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A dense crowd fills a decorated street lined with shops, with many people raising mobile phones to take photographs. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark peaked caps hold a rope barrier and keep the crowd back in the foreground. Men in shirts and trousers, a man in a purple t-shirt, and women in colourful saris and salwar kameez stand packed together. Strings of marigold and tinsel garlands hang across the street, and people lean from a balcony above. Red banners and signs decorate the shopfronts, and a man in a white turban stands at the right edge.

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A dense street crowd fills a narrow Indian market lane decorated with strings of yellow and orange marigold garlands overhead. Uniformed police officers in khaki with peaked caps form a line along the road, some holding wooden batons. A man in a purple t-shirt stands among the crowd near the centre, and many people hold up mobile phones to photograph. Balconies above are packed with onlookers, and shopfronts line both sides with signboards. Bottom-left shows a procession carrier in white clothing and red flags.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense crowd of men, women and children fills a narrow market street, viewed from above. Many people wear white or pastel shirts, saris and salwar kameez in pink, teal and red, and several men wear orange or saffron turbans. Uniformed police in khaki stand at the front, one holding a rope barrier, while a man in a red shirt and cap stands near the left. Shop fronts display colourful fabrics and a shop sign reads Shraddha Jewels. Scattered confetti or petals lie on the road.2016-04-18A dense street procession in a narrow Indian market lane, with policemen in khaki uniforms and caps holding back crowds. A pink banner above the street shows a portrait of a saffron-robed sadhu with a white beard and a devotee's photo, with Hindi text. Women in colourful saris and men in shirts stand along balconies and the street, many raising hands or holding up phones. A man in a blue shirt pulls a rope attached to a green cart. Shops with clothing displays and signboards line the lane, and a white cloth canopy hangs across the street.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense crowd fills a narrow market street during a procession, with a decorated palanquin or float at left draped in orange and red fabric and a large ornamental umbrella. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the route, some with hands clasped or pointing. Many devotees wear white, orange and saffron clothing and tilaka marks; a woman in a yellow sari and others in bright saris stand among them. Shopfronts, hanging cloth and colourful banners line the street, with large posters of a bearded man in a red-and-gold turban and orange robes hung above the crowd, along with a red event poster. Confetti or petals litter the ground.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A narrow street crowd in Ujjain watches a procession behind a rope barrier held by uniformed police in khaki with dark caps and belts. Many women in colourful saris and salwar kameez, some holding small children, stand on the left and in the crowd. A man in an orange kurta with a tilak on his forehead stands centre, with a man in a blue shirt beside him. Men in white and striped shirts stand nearby. On the upper right, a red and white banner shows several portraits with Hindi text, above a shop with hanging fabrics and an air conditioner unit behind a wire fence.2016-04-18A dense street procession in a crowded Indian market lane, with a decorated silver palanquin or ratha at left under a fringed red and gold canopy, its bearers in white and saffron. Uniformed police in khaki with peaked caps and lathis walk along the procession route. Large crowds of devotees, many in pink, saffron and white, line both sides of the street, some photographing with phones. Red and orange banners and printed posters hang from shop fronts, including a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda". Marigold festoons decorate the top left. Shopfronts and signboards crowd the background.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession in a narrow Indian town lane lined with multi-storey buildings, hanging wires and crowds on balconies. A decorated ratha-style palanquin with a gold canopy and marigold-style festoons is carried forward, with a white-fringed ceremonial umbrella, red and orange flags, and white horses or yak-tail fans beside it. Uniformed police in khaki line the route, and devotees in white and saffron crowd the street. Printed banners and posters on the buildings show portrait images and Hindi and Marathi text. The central figure on the palanquin is not clearly visible, so no identity is asserted.2016-04-18A dense street crowd lines a narrow market lane, many people raising their hands and some holding up phones to film. Several uniformed police officers in khaki stand behind a rope barrier, one in a dark-brown cap on the left and another in a white cap on the right pointing toward the road. Shop fronts behind them display an Ayurvedic pharmacy sign and a Raja Baba luggage shop; the crowd wears saris in orange, pink and purple, and men in shirts and kurtas. Hanging banners and small garlands decorate the street.2016-04-18 +1 copies