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Street photograph of an outdoor procession moving along a road lined with roadside buildings, palm trees and large hoarding posters. A crowd of roughly two dozen devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, many wearing saffron-orange shawls, walks past a decorated ratha float carrying a figure in red and gold garments beneath a canopy. Traffic includes a blue bus in the foreground, parked silver vehicles and two-wheelers, and a man in a light shirt and dhoti crossing the road. Saffron flags are visible among the marchers.

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January 30 20092009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30A street procession moves along a paved road lined with shops, parked vehicles and power lines. Many devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas walk in a crowd, several wearing saffron/orange shawls, and some carry saffron flags on poles. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks near the front, and a yellow school-style bus stands at left. On the right a small roadside shrine with a colourful painted gopuram-style top and blue deity figures is visible. Some men carry drums and banners are held aloft. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.2008-08-01January 30 20092009-01-30January 30 20092009-01-30A street procession on a wide road in Tamil Nadu moves past a large roadside billboard showing a smiling woman in a blue sari with gold jewellery and a temple tower behind her. A decorated float or vehicle with orange-and-gold ornaments and a framed portrait carries banners, and a truck with a flower-decorated cab follows. Motorcycle riders in white shirts, a man in white dhoti and shirt, and a person in an orange-red sari walk along the roadside, while orange flags flutter. Banners on the float and truck show portraits and Tamil text. Street signage and a white railing line the road.2009-01-30Aerial view of a street procession in a town. A large gold-and-white ornate ratha (chariot) with a decorated canopy moves along the road at right, followed by a crowd of people dressed mostly in white with orange saffron flags. Marchers in front carry framed portrait placards on sticks. Yellow auto-rickshaws line the left side, a white truck loaded with sacks and goods sits in the foreground, and police officers in khaki stand along the road. Shops with signboards and palm trees line the street.2009-02-02August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession moves along a wide paved road in daylight, with a group of people walking in white clothes and some in orange or saffron garments. Several marchers carry umbrellas in red and yellow and hold placards and small flags. A truck on the right displays a large banner with a painted figure in orange robes and Tamil script. Motorbikes and vehicles travel in the background past multi-storey buildings and a tall lattice tower, and a man on the left edge wears a green garment by the roadside.2009-02-02A street procession in Tamil Nadu moves past a city wall and roadside buildings. Devotees in saffron and orange shirts and sarongs walk among people in white dhotis and shirts, some holding orange and red flags and a yellow-and-red parasol. A drummer in white beats a large drum at right. Behind them, a large photographic poster of a smiling woman in orange hangs on a float, and a banner with Tamil text and a portrait of a man in a dark suit is mounted on a richly carved stone shrine structure. A uniformed police officer stands at the left edge, and a man in an orange shirt walks in the foreground.2009-01-30Aerial view of a large procession moving down a town road in India. Hundreds of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, many wearing saffron-orange shawls and sashes, walk in dense ranks. Near the center, several colorful umbrellas and orange flags are carried above a palanquin or ratha-style float, with a drummer beating a drum among the marchers. A few men in white stand out at the front of the road, one wearing an orange shawl. Shops, a petrol station, buses and trees line the street, and a poster with film advertising hangs on a wall at lower left. Hills appear in the background.2008-08-01