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A dense street procession in a narrow old town lane, with a large crowd lining both sides and many people watching from balconies above. Red flags on tall poles are carried through the middle of the procession, and several colourful umbrellas are raised overhead. A decorated golden palanquin or ratha in the foreground is garlanded with yellow marigolds and white flower strands, with a person in light clothing walking beside it. Men in white kurtas and attendants in white move with the procession. Shops with hanging signs and posters line the street, and a large poster shows a smiling bearded man in saffron headwear, with a red banner beside it. A decorated gateway is visible at the far end of the lane.

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A street procession winds through a crowded market lane in Ujjain, with many people lining both sides and watching from balconies. Several red flags with a printed portrait of a smiling man in an orange headwrap are raised on poles, and multicoloured umbrellas are held above a vehicle in the centre. A man in a white shirt stands on the back of the cart and grips the flag poles, while a uniformed police officer walks among the crowd. Shops with signs in Hindi and English line the street, and marigold flowers are visible in the lower right corner. Several people in white kurtas and saris are part of the procession.2016-04-18A dense street procession winds through a narrow Indian town lined with multi-storey buildings, hanging wires and red and saffron flags. At the centre, a decorated palanquin or ratha is draped with marigold and rose garlands and crowned by a canopy. A large crowd of men and women fills the road, with uniformed police officers visible along the edges. Two loudspeakers are mounted on a pole on the left. Several large printed portraits and banners hang from shop fronts, showing bearded and turbaned men beside Hindi text. A patterned umbrella and a yellow umbrella shade the procession. Saffron-clad figures carry the palanquin forward through the streets.2016-04-18A dense street procession in a crowded Indian town, with a large throng of people filling a narrow market lane lined with shops and hanging banners. Several men in saffron and orange robes carry tall red flags and carry or walk beneath colourful umbrella-like canopies in blue, yellow, maroon and purple with gold fringe. Many onlookers in white, pastel and bright saffron clothing press along the road, and shopfronts display a green signboard reading a puja supply shop. Above, large printed portrait banners hang on the buildings.2016-04-18A dense street procession in a narrow Indian town lane lined with shops and multistorey buildings. Many people crowd the road, and many carry colourful umbrellas in orange, red, blue and maroon, some with fringed edges, above their heads. Tall red and saffron flags wave above the crowd. Large hoardings on the right show portraits and a greeting for a Mitra Mandal in Ujjain, and a shop sign reads Puja Bhandar on the left. Overhead tangled electric wires cross the street.2016-04-18A dense crowd fills a narrow market street lined with shops, hanging wires and large hoardings. Many red flags and colourful umbrellas (chhatris in blue, maroon, yellow and orange) are carried above a procession moving through the throng. Several robed sadhus in saffron and orange clothing walk near the front, some in white dhotis with bare upper bodies and rudraksha malas. Shopfronts show signs for a puja bhandar and a sarafi bhandari, and a large banner on the right shows many framed portraits of men under a deity image. The scene suggests a religious procession through a city bazaar.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a narrow market lane in an Indian town, with a large crowd packed along both sides and on balconies. Many devotees in white clothing walk beneath colourful umbrellas in orange, red, blue and yellow, while numerous tall red flags are carried above the crowd. Shop signs, hanging banners and a billboard line the street, and a camera operator is visible near the centre. The scene is a public procession rather than a close view of any single figure; no individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town lane lined with shops and balconies. Many colourful umbrellas dominate the view, in red, blue, orange and yellow with fringed edges, carried over the heads of marchers. Red triangular flags on poles rise above the crowd. Spectators fill the balconies and street, and shopfronts and hoardings with Hindi signage frame the scene. A large framed portrait panel with several faces appears at the upper right, but the procession participants themselves are too distant and crowded to individually describe.2016-04-18A crowded narrow street in Ujjain during a religious procession. Red flags on poles and a red and gold ornate palanquin with a canopy are carried through the crowd. A colourful umbrella with blue, red and yellow panels is held over a seated figure wearing white and a red shawl, with a white yak-tail fan nearby. Uniformed police line the procession route. Shops, hanging banners and rooftop spectators fill the scene. A tall cream-coloured figure is visible near the centre. Hanging banners and posters line the buildings on both sides of the lane.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18