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A street procession moves along a wide paved road in daylight, with a group of people walking in white clothes and some in orange or saffron garments. Several marchers carry umbrellas in red and yellow and hold placards and small flags. A truck on the right displays a large banner with a painted figure in orange robes and Tamil script. Motorbikes and vehicles travel in the background past multi-storey buildings and a tall lattice tower, and a man on the left edge wears a green garment by the roadside.

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A street procession moves along a road lined with low buildings, shops and utility poles under a partly cloudy sky. Dozens of men in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing saffron-orange shawls and rudraksha malas, walk in a dense group, some playing hand drums. Orange flags and decorated ornamental umbrellas or float-like frames are carried above the crowd. A blue truck and a yellow auto-rickshaw sit at the roadside, and a uniformed police officer stands at the left edge. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so the scene is described by roles.2008-08-01A street procession moves along a wide road in daylight. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with white caps, carry saffron-orange flags on poles and walk in a long line toward the left. A few wear white shirts printed with a red emblem. Beside them, pedestrians and bystanders stand on the pavement by a roadside stall with a red and blue canopy, and a row of vehicles including an auto-rickshaw and trucks travels in the opposite lane. Trees, low buildings and a large billboard line the background.2009-02-05February 02 20092009-02-02A street procession moves down a busy town road on a dusty surface. In the foreground, a group of men walks barefoot wearing white dhotis and white shirts with saffron orange shawls draped over their shoulders. One man in front wears a full saffron orange robe. Several walkers carry rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Behind them, more participants in white and orange follow in a long line. Traffic passes alongside: motorcycles, a yellow auto-rickshaw, cycle rickshaws, and a woman in a purple sari riding a scooter with bags. Shopfronts with painted signs and hoardings line the street, with palm trees and power lines overhead.2008-08-02January 12 20092009-01-12A large street procession moves along a tree-lined road, led by a crowd of men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls. A tall saffron flag is carried at the front, and umbrellas in bright multicoloured fabric with gold fringe, along with a decorated palanquin-style canopy, rise above the marchers. Several musicians play wind instruments, including a long horn and a nadaswaram-type pipe, and a woman in a turquoise saree walks among them. Near the centre, a figure in orange robes with a long rudraksha-style mala wears long hair and walks within the group, a candidate for a person based on those visible cues. Motorcycles, a truck and a cameraman on a raised platform are visible in the background.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession moves along a tree-lined road with many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing orange scarves and garlands. Orange flags on tall poles are carried by several walkers, and orange-and-gold umbrellas or canopies sit over a group in the middle. Bicycles, motorbikes and a three-wheeler share the road with the marchers, and a few onlookers stand at the roadside.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession moves along a wide road in daylight, with a long line of men in white shirts and white dhotis carrying saffron-orange flags on poles. In front, a man in white holds a banner reading in Tamil about a 1000 km blood-donation or 'rath' padayatra campaign, with a small portrait photo of a woman on it. Uniformed officers in khaki stand at the roadside beside a decorated stall with red, white and striped bunting, a green banner and an orange flag. Power poles, trees and a yellow signboard line the street.2009-02-05A photograph of a street procession in a busy Indian town. A long line of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, many wearing saffron-orange shawls, walks down the middle of a road. Some carry saffron flags and colourful umbrella-like parasols. Trucks, auto-rickshaws and a cyclist line the road, with a multi-storey building and trees behind. In the foreground a bald man in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads walks toward the camera. a person's presence is not clearly visible in this scene.2008-08-01January 12 20092009-01-12