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A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops and signboards, including a large blue Birla advertisement. A golden palanquin or decorated float carrying a deity murti is at upper centre, flanked by red flags. In the foreground, a woman in white dhoti-style dress and a red sash carries a banner printed with a portrait and the words Nithyanandaparamashivam, while several white-clad devotees hold up umbrellas in pink, blue and yellow with fringed borders. A man in white with an orange head cloth holds a banner reading Nithyananda Sangha Guadeloupe with a Guadeloupe flag design. Onlookers line the street, and a portrait banner of several smiling men hangs on a building at right.

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A dense street procession moves down a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, signboards and overhead wires. Many people in white and light clothing walk alongside colourful umbrellas in blue, pink, yellow and red. On the right, a red-draped wooden palanquin with orange and gold cloth and floral garlands is carried forward, and a person in white stands on it taking photographs. Several long banners show printed portraits of men in saffron and robes, and one banner shows a figure in a dark hat and orange garment. Red flags and a golden deity figure appear further ahead. The scene is a ratha-style procession with devotees and onlookers.2016-04-18A street procession moves through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, signboards and onlookers on balconies. Red flags on tall poles lead the marchers, and a large banner reading Nithyanada Sangha shows portraits of a bearded sannyasi in saffron-orange robes. Several participants in white ritual clothes and white hats walk near the banner, some carrying pink, orange and red decorated umbrellas. Women in white saris with coloured borders and men in white kurta-style clothing follow. A large multi-face poster of smiling men hangs on a building, and an ornate palanquin-style float is visible further back in the procession.2016-04-18 +1 copiesApril 18 20162016-04-18A street procession winds through a crowded Indian town lane lined with shopfronts, signboards and hanging wires. Several people in white and saffron-trimmed clothing walk at the front, carrying red flags and a long banner showing a portrait of a bearded sadhu-like figure, a Russian flag and a person Samaj banner. Pink, orange and yellow decorative umbrellas are held above a palanquin-style float in the middle distance. Onlookers line both sides of the road, some watching from balconies above, and many photograph the procession with phones.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession moves through a busy Indian town lined with shops and signboards. Many devotees in white dhotis and saffron or red shawls walk behind colourful umbrellas in yellow, blue and maroon with fringed edges, carrying red flags on poles. Crowds of onlookers in street clothes line both sides of the road, and uniformed police stand among them. A large banner on the right shows a grid of portraits, and a yellow sign reads Birla Mandir. Several sadhus in orange robes are visible within the procession.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession moves through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, signboards and multi-storey buildings. Two open ratha-style floats lead the parade, one with an ornate gold-trimmed canopy of orange and yellow over a deity murti, and another with a decorated shrine behind it; both sit on red draped platforms garlanded with flowers. Orange-vested volunteers walk alongside and a man in white kurta and orange scarf stands on a float. A man with red-painted face and a red turban holds a red flag, and a banner shows a portrait with the printed name a person. Many pedestrians and onlookers fill the street, with several colourful umbrellas and red flags.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession moves through a crowded Indian town lined with shops and multi-storey buildings. Devotees in white clothes and white dhotis walk among many colourful umbrellas, with blue, red, green and yellow canopies raised over them, and several carry red flags. At the front, a decorated float carries an ornate deity murti under an orange canopy, with garlanded attendants standing beside it. A tractor-drawn float decorated with flowers also moves in the parade. Onlookers line the road, some watching from balconies, and orange-vested volunteers guide the procession. A large banner shows several portrait photographs, and a shop sign reads Ashram Anilkumar.2016-04-18