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A large street procession moves through a town with a hill behind it, with a crowd of many hundreds of people in white dhotis and shirts, many wearing orange or saffron scarves and vibhuti and kumkum on their foreheads. Orange flags with a dark emblem are carried high. A decorated ratha or chariot with a deity murti in an arched canopy is at the centre, under a multicoloured umbrella, with a palanquin-like float carrying a person in orange and red garments with a crown and garlands. Drummers and trumpeters play in front, and uniformed police walk along the route. Many people are visible in the crowd, and a man in the foreground raises one arm.

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Outdoor street procession in a busy Indian town on a hazy day. Large crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts walks down the road, many carrying tall orange flags with a dark emblem. Drummers with large barrel drums lead the group at front-left and right. At the centre, a decorated ratha/palanquin with a golden deity murti and a red-and-gold canopy sits above the crowd, with a multicoloured umbrella held aloft and a red ornate banner on a pole. Several men in saffron-orange garments and rudraksha malas walk near the centre. Buses, a truck, shops and a tall white gopuram temple tower stand along the street behind.2011-12-20A large street procession moves down a town road toward a gopuram temple tower in the background. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk in dense crowds, many carrying orange flags. Drummers in white with wooden drums lead the front, while ornate umbrellas with red and gold embroidery and a colourful striped canopy are carried above the crowd. A vehicle with an old engine and cart is on the right, and a white bus runs alongside. Multi-storey buildings line the street, and orange-clad figures appear near the umbrellas at the centre.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A large street procession moves along a busy town road with a mountain rising behind the buildings. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts walk closely together, with saffron-orange flags and orange cloths among them. Several men play drums and wind instruments, including a barrel drum with a red-and-white body. Large decorated ceremonial umbrellas and orange-and-gold banners are carried above the crowd, and a white bus with orange lettering is parked at the left. Shop signs and buildings line the street, with a painted poster of a figure visible near the upper centre.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Aerial view looking down a busy town street during a procession. A large crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts walks along the road, many carrying saffron-orange flags. Drummers in white play dhol drums at the front, and a decorated vehicle with a golden canopy or chariot-like structure moves through the crowd in the distance. Speaker boxes are stacked on a green truck at left. Shopfronts, a banana palm, multi-storey buildings and power lines line the street under an overcast sky. No individual clearly identifiable as a person is confidently visible in this view.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A street procession in a South Indian town moves past multi-storey shops, with a Hindu temple gopuram visible at left. Many devotees fill the road, most in white dhotis and shirts. Several carry tall orange ceremonial flags with embroidered gold-and-red tops. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and sacred thread walks beside a woman in a dark blouse and gold-bordered sari holding a brass plate, and a man in a light blue shirt holds a drum. A large chariot-like float is seen in the distance. Roughly thirty to forty people are visible.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20