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A dense street crowd of devotees moves along a tree-lined road in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, during a ratha yatra procession. Many women wear saris in green, pink, red and teal, with white and bindi markings, several holding small burning lamps or offerings. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk among them, and a few older people wear glasses. Parked vans, cars and an auto-rickshaw line the roadside, and a red boundary wall runs beside the road. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this scene.

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A dense outdoor street crowd in a city road lined with parked cars, autorickshaws and a scooter, with trees and multi-storey buildings behind. Many devotees in saris and shirts, including a woman in a lavender sari with a light blue shawl, a woman in a blue patterned sari holding papers, a woman in a white sari, and a man in a green shirt with folded arms. Several women wear gold necklaces and red-and-gold border saris. On a parked white van, a framed portrait of a woman is displayed. No a person candidate is visible.2006-11-05A photograph of a crowded tree-lined street during a procession. In the foreground a man in white, hands pressed together in anjali, stands among devotees; a man in white with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder walks near the center. A flaming oil lamp or torch is held aloft at left, with smoke rising, and a white van and parked vehicles line the street. Many devotees, including women in saris of pink, purple and teal and men in white shirts, watch and gather along the roadside, some with vibhuti marks on their foreheads. The scene suggests a street procession with devotees, with the lamp.2006-10-24A crowded street scene during a procession in an Indian city. Women in saris and hair flowers press together, several with hands folded in namaste or raised in devotion. One woman in a black blouse and turquoise sari wears white jasmine in her hair; a woman in a green sari, a woman in an orange and gold sari, and an older man in a checked shirt and glasses stand nearby. Green trees, a tall building and a street sign line the roadway, and a painted gold-and-green temple gateway is visible at left. The people are only visible as a crowd, with no clearly identifiable figure presented as a person.2006-11-01A dense street procession in Pondicherry with many women in cotton saris and marigold garlands crowding forward. In the left foreground a shaved-headed sannyasi in orange robes and rudraksha malas walks with his face partly turned, with a man in white shirt beside him. Women in yellow, cream and purple saris carry flower garlands and offerings, and an orange and yellow ceremonial umbrella with a red emblem rises at upper right over the crowd. Parked vehicles, shops and trees line the road behind.2014-06-29 +1 copiesAugust 03 20092009-08-03November 05 20062006-11-05June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesA dense outdoor procession of women in saris moves along a street, most carrying silver pots (kumbhas) topped with coconuts wrapped in leaves and white flowers. Women in white, red, orange, yellow and teal saris and a man in white shirt and cap walk among them; a uniformed officer stands at the back. Garlands and bangles are visible. Many participants carry pots on their heads or hands.2014-06-29 +1 copiesOutdoor street crowd in a busy Indian town during a procession, viewed from above. Dense rows of devotees, mostly women in sarees in purple, pink, orange, yellow, white and green, stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. Some carry small children on their hips. Men in white shirts and dhotis and a man in a pink shirt stand among them. Parked white and red cars, motorbikes and a yellow-roofed roadside stall line the road behind. Shop signs and an overhead car roof fill the background.2006-10-30Street procession scene in an Indian town with a crowd lining the roadside. A man in a white checked shirt and light dhoti, with his arm extended, directs or guides the people. Women in saris in orange, red, teal, lavender and white stand with hands folded in prayer, some holding small items. A young girl in a blue dress with a white flower in her hair stands in front, and older men in glasses and light shirts are in the foreground. A bus and parked motorbikes are visible behind the crowd. No candidate for a person is visibly identifiable from appearance, so no identification is made.2006-10-23November 25 20092009-11-25