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A dense street procession in an Indian town, with a large crowd of people in mostly white, pink and colourful clothing packed along a road lined with multi-storey buildings and overhead wires. A red-draped float or vehicle in the foreground carries flowers and garlands, and people stand on it. Red flags on poles and yellow, pink and red decorated umbrellas line the route. A sign on a building reads Ashram Akhara. Several volunteers in orange safety vests and white caps guide the crowd. Some onlookers watch from balconies and windows.

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A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town lane lined with multi-storey buildings, balconies with onlookers, and shopfronts. A decorated red-draped float or ratha carries a floral arrangement and a garland-decorated seat, flanked by red flags on poles. Men in white kurtas, women in saris and salwar kameez, and uniformed volunteers in orange safety vests press around the cart. Pink, yellow and red umbrellas shade the procession. A blue tractor with a driver stands at left. A large banner shows a group of men in portrait format. Marigold and floral garlands decorate the vehicles. The ceremonial crowd fills the street.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a narrow town lane lined with multistorey buildings and shops. Red flags and many umbrellas in blue, green, yellow, pink and red rise above the crowd. Men in white dhoti and kurta carry or walk beside a palanquin-like ceremonial float decorated with flowers. Onlookers pack both sides of the street, many in pink, white and bright saris and some in white headcloths, while others watch from balconies. Shop signs and banners hang overhead, including a sign reading Ashram. The scene is a religious procession with umbrellas and ceremonial attendants.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A crowded street procession in an Indian town, with a large red-draped float carrying a golden-yellow deity murti under a red and gold umbrella. Men in white kurtas, a man in a white dhoti standing on the float, and many onlookers in saris, salwar and caps press along the road. Red and orange flags fly above, and a tall decorative umbrella stands behind. A billboard on the left shows a collage of framed portraits of men. Shops and multistorey buildings line the street.2016-04-18A crowded street procession in a town with white multi-storey buildings, overhead wires and small shops. Many people in dhotis, kurtas, saris and salwar kameez fill the road. On the left a decorated float with gold canopies and flower garlands is pulled by a blue tractor, with red flags flying. On the right a red-draped open vehicle carries a figure in white clothing and a red sash, shaded by a large ornate umbrella, with flowers along its edge. Red and white umbrellas line the sidewalk beside shops selling goods. A banner with a portrait of a saint hangs on a building at left.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A crowded street procession in an Indian town, with dense crowds of men, women and children walking along a narrow road lined with shops and multi-storey buildings. An orange-draped vehicle with garlands of white and red flowers and an orange umbrella leads the procession, followed by a decorated float with red and orange flags and a figure in white and red at its centre. Strings of colourful bunting cross the street, and red banners hang from poles on the right. Some onlookers watch from rooftops and balconies.2016-04-18