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A street procession in a town with palm trees and street lamps. Several ornately decorated ratha chariots, painted white, red and gold with floral garlands and saffron flags, move down the road. Crowds line both sides, including women in orange and pink saris, and a man in a pink shirt and a man in a dark cap filming with a video camera in the foreground. Shops and a blue signboard frame the scene under an overcast sky.

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October 15 20112011-10-15October 15 20112011-10-15A street procession in a small town, viewed from above. Several decorated tractor-drawn carts (ratha-style floats) with ornate painted canopies and garlands of marigolds move along the road, each carrying a deity murti framed by flower garlands. In the foreground, a man in a yellow shirt and lungi walks past, and bearded older men in striped shirts and a white head wrap stand at the bottom edge. Men sit on the tractor-cart floats, one in a white dhoti and head cloth. A blue-canopied truck with pinned decorations and a loudspeaker is at right. Banners in Kannada hang from the front of a tractor, and a bundle of orange flags flies along the route. Shops, palm trees and a State Bank signboard line the street behind.2011-10-15October 15 20112011-10-15A dense street crowd of men and some women fills a roadway during a festival procession in India. Foreground men wear a red shirt, a navy and red cap, striped and checked shirts and white dhotis. A decorated float on the right has a red cloth with a golden emblem and a black canopy edged with red fringe. Rows of orange triangular bunting stretch across the sky above, and trees line the left side of the road.2011-10-15February 02 20072007-02-02September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesA street procession in a small town, viewed from above, with several decorated vehicles lined up along a road. Foreground tractors and carts are richly painted with floral garlands, orange flags and ornate canopies, one carrying a large decorated deity murti under a fringed canopy. A blue-tarpaulined truck has a portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a garland, and a banana-leaf arrangement flanks it. Men in white dhotis and saffron cloths walk beside the vehicles while onlookers stand along the roadside. Shops, a State Bank of India branch, parked motorbikes and cars line the street.2011-10-15A street procession in a village lane with two deity palanquins (palki) carried on wooden poles by bearers. The palanquins are gilded and draped with long garlands of yellow, red, white and green flowers, and the figures inside are decorated with silver-toned ornaments. Ornate red, pink and multicoloured umbrellas and saffron flags rise above them. Men in white dhotis and shirts, some with white shawls, stand along the roadside watching and some are taking photographs. Closed shutters, a signboard and a utility pole line the street.2005-12-31A large outdoor procession on a city street in front of a temple gopuram, with a decorated ratha or chariot covered in orange flags, garlands and gilded arches at its centre. Several shirtless men in pink dhotis stand on the chariot platform, one holding a large flower garland, while a seated figure in purple garments and a garland sits in the middle. Dense crowds of men in white dhotis and shirts line both sides of the road, many holding phones, with uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps at the edges. Overhead, a row of red flowers and garlands hangs over the foreground, and a hill rises in the background. A chanting drum player and bamboo poles with orange flags are visible.2011-12-20Photograph of a dense street procession crowd. In the lower left, a figure in a saffron-orange wrapped garment with a long dark beard and flower garland raises a hand in greeting toward the crowd, seen from behind and partially cropped. Around him, many men and some women press close, some with palms raised, pointing or reaching. Behind them a deity murti is decorated with orange and red marigold garlands, stood under a golden ratha-style canopy with garlands strung overhead. A gilded chariot or ratha structure stands to the left, and a long wooden pole is held up in the centre. Many people in white shirts and checked shirts fill the frame.2006-09-24A large street procession in front of a gopuram temple tower near a mountain. A decorated chariot with orange and red flags and floral garlands carries a bare-chested man in pink dhoti and a second man in white shirt and white dhoti standing on it. In the foreground at right, a person in orange robes with a rudraksha-bead mala and gold bracelet holds a long garland. Crowds in white shirts and dhotis surround the procession, with uniformed police officers visible. Several people in white clothing are seen lining the street.2011-12-20