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A photograph of a crowd lining a village street during a procession, with thatched-roof shops and utility poles behind. In the foreground a woman in a pink-and-blue patterned sari holds a young boy in a brown shawl and plaid shirt, and another small boy stands beside her. A man in a bright red shirt and dark trousers claps his hands. Other onlookers include a man in a striped polo shirt, a man in a plaid shirt with glasses, women in saris and girls with forehead markings. Strings of small pennant flags are visible overhead. No deity, throne or procession vehicle is clearly shown in the frame, and no person is identified as a person.

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June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesApril 20 20112011-04-20January 12 20072007-01-12Outdoor street crowd in a busy Indian town during a procession, viewed from above. Dense rows of devotees, mostly women in sarees in purple, pink, orange, yellow, white and green, stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. Some carry small children on their hips. Men in white shirts and dhotis and a man in a pink shirt stand among them. Parked white and red cars, motorbikes and a yellow-roofed roadside stall line the road behind. Shop signs and an overhead car roof fill the background.2006-10-30July 28 20082008-07-28A large outdoor crowd of villagers fills a dusty street in Pattanam, Tamil Nadu, pressing together during a procession. Most people wear white shirts and dhotis or saris in cream, red, pink and yellow; several women wear red and maroon saris with kumkum bindis and gold necklaces, and a bald older man in the foreground wears a white shirt. A young man in the lower left has a yellow tilak on his forehead. Behind them a blue-and-white banner hangs from a pole, showing a painted portrait of a figure in an orange turban and a Tamil caption. Tiled-roof houses, a banana plant and a bamboo flagpole line the background.2008-07-28October 14 20062006-10-14A street scene during a procession in an Indian town. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with a brown blouse and gold bangles stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, looking forward. Beside her a man in a brown checked shirt raises his hands overhead in worship. Nearby a man in a light grey shirt stands with folded hands and other onlookers line the roadside. Behind them a white van has people sitting on its roof, and multi-storey concrete buildings, string pennants and a palm frond frame the scene under an overcast sky.2006-09-24July 28 20082008-07-28A crowd of villagers gathers on a dusty street outside whitewashed houses under a cloudy sky. Foreground men in pale shirts and a man in a brown checked shirt face the camera; behind them older men in white dhotis and shirts and women in saris, one in a red sari, stand on a raised concrete ledge. Boys perch on a rooftop and wall at the top right. Saffron flags flutter on poles. Several people appear to be watching an event in progress, possibly a procession or visit.2006-11-13July 08 20072007-07-08January 12 20072007-01-12