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A street procession moves along a busy road lined with traffic. At centre, a decorated ornate ratha or float with gold-and-red draped canopy and a framed portrait on its front travels among crowds of men in white dhotis and shirts carrying saffron-orange flags. Motorcycles, a yellow auto-rickshaw, a white van and a white truck with a large tarpaulin load surround the procession. Commercial buildings line the road, including a metal and profiles company and a paint showroom. Many people are visible in the procession and roadside, with a rough crowd estimate in the dozens to hundreds.

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Street procession on a busy urban road in Tamil Nadu, seen from an elevated angle. A large crowd of men dressed in white dhotis and shirts walks alongside a golden-canopied ratha/chariot decorated with orange and yellow garlands and flowers; a figure seated under the canopy is partly visible. Many saffron-orange flags are held aloft by marchers on the left. Umbrellas, a yellow auto-rickshaw, a white van, cars, motorbikes and a red tractor towing a trailer with flower and garbage-like debris share the road. Shops with signs stand behind, including a large Nippon Paint sign and a sign for M.N.S. Metal & Profiles Pvt. Ltd. Several people are on the chariot and beside it, with multiple marchers in white visible, so the crowd is well over twenty people.2009-02-05Street procession on a busy city road lined with shops and billboards. Marchers in white dhotis and white shirts walk alongside a decorated float with a canopy and orange-saffron banners, while a truck carries seated people in orange and saffron clothing and another truck is loaded with bundles. Many men and women in saffron and orange garments and white clothes walk with orange flags along the roadway. Traffic includes auto-rickshaws, motorcycles, a white SUV, a blue hatchback and a white van. Shop signs read M.N.S. Metal & Proft and Nippon Paint.2009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05Street procession on a busy roadside in daylight. A decorated ratha or float with gold-and-maroon canopy and orange garlands moves down the road, carrying a framed portrait of a woman in a dark-framed picture at its front. Many people walk alongside in white dhotis and kurtas, several holding orange and red flags and banners. Motorcycles, cars, an auto-rickshaw and a white lorry share the road. Shop signs and billboards line the street, including a Nippon Paint sign and a Ananda furniture sign. Crowd is large but only partially fills the frame.2009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05A wide street view of a procession moving along a multi-lane road in an Indian town. Dozens of men in white dhotis and white shirts walk in a column, many holding orange-saffron flags on poles, with a crowd gathered further back. Motorcycles, auto-rickshaws, a white car and a truck share the road. On the right, a large roadside hoarding shows portraits of political figures with Tamil text. Building facades, a company signboard for M.N.S. Metal & Profiles Pvt. Ltd., and stacked blue and black water tanks sit in the foreground. Several people appear in the procession, and the figures are too small to identify individuals.2009-02-05