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A street procession in a crowded Indian town under strings of colourful triangular bunting. In the foreground, a dense crowd of men in white caps, pastel shirts, kurtas and face cloths, many holding up phones to take photos. Behind them, a white truck with a raised stage carries people and red flags, and a white truck bears a large portrait of a saffron-turbaned figure with the printed banner text a person. Behind the crowd stands a white domed-tower building with orange flags.

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April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18 +1 copiesApril 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a busy Indian town, with a large crowd of men and women pressing forward in front of a decorated ratha. Red flags on tall poles line the street, and marigold garlands hang across an ornate canopy over the vehicle. A saffron-robed sadhu sits in an open auto-rickshaw on the left, holding his hands together, and yellow-vested marshals guide the crowd. Shops, hoardings and a red signboard line the road behind the procession.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town. A large ornate ratha or palanquin carries a central figure seated in a flower-garlanded canopy, with a gold-fringed yellow umbrella overhead and red flags on tall poles. Two white-clad attendants in dhoti stand beside the platform, one bare-chested and one in a white shirt, while a figure in orange robes stands at the front. Police officers in khaki uniforms line the road, and a dense crowd of devotees, many women in saris and salwar, watches and holds up hands. Marigold garlands and red and yellow banners decorate the scene. Multi-storey buildings with balconies line the street behind.2016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a narrow Indian town lined with shops, signboards and hanging orange and red flags. A decorated palanquin with a marigold-garlanded canopy is carried forward, with an ornate red-and-gold ceremonial umbrella and white-plumed horses or ceremonial decorations at the front. Several figures in orange and saffron garments walk alongside. Large crowds of onlookers, many women in saris and men in shirts, fill the sidewalks and balconies, with police in khaki uniforms keeping the route clear. Multiple printed portraits of saints hang on the buildings and banners. a person is not clearly visible among the figures in the procession.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 22 20162016-04-22A dense street procession in a crowded Indian market lane, with a decorated ratha/chariot topped with a yellow canopy and red flags moving through the crowd. Many people in white, colourful and orange-yellow turbans and headwear, and women in saris and headscarves line both sides, while police officers in khaki uniforms guide the path. Yellow metal barricades line the road. On the right, a white van carries a large banner reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda with red panels in Hindi text and a portrait of a man in a red turban, and a man in khaki stands on its side. Colourful bunting and umbrellas decorate the street above the shops.2016-04-18May 09th 20162016-05-09