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A dense street procession in bright daylight, with a large crowd of devotees and onlookers moving through a narrow lane. In the foreground, a golden-yellow leaf-shaped ceremonial standard with a red centre, a white elephant emblem and blue flower motifs is raised on a pole. Behind it, a green canopy umbrella and many red and orange flags sway above the crowd, with a yellow parasol at the lower right. Several people in white dhotis and saris walk among the crowd, and a woman in a dark head covering stands at left. The scene is blurred by haze in the foreground.

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A crowded street procession with many red flags and a red banner bearing a portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes, beneath a green umbrella and a gold umbrella. In the center, a yellow and red banner with a blue floral border displays a Shivalinga emblem, carried aloft on a pole topped with a silver finial. Behind it, a man in a white dhoti with gold border walks among devotees, many wearing white and rudraksha-style necklaces. The crowd lines the street, with people reaching up and photographing, and a yellow railing at right.2016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22May 09th 20162016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21December 29 20092009-12-29A dense outdoor procession crowded with many people in white and saffron clothing moving down a street. Numerous umbrellas in green, yellow, blue, pink and red with fringed edges rise above the crowd, and many red flags are carried on poles. At upper left a large portrait on a banner shows a smiling person with long light hair, and at lower left a flag bears a printed face in saffron headwear. The large crowd is pressed together, making individual people indistinct in the background.2016-04-22May 21 20162016-05-21A large crowd fills a dusty street during a procession. In the foreground a red flag bears a printed portrait of a bearded man wearing a yellow turban, and it is held aloft on a pole. Behind it, several ornate umbrellas in red, purple, blue and yellow with embroidered borders and tassels are carried above the crowd, alongside more red flags. Devotees press together at the roadside, and brass instruments are visible at right. Trees and red-flowering branches frame the background. The flag portrait is a depiction on cloth and is not a physical person.2016-05-09December 23 20162016-12-23January 01 20122012-01-01Outdoor procession of devotees in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, many with white and red tilak on their foreheads. In the foreground a man in white cloth with a red headband walks carrying a decorated round embroidered canopy-banner in gold, red and blue with a white dove motif, held on a pole; a boy in a blue shirt holds another similar banner. Behind them a ratha or palanquin is draped with white and purple garlands, orange and red cloth, and a yellow umbrella canopy, with a figure seated on it. Red flags flutter among the crowd.2010-12-20May 09th 20162016-05-09