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Street photograph from an elevated vantage point of a religious procession moving down a busy town road, with a decorated ratha-style float on the right, its ornate canopy in white and red with a red-cloth front. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, several wearing saffron-orange shawls, and some holding red flags. A white jeep and silver SUVs follow the procession among motorcycles, auto-rickshaws and uniformed police officers in khaki directing traffic. Pedestrians, including women in colourful saris, line the roadside beside low shops, a yellow-painted building and green foliage.

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Elevated street view of a procession moving down a town road in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, at dusk. Dozens of people in white dhotis and white shirts or saris walk in dense columns, many carrying small red-and-orange flags. A decorated float or palanquin with a peaked canopy in red and gold rises at the right edge. Trucks, cars and motorbikes share the road with the marchers. On the left, a blue truck carries a banner, and a shop front reads Sri Vishnu. Two-storey houses, trees and a street lamp line the route, with a few onlookers on the pavement.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27 +1 copiesApril 27 20082008-04-27A street procession moves along a wide paved road lined with shops, parked vehicles and orange flags strung overhead. In the centre, men in white dhotis and shirts walk in a group; one man in white near the front carries a tall saffron-orange flag on a pole. Two uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside on the right, and onlookers stand along the pavement, including a woman in a colourful sari and a man in a blue shirt. Orange and saffron banners decorate the buildings and a decorated vehicle is visible further up the road.2008-04-27Aerial view looking down a narrow town street lined with multi-storey concrete buildings, shopfronts and rooftops. A large crowd fills the road, mostly men dressed in white shirts and dhotis, many waving saffron-orange flags. In the centre a decorated procession vehicle with ornate orange and gold canopy moves slowly, and a truck with loudspeakers sits at the lower left. Several people stand on rooftops and balconies watching. Marigold garlands and orange flags decorate the scene. Strings of overhead wires cross the top right.2011-12-20A photograph of a street procession in Salem, Tamil Nadu, seen from above. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk along a road, carrying saffron-orange flags and some placards. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk among them. Near the centre, a group of figures in saffron and orange robes walks behind a striped canopy umbrella. Drummers in white with a large drum lead the crowd. Shops, a roadside stall, a bus and a green hedge line the street, with a signboard reading Sri Vishnu on a building at left.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27A crowded street procession moves down a sunny road lined with parked motorcycles, bicycles and a silver hatchback. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts walk alongside women in orange and saffron saris, some carrying orange and red flags on poles. Two uniformed police officers in khaki stand in the road, one holding a long stick. A pink two-storey building with orange decorative trim and a tiled roof stands on the right, and a thatched hut and palm trees appear beyond. A tarpaulin-covered stall sits at the roadside. A single older man in white walks in the foreground, and two boys in shorts watch from the pavement. Faded signage on the pink building is partly legible.2014-06-19April 27 20082008-04-27June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesNovember 14 20052005-11-14April 27 20082008-04-27 +1 copies