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Outdoor street procession in a crowded Indian town. A large open ratha-style palanquin is decorated with a bright orange canopy, gold finials, purple and magenta tassels, and heaped marigold and rose petals. Seated on the palanquin is a bald man with an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders and a gold chain, his head turned toward the crowd. In front, a man in a maroon turban, bare-shouldered, with orange marigold garlands and gold armlets, sits facing forward. Behind them, uniformed police officers and a dense crowd of onlookers line the road, with people watching from a balcony on the right and a red flag and shop signage in the background.

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April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession in a crowded Indian town. A bald man in an orange-saffron cloth sits on a golden palanquin strewn with pink and yellow flower petals, under an orange canopy with gold tassels. Behind and beside it, a man in a red turban and orange garments with a garland of orange marigolds stands among tall gold-capped poles hung with purple, red and green tassels and white and orange flower garlands. Uniformed police officers and a large crowd of onlookers line the street, many holding up phones, with multi-storey buildings and shopfronts behind them.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18Outdoors during a street procession, a gilded palanquin decorated with marigold and white flower garlands and a large orange canopy carries a seated figure in saffron-orange robes. Behind, a large brass-and-gold ornamental standard with tall purple, red and green fringed tassels rises above the crowd. A man in a maroon turban seated near the foreground holds his hands together and is strewn with pink petals. Dense crowds of onlookers line the street, many in white clothing, with multi-storey buildings behind. Marigold petals cover the palanquin floor.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A procession on a street in an Indian town. In the foreground, a person in a red-orange turban, orange marigold garlands, a gold-toned necklace and gold bangles raises a hand in blessing while seated on a decorated palanquin. Gold-topped red, green, purple and orange finials frame the ratha with a bright orange canopy overhead, and the floor is covered with flower petals. Behind, a bare-chested man in saffron cloth sits on a golden seat, and a crowd of onlookers in the street and on balconies watches. Several other people in dhotis and kurtas walk along the procession.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A festival procession on a decorated ratha or palanquin with golden bells and multicoloured tassels in green, red, purple and yellow hanging from its canopy. A woman in a rust-orange head wrap, orange and magenta marigold garlands and gold jewellery stands on the right, raising one hand toward an orange parasol with a gold finial. Beside her, a shaven-headed man in orange clothing sits on the cart. Marigold and flower garlands drape the vehicle, and beans and flower petals fill a tray at the base. Uniformed police and onlookers in colourful saris stand along the street behind, with trees and buildings beyond.2016-04-18A photograph of a festival procession on an ornate golden palanquin decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, colourful tassels in purple, red, green and gold, and rose petals scattered on its pink-draped floor. Beneath a bright orange umbrella, a figure in a red-maroon turban and orange-saffron robe sits on the palanquin with one hand raised in greeting, wearing gold bangles and a beaded necklace. Another saffron-robed figure sits behind, and crowds of spectators watch from the street and balconies.2016-04-18