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A busy street procession in a town centre, with a large crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis and several people in saffron-orange robes walking down the middle of the road. Orange flags and saffron-and-white bunting are strung across the street from poles and buildings. Shops line both sides, a white minibus and a silver car are on the road, and a motorcyclist and a cyclist pass through. Power lines cross overhead and a megaphone is mounted on a building at left.

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A street procession moves along a wide paved road lined with shops, parked vehicles and orange flags strung overhead. In the centre, men in white dhotis and shirts walk in a group; one man in white near the front carries a tall saffron-orange flag on a pole. Two uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside on the right, and onlookers stand along the pavement, including a woman in a colourful sari and a man in a blue shirt. Orange and saffron banners decorate the buildings and a decorated vehicle is visible further up the road.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27A street procession in a Tamil town, with a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis walking along a narrow road lined with shops and multi-storey buildings. A bearded man in a saffron-orange robe walks near the centre beside a uniformed police officer in khaki. Musicians play drums and a long horn-like instrument, and an ornate canopy or palanquin with a red and gold top is visible further back. Saffron-orange flags flutter along the route, and a banner held up on the left shows a portrait of a figure in an orange head-wrap with text in Tamil script. The scene is a grand procession during a spiritual event.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27Aerial view looking down a narrow town street lined with multi-storey concrete buildings, shopfronts and rooftops. A large crowd fills the road, mostly men dressed in white shirts and dhotis, many waving saffron-orange flags. In the centre a decorated procession vehicle with ornate orange and gold canopy moves slowly, and a truck with loudspeakers sits at the lower left. Several people stand on rooftops and balconies watching. Marigold garlands and orange flags decorate the scene. Strings of overhead wires cross the top right.2011-12-20A street procession in a small Tamil Nadu town, with devotees walking along a busy road lined with shops, bicycles, auto-rickshaws and parked vehicles. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and white shirt carries an orange flag with black a person emblem text, while a man in a blue checked shirt walks beside him. Behind them a group of men in white dhotis and shirts walk in procession under strings of orange and saffron pennants strung across the street. Shopfronts display Kodak and Tamil signage, and a bus is visible further along the road.2008-04-27A street procession in a town in Tamil Nadu, India, with many people walking along a road lined by multi-storey buildings, power lines and parked vehicles. Men in white dhotis and shirts and several people in saffron and orange clothing walk in the crowd, some holding saffron flags and umbrellas. Two people carry umbrella-like parasols in red, orange and yellow, and a figure in orange carries a fan-shaped ceremonial object. A police officer in khaki uniform stands among the crowd, and a bus and trucks are visible in the background. Banners in Tamil hang along the route, and a crowd of onlookers gathers at the edge of the street.2008-04-27Aerial view down a crowded Indian town street during a procession. Hundreds of people in white dhotis and saris fill the road, many waving orange and saffron flags. Near the centre, a decorated float or chariot carries a deity murti under an ornate canopy, pulled by a yellow vehicle at the front. Shops line both sides, with orange and blue storefronts, signboards, a tiled-roof building and a textile shop. Power lines and palm trees appear above the street.2011-12-20April 27 20082008-04-27December 20 20112011-12-20Street procession at dusk in a town with shopfronts and utility poles. In the left foreground, a man stands on an elevated float or vehicle platform draped with orange cloth, wearing an orange-saffron turban, orange robe and a rudraksha-style mala, hands folded in greeting. A gold ceremonial staff rises beside him. Below, a large crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts and some women in orange saris moves along the road, many holding red and orange flags. A row of orange and red flags lines the street, and a vehicle and a large banner appear in the background.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27