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A street procession in a South Indian town, with a dense crowd of many people moving past a storefront with a blue signboard reading Chettinadu Super Market in Tamil. Many people wave saffron-orange flags bearing a dark emblem. Women wear saris in pink, blue, red and green, and men wear white shirts and white dhotis. A police officer in khaki uniform stands among the crowd. A decorated palanquin with a striped canopy, garlanded with flowers and carried by devotees, is visible at right, with portraits held aloft. The street has shop hoardings in Tamil and English and a gateway with painted deity sculptures at left.

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April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27A dense street procession moves down a busy town road lined with shops, hotels and signboards. Strings of small white flags printed with a blue emblem stretch overhead across the street. Many men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris walk closely packed, some with hands pressed in namaste. Several orange and white flags on poles are carried through the crowd, and a large white banner hangs above the procession. A few women wear gold necklaces and orange-bordered saris. The crowd is tightly packed and fills the street as far as the eye can see.2006-09-24A dense street procession in a Tamil Nadu town, with many men and women in white dhotis and white saris moving among crowds lining the road. Many people hold tall saffron-orange flags with dark emblems, and several ornate umbrellas in green, red and blue sit above the procession. Drummers in white play large drums at left. In the foreground a bare-headed person in saffron-orange clothing and a woman in an orange shawl walk near a gold-coloured palanquin or ratha frame. Street banners, shop signs and a scaffold stand behind the crowd. A small placard shows a portrait photo. The scene reads as a ratha paada yatra procession.2009-02-05A dense outdoor street procession in a crowded Indian town. Large crowds of men and women fill the road, many in white shirts, pink and maroon saris, and red and yellow garments. Numerous saffron-orange flags wave above the crowd, and yellow garlands hang among them. On the right, a raised float or vehicle carries two men in white dhotis and white shirts, one holding a camera. Above the street, shops have signs reading ONIDA and VENKATESA KHADI BHAVAN, and a banner in Tamil script hangs across the road, with bunting strung between buildings. A few people stand on rooftops and balconies watching the procession.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A dense street crowd fills a narrow market road during a procession, with many people in white shirts and white dhotis or saris, some women with flowers in their hair. Overhead, long strings of small white triangular pennants with blue circular logos stretch across the street. Several people at the front hold white and orange flags. Shop fronts line the road, including a large billboard of a cricket team in red uniforms and a corrugated metal roofed building on the right.2006-09-24December 20 20112011-12-20April 27 20082008-04-27A dense street procession fills a town road lined with shops and hanging white pennants bearing a blue emblem. Many men in white shirts and dhotis press forward, along with women in saris in pink, blue, cream and green. A young man in white with an orange shawl stands near the centre, and several people carry white flags with blue emblems and one red flag.2006-09-24A dense street procession moves between concrete shops in a town, with a crowd of mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, some in striped or checked shirts, pressing forward. Many carry tall saffron and orange flags bearing a dark blue emblem, and small white pennants are strung overhead. At left, a decorated ratha/chariot with ornate red, gold and multicoloured canopies and umbrellas is visible above the crowd, and a bunch of green bananas hangs in the foreground. A woman in a yellow sari with orange shawl stands at left. A bearded elderly man in white is at centre-right, and a man in a light shirt with glasses is at lower left. Signboards and a domed temple roof appear behind the crowd.2006-09-24