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A long street procession of many devotees in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls walks down a narrow town road lined with shops, signboards and overhead wires. Many carry brass milk pots or kalasha vessels on their heads, and an orange flag and a multicoloured umbrella are visible at left. Shop facades include an Amul coffee bar sign and a green-and-white banner. Balconies and a tin roof frame the view from above, and onlookers stand along the roadside. The scene suggests a ritual urvalam-style procession, with the marchers forming a dense column of many dozens of people.

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August 01 20082008-08-01A photograph of a long street procession seen from an elevated vantage point, with a crowd of many people walking in a single file-like stream down a town road. Most participants wear orange or saffron shawls and white clothing, and many women carry small brass or metal pots on their heads, consistent with a milk pot procession. Shops, signboards, hanging wires and a hill rise in the background, and a tall temple gopuram appears at the upper right. A person in white walks beside the crowd near a yellow pole, and a few bicycles and motorbikes line the roadside.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession in a town, seen from an elevated angle. Many devotees in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls walk along the road, several women in saffron shawls carry brass or copper pots on their heads. Above them, colourful umbrellas with blue, red and white panels are held aloft, and saffron-orange flags and banners fly from poles. Shops, a parked auto-rickshaw and bystanders line the roadside, with overhead wires strung across the street.2008-08-01A street procession winds through a town lined with shops and utility poles. Many devotees in white dhotis and saris, many with saffron-orange shawls and sashes, carry brass pots on their heads. Several colourful umbrellas with decorative fringes and tall saffron-orange flags are carried above the crowd. A long white banner with dark lettering is held aloft near the centre. A Famous Coffee Bar sign and other shopfronts are visible, with onlookers standing along the roadside. The scene shows a ritual street procession, with no identifiable individual shown in a clearly distinguishable robe or regalia.2008-08-01A dense crowd fills a busy street in a town, seen from an elevated rooftop vantage point. Most people wear white shirts and white dhotis, and many carry small orange and red flags. Several large umbrellas with red, orange and gold fringes, plus a white canopy, are held above the procession. Shops line both sides, with a white van at the right edge. Shop signs and banners hang overhead, including bunting strung across the street. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from this distance, so the a person field is unsure.2006-09-24Photo 11687612 +3 copiesDecember 20 20112011-12-20August 02 20082008-08-02Aerial fisheye view of a procession moving down a town street on a bright day. Dozens of men in white dhotis and shirts walk in a long line, many carrying orange and saffron flags and colourful umbrellas. A decorated yellow vehicle and a white truck lead the group, with motorcycles and onlookers along the pavement. Low tiled houses, white multi-storey buildings, palm trees and a construction crane frame the scene. The chariot procession belongs to the Kodikann Rath Yatra event.2009-01-12Elevated view of a dense street procession in a crowded Indian town. Hundreds of people in white dhotis and kurtas fill the road, with a large white ceremonial parasol with fringe at centre and several decorated umbrellas and orange-saffron garlands behind it. Spectators in colourful saris, salwar and shirts line the street, some standing on a brick platform at lower left. Shops with signs, a sweet stall, bunting strung across the street and tricycles and motorbikes frame the scene.2006-09-24