a central multicoloured parasol carried by men in orange-saffron dhotis and shawls. Around them stand white-clad men, women in bright saris including purple, yellow and blue, and children crowding the road. A signboard reads VKA with Tamil text, and shopfronts line the street.2009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30Dusk street procession in a Tamil Nadu town. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts, many women in saris and braided hair, walk behind a gold-trimmed ratha-style float on the left. Ornate colourful parasols with fringed tassels and a decorated kalasha-style umbrella rise above the crowd. A pink-bordered sign shows a framed portrait of a woman with long dark hair in orange clothing beside Tamil text. A man in an orange robe walks in the middle of the procession. Shop signs and utility poles line the street.2009-01-30A street procession in a busy Indian town, with people walking along a road lined with shops and signboards. Several people in white dhotis and shirts and men in saffron or orange cloths carry brass plates or trays. Three ornate umbrellas with red, gold and green fringed canopies rise above the crowd, and a man in an orange top stands at the centre near the umbrellas. A boy in a blue tracksuit stands in the foreground, and a woman in a cream patterned sari and a woman in a pink sari are nearby. Shop signs, a red cross sign and a Tamil-language banner line the street.2009-01-30A street procession moves through a busy Indian town lined with shops and signboards. Two decorated umbrellas with multicoloured fringes and red and teal panels shade the path, and a green auto-rickshaw-style vehicle sits at the right. Many men in white shirts and dhotis walk alongside saffron-clad people wearing rudraksha-style beads, and a long-haired figure in orange robes stands at the centre of the crowd, surrounded by devotees and photographers with cameras. Many people fill the street, with more heads visible in the distance.2009-01-30A street procession in a town, with musicians and devotees in white dhotis and shirts, many wearing saffron/orange shawls. Drummers on the left carry large drums with laced sides, a man in the centre plays a long brass horn, and other musicians play brass instruments. Tall orange flags and colourful ceremonial umbrellas with red and gold panels are carried above the crowd. Shops with signboards line the roadside behind them, and a large billboard appears on the right.2008-08-01A street procession in an Indian town at dusk, with a crowd of devotees walking past shuttered shopfronts and a tin-roofed building. A colourful striped canopy with tasselled fringe, red, green and blue, is carried on poles at upper left, with a yellow and red banner beside it. Women in saris, one in teal with gold border and one in red and white, stand near the centre, some holding flower garlands. A man in a white shirt and dhoti at the lower left wears red and white bead bracelets, and an elderly man in white stands centre. A devotee in saffron-orange cloth stands in the middle distance. A boy in a blue shirt is held by a man in white.2009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30January 21 20092009-01-21December 20 20112011-12-20January 21 20092009-01-21Street procession in an Indian town at dusk. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with long, loose dark hair walks at centre, while a man in white dhoti and shirt reaches toward him with a hand. Around them a dense crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, presses along the road. Above, ornate yellow and multicoloured umbrella-like canopies with tasselled fringes and emblem designs are carried on poles. Shops with colourful hanging garlands and toys line the street, and a red banner with white lettering appears at top right.2009-01-30