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A dense street procession moves down a busy town road lined with shops, hotels and signboards. Strings of small white flags printed with a blue emblem stretch overhead across the street. Many men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris walk closely packed, some with hands pressed in namaste. Several orange and white flags on poles are carried through the crowd, and a large white banner hangs above the procession. A few women wear gold necklaces and orange-bordered saris. The crowd is tightly packed and fills the street as far as the eye can see.

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A dense street procession fills a town road lined with shops and hanging white pennants bearing a blue emblem. Many men in white shirts and dhotis press forward, along with women in saris in pink, blue, cream and green. A young man in white with an orange shawl stands near the centre, and several people carry white flags with blue emblems and one red flag.2006-09-24September 24 20062006-09-24A dense street procession moves between corrugated tin-roofed shops and bunting strung with white and blue pennants. Many people in white shirts, white dhotis and pale clothing fill the road, with men and women in saffron-orange and pink saris among them. Several people hold up white and saffron-orange flags on poles, and a few carry framed portraits of a bearded, long-haired figure in saffron. Shop walls behind the crowd show painted and printed posters. Most faces are turned toward the camera or forward, and a few people appear to be filming with phones. a person's physical presence cannot be confirmed from appearance, so no identification is made.2006-09-24A dense street crowd fills a narrow market road during a procession, with many people in white shirts and white dhotis or saris, some women with flowers in their hair. Overhead, long strings of small white triangular pennants with blue circular logos stretch across the street. Several people at the front hold white and orange flags. Shop fronts line the road, including a large billboard of a cricket team in red uniforms and a corrugated metal roofed building on the right.2006-09-24A dense street procession moves through a busy Indian town under strings of white and blue pennant flags. Many men in white shirts and dhotis walk with raised flags, some red and white, while others in pale shirts and sunglasses stand along the roadside. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at left. Shops with signboards line the street, and a large billboard with Tamil script rises above the crowd. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible among the marchers.2006-09-24A dense street procession crowds a narrow road lined with strings of white and blue pennant flags overhead. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis carry orange and white flags bearing a blue dove-like emblem. Some hold their hands joined in greeting. At the right edge, hanging bunches of green coconuts are visible. In the background stand a corrugated metal roofed shrine structure, low buildings and a tall ornate gopuram-like tower. Several people in the crowd wear saffron-coloured clothing and bare-chested devotees are among the throng. The procession appears to be a ratha yatra street march.2006-09-24A crowded street procession in a town market area. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis walk and stand along the road, with a few saffron-robed figures visible toward the centre, near orange flags. Pedestrians crowd the foreground, while a red car, a bicycle and parked motorbikes line the side. Stalls with fruit and goods sit under pennant strings strung across the street, and shop signs in Tamil script fill the background. Overcast sky above.2006-09-24A large street procession winds through a town lined with multi-storey buildings, shopfronts, and strings of festival bunting. Foreground, a crowd of people in white dhotis and white kurtas and saris carry red and orange flags on poles. A long white banner held at the front reads in Tamil script beneath a portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a shaved head. Several framed portraits are carried among the marchers, and a few people in saffron and orange clothing walk near the front. Overhead, electric wires cross the street and a large billboard with a portrait is visible at upper right.2006-09-24A dense crowd of men and some women fills a street during a procession in a town with shop fronts and hanging bunting. Many men wear white shirts and dhotis, and a few wear checked or striped shirts. Several people in the foreground hold their palms together in greeting. Orange and saffron flags are raised above the crowd, and banners and white cloth panels hang from buildings. Overhead, rows of small white and blue pennants stretch across the street. Billboards are visible on the upper left and top. A cluster of pale yellow and orange garlands or decorations appears near the right edge. The scene looks like a public gathering along a route rather than a temple ritual, with the procession itself not clearly visible.2006-09-24A photograph of a crowded town street lined with buildings, palm trees and shop signs, filled with a large procession of people in white clothes waving white and orange flags. Many white pennants are strung across the street overhead. Several men walk in front carrying green and white bags, and a black car and motorbikes are parked along the edge. A yellow barrier and a banner are visible mid-street. The crowd is numerous, with many people visible along both sides of the road.2006-09-24September 24 20062006-09-24A dense street procession in a South Indian town, crowds of men and women mostly in white shirts and white dhotis or saris, many raising arms and hands. Banners held aloft show a portrait of a bearded man in white head cloth beside Tamil and English lettering, and red-orange flags flutter among them. Strings of small white pennants stretch across the street above. On the left a vehicle draped with a floral garland and a shrine-like structure with a corrugated metal roof stand behind the crowd, with a gopuram-style temple tower visible at right. a person appearance is not clearly established from the visible figures.2006-09-24