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A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town market lined with shops, hanging festive pennants and parked motorcycles. At the centre, a decorated float with a gold canopy and red and orange umbrellas carries a seated figure in orange robes, flanked by large red flags on poles. Garlanded attendants in white and saffron stand around the float, and uniformed police in khaki manage barricades and the throng. Many onlookers in yellow, blue and white clothes press forward, some photographing with phones and cameras. A dark red vehicle is visible at lower right.

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April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession in a crowded Indian market town. A decorated ratha-style vehicle with a marigold-garlanded canopy and red-and-white festoons leads, with red flags on poles. Seated on the float, a man in a white dhoti and white garment wears a garland and sits beside women in saffron and orange saris. Many devotees in orange and white crowd around the float, and a tractor with a red body follows at right. Onlookers line the street, some photographing from motorbikes and balconies. Shops, parked motorcycles and a large banner with a portrait sit above the scene. Yellow barricades separate the crowd from the procession.2016-04-18A crowded street procession in an Indian town, with a decorated palanquin under a gold-fringed canopy topped by orange umbrellas and tall red flags. Saffron-robed figures ride on the palanquin, and in front a man in an orange robe and white dhoti walks with a staff. Police in khaki stand along yellow barricades holding back a dense crowd of devotees in mixed colours. Strings of marigold garlands drape the palanquin and the flag poles, and bunting is strung across the street above shops and a 'LIVE' camera setup at right.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession in an Indian city market, with a large crowd of spectators and police lining a barricaded road under bunting. A tractor-drawn ornate float with a marigold-garlanded canopy and red cloth carries robed figures in orange and white. Red flags on poles flank the procession, and an orange umbrella and a blue-canopied seat are visible in front. A tall banner shows a saint-like figure in orange robes. Market stalls with umbrellas line the street. Two people sit under the red canopy near the float, one in orange with a shaved or bare head. Other figures in the float wear white and orange. a person's presence is not established from appearance, so no candidate is confirmed.2016-04-18A dense street procession crowds a narrow urban road lined with shops and parked motorcycles. Many people wear white and saffron clothing, and several umbrella-like canopies in orange, red, blue and yellow with mirrored trim are carried over the crowd. Red flags wave above the procession, and a large saffron-and-gold ceremonial palanquin or float is visible near the centre. Uniformed police officers walk among devotees, and yellow metal barricades line the left edge. A tall banner with a robed saffron-clad figure hangs above the street. Strings of bunting cross overhead. A large crowd of people, including many devotees in white and orange, fills the scene.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A large street procession moves through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, parked motorcycles, bunting and red-and-saffron flags. At the centre, a gold-and-blue canopied palanquin carries a white-robed elderly man seated beside a deity murti adorned with white garlands; he wears a white dhoti and shawl and holds a stick, and a golden ratha-like chariot with a gold-trimmed canopy is decorated with flowers. Several white-clad devotees walk beside it, and dense crowds line barricades on both sides, with some people standing on the yellow barriers. A tall banner on the right shows a painted saint-like figure.2016-04-18A dense street procession in a crowded Indian market lane. A decorated ratha or chariot, draped in marigold garlands and topped by a white canopy with yellow and orange umbrellas and red flags, is pulled by a red tractor. Several men in white dhotis and red-orange shawls walk beside and ride on the float. Uniformed police in khaki stand along barricades, and a large crowd of devotees and onlookers fills the street, many holding up phones. Shops, banners and bunting line the road.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18