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A dense street crowd in Ujjain, India, pressing past uniformed police officers in khaki uniforms with caps and belts. Many devotees wear white kurtas, saffron and orange turbans and shawls, and some women wear saris and salwar kameez. A small child in blue is held up in the centre. On the right, a red banner shows a portrait of a woman in a red and white sari with a golden halo. Overhead signs in Hindi read Ujjain dates and a marg address. Orange and red flags and a red decorated cart edge the left side of the frame.

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A dense outdoor street crowd in a narrow lane, mostly men in shirts and trousers, many with yellow-orange tilak smudges on their foreheads. Several uniformed police in khaki with peaked caps stand among them, one holding a mobile phone. A man in a lilac shirt raises a phone to film. A banner reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham, Sadawal Marg, Ujjain, with orange cloth draped on stalls and a green-leafed vendor cart at left. No a person is visible in this image; the crowd is the subject.2016-04-18A dense crowd fills a narrow street lined with shops, hanging wires and banners during a procession. In the foreground a man in an orange shirt with a garland and a red sash stands beside a decorated red-and-white float hung with flowers, while uniformed police officers in khaki manage the crowd. 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Police officers in khaki uniforms and peaked caps line the centre of the lane, holding back a crowd of men and women in saffron, white, pink and purple clothing. A figure in an orange shawl walks at the lower right, and a decorated orange and yellow banner is at the left edge. Women in colourful saffies and children stand on balconies and at doorways of blue and white houses. A red poster with a portrait hangs on a wall at upper left, and scattered red petals cover the road.2016-04-18