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A dense street procession moves through a narrow market lane in an Indian town, with a large crowd packed along both sides and on balconies. Many devotees in white clothing walk beneath colourful umbrellas in orange, red, blue and yellow, while numerous tall red flags are carried above the crowd. Shop signs, hanging banners and a billboard line the street, and a camera operator is visible near the centre. The scene is a public procession rather than a close view of any single figure; no individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.

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A dense street procession moves through a crowded market lane lined with shopfronts and hanging signboards. Many colourful parasols in orange, red, blue and yellow with fringed edges are carried above the marchers, and tall red flags flutter overhead. Participants wear white and saffron-toned clothing, some carrying items near their chests. Onlookers crowd the balconies and sidewalks, and a few uniformed police officers walk along the procession. A large red-and-gold canopy structure is visible at the lower right.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town lane lined with shops and balconies. Many colourful umbrellas dominate the view, in red, blue, orange and yellow with fringed edges, carried over the heads of marchers. Red triangular flags on poles rise above the crowd. Spectators fill the balconies and street, and shopfronts and hoardings with Hindi signage frame the scene. A large framed portrait panel with several faces appears at the upper right, but the procession participants themselves are too distant and crowded to individually describe.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A crowded street procession in an Indian town. Dense crowds fill the road and balconies, with many people holding bright blue, orange and red canopy umbrellas that shade a procession moving through the lanes. Red flags flutter above the crowd. Shopfronts line both sides, with a large banner of welcome and felicitation portraits hung above, and a sign reading Annapurna Bhakti Bhandar. The scene is a city procession of devotees and onlookers; no individual figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession in a crowded Indian market lane, with many people packed on both sides and in the road. Multiple ornate umbrellas with scalloped fringes in red, blue, orange, green and pink are carried aloft over the crowd, alongside tall red flags on poles. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand among the crowd and along the roadside. Shop fronts display signs including a banner reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda and a poster bearing a portrait with that caption, plus Hindi-language signage for havan puja and marriage services. Devotees in saffron and white clothing walk among the umbrella bearers, and a white vehicle with a person banner is visible in the crowd.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession in a narrow Indian town lane lined with shops and multistorey buildings. Many people crowd the road, and many carry colourful umbrellas in orange, red, blue and maroon, some with fringed edges, above their heads. Tall red and saffron flags wave above the crowd. Large hoardings on the right show portraits and a greeting for a Mitra Mandal in Ujjain, and a shop sign reads Puja Bhandar on the left. Overhead tangled electric wires cross the street.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense crowd fills a narrow market street lined with shops, hanging wires and large hoardings. Many red flags and colourful umbrellas (chhatris in blue, maroon, yellow and orange) are carried above a procession moving through the throng. Several robed sadhus in saffron and orange clothing walk near the front, some in white dhotis with bare upper bodies and rudraksha malas. Shopfronts show signs for a puja bhandar and a sarafi bhandari, and a large banner on the right shows many framed portraits of men under a deity image. The scene suggests a religious procession through a city bazaar.2016-04-18