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Street procession in an Indian town. Two tractors draped in red cloth with flower garlands carry decorated deity murti and palanquin-style canopies with red-and-yellow umbrellas, flanked by red saffron flags. Pedestrians, a uniformed police officer and a motorcyclist move along the road beside shops, a tree and a minaret. Shop signs advertise machinery and tools, and a woman in a red-and-yellow saree walks at the right edge.

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A street procession in a busy Indian town. Two tractor-drawn floats decorated with red cloth, marigold garlands and red flags lead the way, with a red-draped float on the right carrying figures and flowers, and a yellow umbrella over a decorated seat. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks beside the right float. Pedestrians, a woman in a white sari and a woman with a blue umbrella line the road, and motorcycles are parked along shopfronts under a sky with scattered clouds. Shop signs include Mahadev and Agri-related advertisements.2016-04-18A street procession moves along a busy town road lined with shops and palm trees. Decorated chariot-style carts with red flags and floral garlands are pulled by a blue tractor, with a palanquin-like float under a canopy at the front. Several people walk alongside, including a woman in an orange and red sari and a man in a pink shirt. Shop signs include MAK Lubricants and a red-and-white banner. Onlookers stand at the roadside.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A crowded street procession in an Indian town, with dense crowds of men, women and children walking along a narrow road lined with shops and multi-storey buildings. An orange-draped vehicle with garlands of white and red flowers and an orange umbrella leads the procession, followed by a decorated float with red and orange flags and a figure in white and red at its centre. Strings of colourful bunting cross the street, and red banners hang from poles on the right. Some onlookers watch from rooftops and balconies.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town moves past a shop with a red sign reading Sudhar Traders. At the centre, a richly decorated palanquin with a gold canopy, a light blue parasol and garlands of marigold-like flowers carries a seated figure in white clothing. Many red flags on poles surround the palanquin. Crowds line both sides of the road, some with hands folded in namaste, and a red tractor and uniformed men with caps are visible at right. Several people in white and pastel clothes walk alongside the procession.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession moves through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, signboards and multi-storey buildings. Two open ratha-style floats lead the parade, one with an ornate gold-trimmed canopy of orange and yellow over a deity murti, and another with a decorated shrine behind it; both sit on red draped platforms garlanded with flowers. Orange-vested volunteers walk alongside and a man in white kurta and orange scarf stands on a float. A man with red-painted face and a red turban holds a red flag, and a banner shows a portrait with the printed name a person. Many pedestrians and onlookers fill the street, with several colourful umbrellas and red flags.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession moves along a palm-lined road in an Indian town. Two tractors draped in red cloth and decorated with flower garlands carry golden palanquin-style structures with ornate canopies and red flags. A standing figure in white dhoti on the left tractor, and white-clad men walk beside the vehicles. Crowds of pedestrians in mixed clothing fill the roadside, with shops and multi-storey buildings behind, and a uniformed police officer visible among onlookers.2016-04-18