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A long line of women in white saris walks along a dirt roadside during a padayatra procession. Several carry brass pots or kalashas with yellow flowers on their heads, and some hold metal vessels. Some wear pink or green borders and garlands. Beside them a yellow and red painted truck with decorated cab reads Sri Lakshmi Devi, with buses and vehicles along the road and palm trees behind.

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A long procession of devotees walks along a paved roadside through a rural Indian town. Many women in white saris and men in white dhotis and shirts carry flower garlands or kalasha-like offerings on their heads and hold blue and white flags. Behind them, a decorated ratha or palanquin with red and gold canopy is visible on the left. Trucks, auto-rickshaws and pedestrians share the road, with tall trees and utility poles behind. The crowd is mostly in the lower-right foreground, with several walkers further back.2005-12-31A photograph of a long roadside procession of devotees walking barefoot along a red dirt shoulder beside a cream and orange-striped bus. The foreground participants wear white ritual clothing and garlands; a man in front wears white with a rudraksha-style necklace and carries a metal vessel topped with yellow flowers on his head, followed by a woman in a pale yellow sari and others similarly balancing offering pots. Behind them a line of people in white, some with garlands, continues past parked white vans and trucks toward palm trees and a hazy sky. Passengers look out of the bus windows. No individual can be identified as a person from appearance; the figures are devotees in procession.2005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31A long procession of women and men in white clothing walks along a dusty roadside in a village setting. Many women wear white saris with coloured borders and carry brass or silver kalasha-style pots on their heads, decorated with yellow and white flowers and leaves. Some men in white dhotis and shirts walk among them, and a few devotees wear orange cloth. Buses and trucks, including a Vijayalaxmi bus and a Goods Carrier truck, line the road beside palm trees and a pink building. The scene reads as a ritual procession on a village road.2005-12-31A long line of devotees walks along a paved road lined with palm trees, in a procession from a village toward an ashram. Most participants wear white dhotis and white or cream sarees, and several carry brass kalasha pots or pots balanced on their heads, with some holding orange cloth. A woman at the left wears a red blouse and a green sari and carries a pot on her head. Trucks and a yellow bus pass on the right side of the road, and a red triangular road sign stands by the verge. Faint Kannada text appears on a wall at the left.2005-12-31A long procession of devotees in white dhotis and saris walks along a dusty roadside in a town, with many carrying small brass pots or lamps on their heads. Several wear red or yellow garments, and a few carry orange flags. Behind them stand lines of buses, trucks and cars in traffic, with palm trees, low concrete buildings and a hazy grey sky. The procession lies to the left, stretching into the distance, and a faint bird is visible in the sky.2005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31A long procession of devotees walks along a roadside on a hazy day, many carrying brass pots or offering trays of flowers and fruit on their heads. Men wear white dhotis and shirts with white garlands, and women wear white and cream saris with red and gold borders; one woman in the foreground wears an orange-and-white sari with an orange garland. A small child in a dark outfit walks at the right edge. Beside them an orange-and-red truck with a tarpaulin-covered load and several buses and vehicles travel the road, and a white flag is carried in the crowd. Palm trees line the route.2005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31A long line of women in white saris and white garments walks barefoot along a paved road during a procession, many carrying brass pots and kalasha vessels with flowers on their heads. Several wear white flower garlands and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. One woman in the front centre wears a maroon-red shawl over her white dress and smiles. A white flag with a small emblem is carried at the right, and an orange flag appears in the middle of the line. Behind them a green truck is parked on the left, with palm trees, scrub and an overcast sky in the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this scene.2005-12-31A long line of devotees walks barefoot along a paved road beside a low concrete wall, carrying brass pots and kalasha vessels on their heads with yellow flowers and lemons. Most are dressed in white kurtas and white saris, while a woman at the front wears a grey top with coloured stripes and a pale skirt, and another wears a yellow sari. A few women wear garlands and red or green saris. Tall palm trees and a pink building line the roadside, and a row of red and yellow trucks stands to the right. A white flag is visible in the procession. A procession with kalasha pots is visible; no a person candidate is shown.2005-12-31