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A large outdoor crowd fills a tree-lined street during a procession. Many people in mixed clothing, including white shirts, saffron and orange garments, pastel saris and white headscarves, press together and some raise mobile phones. Above them, numerous red, orange, pink and multicoloured flags and parasols stand in the crowd, and at right an ornate golden canopy shelters a decorated palanquin or throne. A small white figure and white flag appear near the center, and a covered cart with garlands sits at left. The scene looks like a religious procession.

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April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A large outdoor crowd fills a tree-lined street during a procession. Dense ranks of men and women in light shirts, kurtas, saris and headscarves press together, many with bags and some looking toward a decorated float at right. Behind them, orange and red flags and pennants line the route, and a shaded platform with floral garlands and marigold-style decorations holds a seated figure in pink clothing. A red and gold ornate ratha-style canopy with a red cloth and white and pink flower garlands sits at right. The scene reads as a festival or procession crowd, with no clearly identifiable Swamiji visible.2016-04-18Dense street procession with a decorated palanquin-style float at centre, carried on a green-and-red canopy structure. A figure in orange and gold sits within the float under a large ornate umbrella, while attendants in white stand around it. Many red, yellow and blue ceremonial umbrellas and red flags fill the frame above a large crowd of devotees and onlookers, many holding phones and raising hands. Motorcycles and a loudspeaker stand are visible along the road, with a tree-lined background and a painted deity figure on a float at the left edge.2016-04-18A large outdoor procession moves through a tree-lined street with a dense crowd of devotees. At centre, a golden bull (nandi) statue sits on a decorated float with a seated figure in white and orange, flanked by flower garlands. On the left, a palanquin-style float with a deity murti is shaded by multicoloured umbrellas, with a man in white and saffron attending. Many red and orange flags flutter above the crowd, which includes people in white, saffron and pastel saris holding umbrellas and phones. A banner reads in Hindi script. Many people are visible, mostly partially, in the foreground and background.2016-04-18 +1 copiesA large street procession moves through a crowded road lined with trees, flags and onlookers. At the centre, a golden ratha/palanquin with an ornate gold canopy, floral garlands and red-and-yellow fringed hangings carries a seated figure in orange and red garments. Men and women in white dhotis and saris with rudraksha malas walk alongside, many with bare shoulders, while others hold tall red flags. A green patterned umbrella is held over the procession, and police in khaki stand near the barricades. Spectators watch from a wall at right.2016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22A large crowd fills a street during a procession at a Kumbh Mela event. At the centre, a seated figure in saffron robes and an orange turban sits on an ornate gold palanquin with carved panels, adorned with beaded necklaces. Beside him, another person in orange and a bare-chested attendant in white dhoti hold ceremonial items; a man in white dhoti stands behind with a wooden pole. Red and orange flags, colourful umbrellas and drums surround the palanquin. Uniformed police officers and crowd members in mixed clothing press close, many raising hands or taking photographs with phones.2016-04-22A dense outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela fairground. A large golden palanquin, with an ornate gilded canopy, carries a seated figure in orange robes at its centre, surrounded by attendants in orange and red. Above the crowd, many umbrellas are carried in yellow, green, red, blue, maroon and pink with silver fringes, with red flags among them. Many people in white dhotis and shawls with red borders walk alongside, some with bare upper bodies and sacred ash markings, and some women in white saris. Stalls, tents and red-and-green canopies line the route behind the crowd.2016-04-22April 22 20162016-04-22Aerial view of a dense street procession in an Indian town, with a long line of participants in white and saffron-coloured garments moving between roadside crowds. Many marchers carry large colourful umbrellas in red, green, yellow, blue, pink and maroon above them, and red flags are raised along the route. An ornate decorated cart with a white and gold canopy and a decorated carriage are visible, along with a truck with loudspeakers. Strings of bunting and a line of police in khaki uniforms line the street. Spectators stand on the left under a large tree and on the balconies, and a printed banner with a portrait hangs from a tree branch on the left.2016-04-18Aerial view of a dense street procession moving down a narrow road lined with crowds, police in khaki uniforms and bamboo barriers. Many people wear orange and saffron clothing, and a central group carries large colourful umbrellas in pink, yellow, blue, green and red. Tall red flags on poles and red and white banners line the street, with strings of bunting overhead. A decorated float or palanquin with a canopy sits near the centre, and loudspeaker horns are visible at the lower edge. Beside the road a printed portrait banner shows a figure in a light robe, and a small shrine with a golden kalasha stands on the right. Trees and parked motorcycles frame the scene.2016-04-18