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A dense street crowd gathers under a red canopy hung with colourful tassels during a procession. Many devotees wear white and orange, and many hold up hands toward a silver vessel raised by a man in white clothes near the centre. Orange flags are carried above the crowd. Police officers in khaki uniforms stand among the throng, one with a peaked cap. A woman on the right in white raises her arms. A large framed portrait with a golden border shows a smiling figure with long dark hair, and a banner on the right is partly visible. Shops with closed shutters line the street behind.

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A dense street procession in a town with shopfronts and a blue shuttered shop. A decorated umbrella canopy with red, pink and yellow tassels and a painted banner overhead shelters the front. Many people in white shirts and dhotis wave orange-and-red flags; a woman in a red blouse raises her arm, and a man in a white shirt with a pink garland stands center. Saffron-clad figures in orange robes walk among them, and a woman in a green sari with a long braid carries something in her hands. A uniformed policeman stands at the right. Several people hold printed photographs and a placard. The crowd is large and packed tightly together.2009-02-05Street procession in a busy town market. A young man with long dark hair wears a plain saffron-orange robe and is surrounded by a dense crowd. Behind him a uniformed police officer in khaki and a peaked cap walks alongside. Many devotees in white shirts and saffron flags fill the street. Above, a decorated canopy hangs with orange, green, pink and purple tassels. A woman in white with a garland is smiling at left, and a devotee holds a small brass pot with flowers at lower right. Shuttered shopfronts and signboards line the road.2009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05December 20 20112011-12-20A dense outdoor crowd fills a street in front of a temple gopuram during a procession. Many men wear white shirts and dhotis, some in orange-trimmed clothing, and uniformed police officers in khaki stand among them. Orange flags rise above the crowd. On the right, a decorated ratha with a golden-and-red canopy and a large garlanded elephant-shaped float is pulled forward. In the centre, a man with a bare upper body wears a large red and white flower garland and an orange cloth, with a person in white beside him. A banner with a portrait is visible on the lower right. A photographer with a camera stands at the bottom centre. Most visible people are in the 100+ range, though the photograph shows a large but countable gathering.2011-12-20Dense street crowd during a procession on a busy Indian market road in Rajapalayam. A woman in an orange sari with long dark hair holds up a white and green garland, reaching toward the crowd. Men in white shirts and dhotis press around, including a bald man in a white shirt and a brown robe-like garment with a beaded mala. A man in a white cap and a man in a red checked shirt stand in the foreground. Overhead, a decorated canopy with yellow and red tassels, shop fronts with signs, and orange flags line the street.2009-01-21A dense street procession in a Tamil Nadu town, with many men and women in white dhotis and white saris moving among crowds lining the road. Many people hold tall saffron-orange flags with dark emblems, and several ornate umbrellas in green, red and blue sit above the procession. Drummers in white play large drums at left. In the foreground a bare-headed person in saffron-orange clothing and a woman in an orange shawl walk near a gold-coloured palanquin or ratha frame. Street banners, shop signs and a scaffold stand behind the crowd. A small placard shows a portrait photo. The scene reads as a ratha paada yatra procession.2009-02-05January 21 20092009-01-21December 20 20112011-12-20A street procession in a crowded Indian town. Many devotees wear white shirts and dhotis and carry saffron-orange flags on poles, and a large red umbrella fringed with colourful tassels overhangs the scene. In the centre, a man in orange clothing with a red tilak on his forehead sits or stands with a white flower garland being draped around him by a man in white shirt and wristwatch. Nearby, a uniformed police officer in khaki cap watches the crowd. Shopfronts with signs line the street behind the procession.2009-02-05December 20 20112011-12-20A dense outdoor crowd during a street procession. In the centre, a man in white shirt and white dhoti with glasses and a rudraksha mala holds a saffron flag on a pole. Beside him, a man in an orange-saffron garment with a red and white checked cloth draped over his shoulders faces a uniformed police officer in khaki and a peaked cap, who is holding out a garland of white jasmine and yellow and red flowers. Women in white and yellow saris and men in white shirts surround them. Saffron and orange flags and banners line the upper edge, with a printed portrait of a woman in orange on one banner.2009-02-02