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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.

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April 18 20162016-04-18A 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.2016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a narrow Indian town lane lined with shops, signboards and hanging banners. At the centre, a decorated palanquin or ratha carries a deity murti under a red and multicoloured canopy, with red flags on poles and a golden ornamented frame. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk and steer beside it, and uniformed police officers in khaki line the route. A large crowd of men and women, some in saris, fills the street and balconies, and a loudspeaker is mounted on a pole overhead.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession in an Indian town crowded with onlookers. A yellow ceremonial umbrella with fringed edging is held over a palanquin or covered carriage at left, carried by a man in white clothes. Uniformed police in khaki stand in a line along the front, and a photographer with a camera and orange lanyard stands among them. Many devotees in shirts and kurtas have orange-yellow tilak marks on their foreheads. Tall red and white flags rise at left, and large banners with a portrait and printed text hang from shopfronts behind the crowd.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. Large red banners and hoardings on the buildings show portraits of a saffron-robed figure and text in Hindi and English, and many people in white, orange, yellow and pink clothes line the street and watch from balconies.2016-04-18A dense, crowded street scene viewed from above, filled with many people pressing together between shop fronts. Men wear white and pastel shirts, women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, teal, yellow and red, and several people have orange or yellow markings on their foreheads. Some hold up mobile phones. Signboards and colourful cloth hang from shop fronts above the crowd.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense crowd of men and women fills a narrow street in daylight, many raising mobile phones to photograph something out of frame. Several uniformed police officers in khaki shirts and tan caps stand at the left edge, keeping the crowd back. A man in a pink shirt with a red tilak on his forehead stands near the centre, and a woman in a yellow and orange sari appears at the lower right. Behind them are shopfronts and a blue umbrella at the upper left.2016-04-18A street procession in a crowded Indian town fills a narrow lane lined with shops, signboards and hanging orange and red flags. At the centre, a decorated ratha or palanquin with a silver-trimmed base, red canopy and a white-fringed umbrella is carried forward, with a figure in white and orange seated on its raised platform and attendants in white garments around it. Many devotees in saffron, white and bright clothing press along both sides, while uniformed police officers in khaki walk through the crowd. Red and white banners and a portrait billboard reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda are visible on the right. Crowd count is large, roughly 100+ people visible.2016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town crowded with onlookers. Under a gold-fringed canopy on a decorated palanquin, a bare-chested man in a saffron cloth stands among flower garlands and a yellow-and-orange umbrella, while attendants in white dhotis and a man in orange lift and steer the palanquin with long poles. Policemen in khaki uniforms hold back the crowd, and devotees with raised hands and folded palms line the road. Red flags wave, and shops with signboards and balconies with spectators frame the scene. Many people are visible, including the crowd along both sides.2016-04-18