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Outdoor photo of a crowd of villagers gathered along a dirt road during a procession, many with palms pressed together in greeting. In the centre, a bearded older man with a long white beard and bare chest wears an orange turban and an orange-and-yellow cloth, and holds a small object. Around him, women in red, yellow, orange, pink and green saris and children in school whites and bright shirts stand close together. Behind them, men in white shirts and trousers watch, a white-uniformed figure walks in the background, and a van, a blue lorry and motorcycles line the road under a leafy hedge.

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Outdoor street scene in a village road during a procession, with a crowd of many women, men and children pressed along the roadside. Several people in front hold their palms together in namaskar, and some women wear sarees in pink, orange, yellow and purple. A woman in a white and gold-bordered saree bends low near the bottom of the frame, and a woman in an orange sari reaches toward a tray or offering on the road. A man in the centre wears an orange turban and has a long white beard, and a man on the right has his hands folded. Behind them, boys in yellow dhotis play drums and cymbals, and a white vehicle, a motorcycle and a truck appear on the road beside a canal and bridge.2006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20Outdoor street scene in a Tamil village during a procession. A bare-chested or white-clad priest in a white dhoti with a saffron-orange shawl bends forward over a raised step, offering hands toward a woman in a red sari who holds a flower and fruit offering basket. Nearby women in white, yellow and pink saris stand with baskets of fruit and flowers. Behind them a crowd of children and adults watches; several musicians in saffron clothing hold drums and cymbals on the road. A water canal with a concrete bridge and palm trees lies on the right, with a blue truck and a white van in the background.2006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20Outdoor 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.2006-10-30October 20 20062006-10-20Outdoor street scene during a roadside procession, with a crowd lining a dusty road lined by trees. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing orange saffron shawls, stand among women in sarees, including a woman in a pale pink saree and a woman in a light blue saree holding a wooden stick. A small boy in dark clothes holds a stick. Cars, vans, motorbikes and an auto-rickshaw pass on the road behind them. A white board with flower garlands in the left foreground suggests a devotional stop. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person; the white-clad and orange-shawled men are shown only by role as devotees.2006-10-24Outdoor photograph of a village street during a procession, with a crowd of many villagers standing and walking along a dusty road lined with thatched huts, palm trees and a utility pole. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand in the centre, and a man in an orange-saffron shawl stands among them, while women in saffron, orange and red saris carry brass plates heaped with bananas and flowers. A few people hold white flags on poles. Children in bright clothes crowd the foreground, and a man on a motorcycle waits at left. The crowd is clearly visible but not fully countable.2006-10-20A dense outdoor procession on a village dirt road lined with trees and utility poles. Many women in saris of pink, green, yellow and blue carry brass trays of bananas and offerings, while men in white shirts and dhotis walk among them. A young man in the foreground wears an orange shawl over white and a rudraksha mala, and a man on the left wears a white shirt with a mala. Crowds of children and adults line the road, some holding plates, and a white flag on a pole is raised at the centre. A white banner with blue lettering hangs at the left edge.2006-10-20