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A crowded street procession with many red flags and a red banner bearing a portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes, beneath a green umbrella and a gold umbrella. In the center, a yellow and red banner with a blue floral border displays a Shivalinga emblem, carried aloft on a pole topped with a silver finial. Behind it, a man in a white dhoti with gold border walks among devotees, many wearing white and rudraksha-style necklaces. The crowd lines the street, with people reaching up and photographing, and a yellow railing at right.

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A dense street procession in bright daylight, with a large crowd of devotees and onlookers moving through a narrow lane. In the foreground, a golden-yellow leaf-shaped ceremonial standard with a red centre, a white elephant emblem and blue flower motifs is raised on a pole. Behind it, a green canopy umbrella and many red and orange flags sway above the crowd, with a yellow parasol at the lower right. Several people in white dhotis and saris walk among the crowd, and a woman in a dark head covering stands at left. The scene is blurred by haze in the foreground.2016-05-21April 18 20162016-04-18May 09th 20162016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22A large street procession moves through a crowded road lined with trees, flags and onlookers. At the centre, a golden ratha/palanquin with an ornate gold canopy, floral garlands and red-and-yellow fringed hangings carries a seated figure in orange and red garments. Men and women in white dhotis and saris with rudraksha malas walk alongside, many with bare shoulders, while others hold tall red flags. A green patterned umbrella is held over the procession, and police in khaki stand near the barricades. Spectators watch from a wall at right.2016-05-21A large crowd fills a dusty street during a procession. In the foreground a red flag bears a printed portrait of a bearded man wearing a yellow turban, and it is held aloft on a pole. Behind it, several ornate umbrellas in red, purple, blue and yellow with embroidered borders and tassels are carried above the crowd, alongside more red flags. Devotees press together at the roadside, and brass instruments are visible at right. Trees and red-flowering branches frame the background. The flag portrait is a depiction on cloth and is not a physical person.2016-05-09January 01 20122012-01-01May 09th 20162016-05-09April 22 20162016-04-22