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Elevated view of a wide city street during a large procession. A decorated palanquin-style float with a white canopy and gold ornamentation leads a crowd of many people, many carrying red flags and multicoloured umbrellas, including blue, orange, yellow and red. Dense crowds line the road and sidewalks, with auto-rickshaws parked at left and motorcycles at right. Large billboards and shop signs line the street, and a rooftop billboard shows a man in a suit. Hundreds of people are visible.

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April 18 20162016-04-18Aerial view of a street procession in an Indian city. A large ornate palanquin with a golden canopy and decorated poles is carried through the road, surrounded by crowds in white clothes and many people holding multicoloured umbrellas in blue, orange, red and green. Red and orange flags are raised along the route, and uniformed police walk beside the procession. Roadside shops, parked autorickshaws, motorbikes and a large video screen showing a man's face line the street. Trees and a multi-storey building appear in the background.2016-04-18Aerial view of a large street procession moving through a busy Indian town road. At the centre, a decorated ratha or palanquin float with an orange-and-white canopy and gold ornamentation is surrounded by dense crowds of people in mixed clothing, many carrying red flags and colourful umbrellas. Several uniformed police officers line the edges of the road. Shops with hoardings and parked vehicles, including a blue bus and auto-rickshaws, frame the scene under bright daylight.2016-04-18A dense street procession in a busy Indian town. At the centre, a decorated palanquin or ratha is carried forward, with a deity murti or ornate figure garlanded in flowers. Many bearers and devotees in orange and white clothing surround it. Above, a white and gold canopy shelters the procession, and numerous umbrellas in blue, yellow, purple and orange are held aloft. Red flags wave throughout the crowd. Onlookers line the roadside, and a gold-decorated vehicle is visible at the upper left. Police in khaki uniforms guide the route, and the scene sits under a crowded street with shops, motorbikes and parked vehicles.2016-04-18A dense outdoor street procession in an Indian town. Many umbrellas in red, yellow, blue, pink and orange are held aloft above the crowd, with red flags carried among them. In the centre, a decorated palanquin or float with gold and orange ornamentation moves along the road. Uniformed police officers line the street, and many devotees in saffron, white and bright saris walk in the crowd. Strings of colourful bunting cross overhead, and a red bus and parked vehicles sit along the roadside. A framed portrait printed on paper is pinned to a tree on the left, showing a bald man in a dark outfit, though this is a printed picture rather than a person present. A red-and-orange kalasha-like finial tops a small structure on the right.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18Aerial view from an upper floor of a crowded city intersection during a procession. A large crowd of people in mixed clothing fills the road, many carrying red and orange flags. In the centre a decorated open vehicle with a white and gold canopy and a raised golden structure moves through the crowd, with colourful umbrellas and parasols held above. Shops, multi-storey buildings and parked cars line the street under bright sunlight. Barricades mark the lanes on the right. Several people in white and saffron kurtas stand near the cart, while others walk along the sidewalks and crossing.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18May 21 20162016-05-21A large crowd fills a tree-lined road during a procession at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela, with hundreds of people in orange, red and white clothing. Many carry red and orange flags, and bright yellow, green, blue and pink umbrellas are raised above the marchers. Several sadhus wear red turbans and garlands of flowers and beads. In the background a decorated ornate float or chariot with golden canopy moves along the route, with banners and signboards lining the roadside.2016-04-22A large outdoor street procession moves through a dusty roadside crowd under hazy sunlight. Many men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, some with red sashes, lead the march, carrying tall red and orange flags, one bearing a deity image. A decorated palanquin or ratha with golden canopy and kalasha-like top rises in the background behind the flags. Yellow canopied stalls and banners line the road, and a yellow umbrella is held over the middle of the group. Onlookers crowd the barricades on both sides.2016-05-21A dense street procession moves along a tree-lined road, with a large crowd of men and women in white, pastel and bright clothing pressing forward. Red and orange flags on tall poles, and many colourful parasols in yellow, red, blue and green, rise above the people. On the left, the gilded edge of a decorated palanquin or ratha is visible, with a painted deity figure. Roadside hoardings and banners show portraits and printed text. Many people are on foot, and a man on a motorcycle is in the foreground.2016-04-18