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Aerial view looking down a busy city street during a large procession. A dense crowd of people fills the road, many carrying or walking near red and orange flags. Near the front, a decorated palanquin or ratha with an orange-and-gold canopy is visible, along with a tall ornamented vehicle and a white van. Several uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the edge of the road. On the right, multi-storey buildings with air conditioners and shop signs line the street, and a woman in a green sari watches from a balcony at the left edge. Trees and utility wires overhead complete the scene.

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Elevated view of a dense street procession in a busy Indian town. A large crowd fills the road, many people carrying red and orange flags and some holding colourful umbrellas. A decorated vehicle with a canopy and an open truck with a loudspeaker rig move through the middle. Multi-storey buildings with shop signs, including a Premier Place sign, line the street, and bunting and flags hang overhead. Many people are visible, mostly dressed in light clothing, with some women in saris and men in white kurtas.2016-04-18Elevated view of a crowded city street during a procession in Ujjain. Many people walk along the roadway and crowd the footpaths, many wearing white and carrying red and orange flags on poles. Decorated vehicles and carts with red and orange banners and canopies move through the middle of the street, and a white ambulance-style van and several parked cars are visible. Multi-storey buildings, a brick structure, a yellow-painted building and shop signs line the road. Trees and utility poles overhang the scene under a pale sky.2016-04-18Elevated view looking down a wide city street in daylight during a procession. A long column of people in white and mixed clothing walks along the road, with many carrying red, orange and green flags and banners. Decorated carts or palanquins draped in red and orange cloth move through the crowd, and a white vehicle and cars are visible in the street. Multi-storey buildings in yellow, white and red brick line the road, with a billboard and shop signs on the right. A person in green saree stands on a balcony at the left edge, looking down at the procession.2016-04-18Aerial view of a street procession in an Indian town. Several decorated floats and chariots with white canopies, orange and red flags, and marigold garlands move down a wide road lined with shops and multi-storey buildings. Dozens of people in mixed clothing, many in white shirts and saffron or red attire, walk alongside and crowd the pavement, while motorbikes and a white car share the street. Bright red and orange bunting hangs above the road. The scene reads as a ratha procession with devotees.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18Elevated view of a wide urban street in an Indian town during a daytime procession. A long line of people walks along the road, many in white and light clothing, alongside decorated carts and open vehicles draped with orange, red and white cloth and canopies. Saffron and orange flags and banners fly from poles along the route. Parked white cars, two-wheelers, multi-storey buildings with balconies and a few pedestrians on the pavements surround the procession. Trees and a blue sky frame the scene. The number of people visible is large, with dense crowds along the procession line.2016-04-18 +1 copiesElevated view of a busy city street during a large procession. Dense crowds of people walk along the roadway, many carrying saffron and red flags and umbrellas. A decorated vehicle with a canopy and a large float-like cart moves through the crowd near a red-and-white banner stall. Multi-storey concrete buildings with balconies line both sides of the street, with parked cars, motorcycles and a row of buses in the distance under a pale blue sky.2016-04-18Aerial view of a large street procession in a busy Indian town. A decorated ratha or palanquin with a golden canopy and many colourful umbrellas in blue, orange and yellow moves down the road, flanked by red and saffron flags on tall poles. Dense crowds of people in white, pink, orange and blue clothing fill the street, many wearing saffron or orange garments; some carry red flags. Multi-storey buildings with signage, parked white cars, loudspeakers on a truck and a motorcycle line the road. Multiple people are visible on the scene, but the crowd is far too large to count precisely.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18Aerial view of a large street procession moving down a busy city road lined with multi-storey shops, hotels and parked cars. Hundreds of people walk densely packed, many in orange and saffron clothing, while many hold red flags aloft and others carry colourful umbrellas in yellow, orange, blue and red. Mostly saffron-clad figures move near a decorated vehicle, and a truck with loudspeakers stands at the right edge. Power lines cross overhead and red banners hang above the street under a pale sky.2016-04-18A street procession on a busy city road lined with shops, parked cars, motorbikes and pedestrians. At the centre, a decorated float with a white and gold canopy and a garlanded platform carries a figure in white seated near the front, surrounded by marigold garlands. Many red flags are held aloft, alongside orange, yellow and pink umbrellas. Uniformed police officers and men in white kurta-pyjama walk around the float, with crowds of spectators and devotees in saffron and white on both sides. Hanging signs and shop fronts show Hindi and English lettering.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18