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A festive street procession seen from a raised ratha or palanquin. In the foreground, a bare-shouldered person in an orange-red turban and orange sash with a marigold garland sits close to the camera; long dark hair falls behind them. Beside them hang tall golden finials, ornate golden tassels and fringes in red, green, blue and purple, and strings of orange marigolds. Below, a seated figure with a shaved head and white clothing gestures toward a crowd. Spectators line balconies and shopfronts above, and a dense crowd fills the street below, with rose petals scattered on red cloth. Shop signs and a loudspeaker are visible on the buildings.

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A street procession in a crowded Indian town. In the foreground a person in a rust-red turban, red-brown shawl and orange-and-gold garland sits with their back to the camera, their long dark hair visible, beside a golden ornate palanquin decorated with colourful tasselled bells in green, red, orange and purple. A bald man in white ritual clothing sits on the left of the frame. Spectators fill the street and watch from balconies of multi-storey buildings, with shop signs and hanging clothes behind them.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18Outdoor street procession in a crowded Indian town. A large open ratha-style palanquin is decorated with a bright orange canopy, gold finials, purple and magenta tassels, and heaped marigold and rose petals. Seated on the palanquin is a bald man with an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders and a gold chain, his head turned toward the crowd. In front, a man in a maroon turban, bare-shouldered, with orange marigold garlands and gold armlets, sits facing forward. Behind them, uniformed police officers and a dense crowd of onlookers line the road, with people watching from a balcony on the right and a red flag and shop signage in the background.2016-04-18A procession on a crowded street with a golden palanquin draped in red cloth and scattered flower petals. In the foreground, a sadhu with a rust-orange turban and long dark hair, wearing a yellow-orange cloth and a garland of yellow and orange marigolds, raises one hand toward the crowd while standing beside the palanquin. Another bare-chested man in an orange cloth stands on the left near the palanquin's ornate golden poles. Large red, purple and green tasselled umbrellas with gold finials frame the top of the image. Behind them a dense crowd of devotees and uniformed police officers press forward, many holding up phones and a video camera. Hanging shop signs and banners line the street.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town with a golden palanquin decorated with tasseled golden finials in red, green, blue and orange tassels, and marigold garlands. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind wears a rust-red turban, long dark hair, gold earrings, a marigold garland and an orange-saffron garment. Behind the palanquin, a bare-chested priest in orange cloth sits beneath a golden canopy. Crowds line the street with raised hands, and spectators watch from balconies of multi-storey buildings above a shop with a Lux Cozi sign. The visible people number more than twenty.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession in a crowded Indian town. A bald man in an orange-saffron cloth sits on a golden palanquin strewn with pink and yellow flower petals, under an orange canopy with gold tassels. Behind and beside it, a man in a red turban and orange garments with a garland of orange marigolds stands among tall gold-capped poles hung with purple, red and green tassels and white and orange flower garlands. Uniformed police officers and a large crowd of onlookers line the street, many holding up phones, with multi-storey buildings and shopfronts behind them.2016-04-18Outdoors during a street procession, a gilded palanquin decorated with marigold and white flower garlands and a large orange canopy carries a seated figure in saffron-orange robes. Behind, a large brass-and-gold ornamental standard with tall purple, red and green fringed tassels rises above the crowd. A man in a maroon turban seated near the foreground holds his hands together and is strewn with pink petals. Dense crowds of onlookers line the street, many in white clothing, with multi-storey buildings behind. Marigold petals cover the palanquin floor.2016-04-18A street procession in a crowded Indian town. In the foreground, a bald man in orange-saffron robes sits in an ornate golden palanquin with red velvet cushions and rose petals, raising a hand in greeting, with a gold-handled tassel pole and tall golden umbrella-like finials framing the view. Behind him, a man in an orange turban and gold jewellery holds the palanquin side. Crowds of devotees line the street, many raising hands, some photographing with phones, and a uniformed police officer stands nearby. Colourful tassels in green, red, purple and orange hang from the decorated palanquin, and shopfronts with banners and hanging cloth line the road above.2016-04-18A street procession on a decorated palanquin or ratha. An orange canopy umbrella with mirror embroidery stands at left, and tall gold pillars wrapped in marigold garlands rise on the right, hung with gold bells and purple, red and green tassels. The float is heaped with pink and orange flower petals. A bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth sits on the float with a wrapped red turban. Other people in white and saffron clothes stand around the float, and a uniformed police officer in khaki is visible in the street. Shopfronts and a crowd line the road behind.2016-04-18A festive street procession with a sannyasi-style figure in a rust-red turban and orange-brown robe, wearing heavy gold and beaded necklaces, a garland of marigolds and pink flowers, and bangles, standing on a decorated float. Beside them, a young attendant in white holds a tall gold ceremonial staff with green and purple tassels. Above, orange, pink and blue umbrellas and red and yellow flags line the route, with a crowd of devotees behind. Marigold garlands drape the float's canopy and pillars. The person is smiling, and the scene is a ratha procession.2016-04-18