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Outdoor street procession under bright sky with a line of people in white clothing walking along a road lined with trees. In the centre, a decorated palanquin-style float with a white canopy and colourful umbrellas, and orange-and-red fabric accents, is carried forward. Several white-clad devotees, including women with head coverings and a man in white with a shoulder bag, walk closely around it. A yellow festoon banner stretches across the upper right. Nearby buildings and palm trees frame the scene.

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Outdoor street procession under a clear blue sky, with a decorated ratha or palanquin-style float on the left topped by a white canopy with pink floral swags and colourful umbrella-shaped parasols. Strings of yellow pennant flags stretch across the road, and utility poles and palm trees line the background. Many devotees in white clothing walk along the road, several wearing white head coverings or white turbans. A woman on the far left has voluminous curly hair and carries a striped bag, while a man in the center wears a white kurta and a rudraksha-style necklace. Dense crowds fill the lower frame.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02A street procession of devotees in white clothing moves along a tree-lined road under a clear blue sky. In the foreground a woman in a white shawl and a man in a white kurta with dark beaded mala necklace walk with hands folded in prayer, carrying cloth bags. Behind them several colourful orange, green and blue ceremonial umbrellas with gold finials shade a decorated palanquin or ratha topped with a white canopy and floral garlands. Two figures in orange saffron robes ride or stand within the decorated vehicle, and more white-clad devotees follow. Yellow ribbon streamers hang from poles overhead.2007-02-02A procession on a dusty village road. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and dhoti plays a large hand drum, and a woman in a white sari with a green embroidered shawl walks beside a man in white holding an orange-and-gold pole. Behind them devotees in white clothes with orange shawls walk among colourful canopies and a decorated vehicle under a yellow-and-red ornamented parasol. Two Western women in white saris and orange shawls walk at the right edge. Trees, a white temple tower and blue tarpaulin stalls line the road under a clear sky.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02A street procession moves along a tree-lined road under bright sky, with a yellow ribbon strung overhead. Several men in white kurtas and dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and carrying bags, walk in the foreground. Behind them a decorated palanquin or ratha with orange and white canopy and flower garlands is carried forward. A woman in a white salwar with a green shawl and orange scarf walks among the group, with another woman in white and orange. Devotees and onlookers fill the roadside, and a man on the right holds an umbrella.2007-02-02A procession on a dusty rural road under a clear blue sky. Many devotees in white clothes walk toward the camera, several wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and some with white head coverings or white turbans. Ahead, a decorated ratha or float with a painted white and blue canopy, orange and yellow fringed umbrellas, and a bright cloth-draped structure moves along the road. Roadside trees, utility poles with power lines and a concrete curb frame the scene. a person is not clearly visible here, so no identification is made.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02Outdoor road procession on a dry, tree-lined rural road under a pale blue sky. A large crowd of devotees walks along the asphalt, mostly in white clothing, with some women in blue and green saris and a few in orange shawls. At the centre, a decorated float or palanquin with a white canopy draped with pink flowers and a blue panel bearing an Om symbol is carried forward, with colourful striped umbrellas on poles. Two figures in saffron/orange robes sit within the float area; they are too small and distant to confirm any individual's identity. Utility poles and wires run along the roadside, and a white-capped man walks in front of the float.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02A photograph of a street procession on a dirt road at Kumbhamela in South India, with a large shade tree and utility poles behind it. Several men in white dhotis and kurtas carry ornate multicoloured umbrellas on long poles, and one man in white holds a silver trident aloft. Orange-robed sadhus walk among them, one wearing an orange turban. Bystanders in white shirts, a woman in a red sari and a small boy watch from the roadside, and yellow bunting is strung across the sky. Several people are visible.2007-02-02