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A street procession moves through a crowded market lane. Women in cream and white saris with red-and-gold borders carry red flags on poles, and a woman in a cream sari with a red border holds a red flag prominently in the centre. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a dark-blue cap walk among them. Above the crowd, blue and red ceremonial umbrellas decorated with silver sequins and tassels are carried on poles. Shops with colourful signs and hanging flags line the street. A man in a white shirt in the foreground holds a metal pot.

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Street procession in a crowded market lane. A woman in a cream sari with a red-and-gold border holds a red flag on a blue-handled staff at centre. Beside her a uniformed police officer in khaki with a dark peaked cap carries a small steel cup. Women in white and red saris and men in white walk under a blue umbrella and red ceremonial canopies, with red flags and bunting overhead and shopfronts on the right.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense crowd fills a street during a procession. Uniformed police officers in khaki with caps and belts hold back the crowd and link arms with a line of white-clad women. A large orange umbrella with a fringed, beaded lower edge is carried above the procession, and a red flag with gold trim flies on an orange pole at right. A woman in a yellow and red sari with a gold necklace stands at left, and a woman in white with a red bindi walks at centre. Market stalls with red and green awnings and colourful banners line the background. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a crowded market lane lined with shops, strung bunting and a tall painted banner of a robed saint. Many devotees in white and saffron-orange clothing walk beneath a canopy of colourful umbrellas in yellow, blue, magenta and deep purple with fringed edges, while red flags are carried high. Several uniformed police officers line the route beside yellow metal barricades, and a crowd presses along the sides. A man in a white shirt with a saffron shawl stands at the front of the group with his hands together. No identifiable a person is visibly present.2016-04-18A street procession in a busy Indian town centre. At the centre, a decorated golden palanquin or ratha with a yellow canopy is carried along the road, with several figures in white dhotis and white kurtas near it, some in saffron-coloured clothing. Red and orange flags on tall poles rise above the crowd, and many colourful umbrellas in blue, red, orange and pink shade the procession. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk along the sides, and a rope barrier separates the procession from onlookers. Crowds of men and women line the street, some raising phones to take photographs, and buildings with shop signs frame the scene.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18