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A street procession moves through a crowded Indian market lane lined with white colonial-style buildings and shop awnings. Many devotees in white clothes walk beneath colourful umbrellas in yellow, red and blue, some carrying red and orange flags. A decorated vehicle in the right foreground carries a large portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with the name also written in Hindi-script letters on its side. A man in orange clothing walks near the front, and a crowd of onlookers stands along the street, with many people visible in the procession and along the lane.

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A dense street procession moves through a narrow market lane lined with shops and white colonial-style buildings. Marchers carry red and yellow flags and many open umbrellas in red, yellow, blue and orange with fringed edges. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk beside a figure in an orange-brown robe. A white vehicle decorated with red banners reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda and a large printed portrait of a bearded man in a turban leads the crowd. Shop signs advertise LUX Cozi innerwear. Onlookers line the street and watch from balconies and doorways.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A crowded street procession in an Indian town, with a dense mass of people moving between white multi-storey buildings. Many marchers wear white or saffron clothing and carry tall red and orange flags, and several large umbrellas in yellow, blue and maroon are held aloft over the procession. Strings of triangular pennants in pink, green, yellow and orange stretch across the street. A tall minaret and domed structures rise in the background beside palm trees, and shop fronts line the road, including a sign for LUX COZI Innerwear. Some people stand on rooftops and balconies watching. The crowd is too large to count precisely.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a crowded town lane lined with shops and parked motorcycles. Many people in white dhotis and kurtas, some with orange or saffron sashes, walk beneath a canopy of colourful parasols in yellow, red, blue and maroon with gold fringe. Red and orange flags rise above the crowd, and bunting in pink, green, purple and orange stretches across the street. Uniformed police officers stand along the edges. Shop signs and a building facade with white columns frame the scene. Individual faces cannot be made out, and the crowd is far too large for a precise count.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a narrow market road, viewed from an elevated position. Rows of parasols in yellow, red, blue and maroon with fringed edges are carried above a group of men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing red shawls. Red flags on tall poles rise among them. Uniformed police officers walk along the sides and crowds of spectators line the street, with motorcycles parked at the left. Shopfronts display colourful bunting overhead, and paper confetti is scattered on the road.2016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town fills a narrow road lined with white multi-storey buildings and shopfronts. Many robed participants in saffron and orange garments walk beneath colourful parasols in pink, red, blue, yellow and green, while red flags on tall poles rise through the crowd. Uniformed police officers line the route and bystanders watch from balconies and the roadside. Further ahead an ornate golden palanquin or ratha carries a decorated figure under a gilded canopy. A hanging banner on the left shows a painted figure in red. Vehicles and onlookers fill the background, and the scene reads as a religious procession.2016-04-18April 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.2016-04-18