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A street procession in dusk light moves through a crowded Indian town. A red and white truck labelled "Ananda Rath Yatra All Over India" with Nithyananda branding carries a figure in orange-saffron robes seated on a raised platform atop the cab, with attendants in white around it. Large crowds line both sides of the road, many photographing with phones. Saffron flags, including one with a portrait, flank the route, and sadhus in orange and white walk alongside. Barricades and uniformed police mark the lane. Shop signs and a green building are visible behind the crowd.

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Elevated street view of a crowded festival procession in India. A red Ananda Rath Yatra truck, its side panels showing a smiling orange-turbaned figure and the text Ananda Rath Yatra All Over India, carries a covered figure on its roof. Red flags and decorated chariot-like floats move through the throng. Men in white dhotis and orange or red shawls walk near the truck, some holding puja items and a red banner. Uniformed police line the road with barricades, and a cameraman films from the truck. Shops and buildings line the street under hazy light.2015-09-15September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15April 18 20162016-04-18A night street procession at a Kumbh Mela area crowded with devotees and sadhus. Many people in white and saffron robes walk in front, some carrying red and orange flags on poles and an orange-bordered emblem banner. A purple banner in the foreground shows a figure in saffron with a red shawl and a Dhyanapeetham-style Hindi slogan. Police officers in khaki uniforms and masked onlookers line the roadside beneath strings of orange and green lights on a building. Hanging banners on the right display portraits of a bearded saint in saffron and a painted image of figures in ornate attire. Sadhus in orange and white stand among devotees along the lane.2015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesApril 22 20162016-04-22A dense crowd fills a wide dusty road during a procession, with many people walking in both directions past yellow metal crowd barriers on the right. Many men wear saffron and orange robes and dhotis, and several women wear saris in mixed colours. On the right, decorated palanquin-style carts with orange and yellow canopies and marigold garlands carry seated figures in white and orange clothing, with a golden canopy above them. Orange flags and pink and purple banners line the route, and a few people stand on a vehicle at left. Other people in white shirts, checked shirts and head wraps move through the throng.2016-05-09A street procession in an Indian town moves past shops and a multi-storey building. Many saffron-clad sadhus and devotees walk among colourful umbrellas in blue, green, yellow and red, with red flags held aloft. A white vehicle bearing a red-and-white banner with the name a person leads the crowd. Uniformed police officers line the roadside and walk alongside the procession, and onlookers watch from the pavement and balconies. Shop signs in Hindi and Marathi script are visible.2016-04-18April 22 20162016-04-22A street procession at dusk through a crowded Indian town, with many devotees lining both sides of the road. Red and saffron flags on tall poles are carried by people in saffron and orange robes, and a decorated float with a central ornate ornament and red-and-gold umbrella-like canopies moves forward. A white van and a blue tractor-drawn cart sit among the crowd, and a man at the front of the float wears an orange robe with red garlands. A red banner in the foreground reads a Hindi name and shows portraits of a saffron-clad figure wearing garlands, with a line of saffron-robed sadhus in the procession. Shopfronts and advertising boards line the street behind the marchers.2015-09-15