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A crowded street procession in an Indian town, viewed from a raised balcony. Dense crowds of people line both sides and fill the road, with many men and women in colourful saris and shirts. Many red flags on poles and orange, blue and yellow decorated umbrella-like canopies or palanquin tops move through the centre of the street. On the right a large banner with a welcome message in Hindi ('Swagat Vandan Abhinandan') shows portraits of several men, and a small sign reads Mehndi. A domed temple with arched balconies stands on the left beneath a clear sky with a red flag on its roof. Dense crowds of people are visible, with many people partially visible at the edges of the balcony and the street.

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April 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 20162016-04-18A 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 crowded narrow city street procession seen from above, with many people walking in a dense crowd beneath colourful umbrellas in blue, orange, red, maroon and yellow. Several umbrellas are carried aloft over a group of people in white clothes and red sashes, while red and orange flags wave overhead. Onlookers line the balconies and street edges. Shops on both sides display signboards and a large hoarding showing portraits of smiling young men. Metal vessels in the foreground suggest a festival setting.2016-04-18A dense street procession in a crowded Indian town, with a large throng of people filling a narrow market lane lined with shops and hanging banners. Several men in saffron and orange robes carry tall red flags and carry or walk beneath colourful umbrella-like canopies in blue, yellow, maroon and purple with gold fringe. Many onlookers in white, pastel and bright saffron clothing press along the road, and shopfronts display a green signboard reading a puja supply shop. Above, large printed portrait banners hang on the buildings.2016-04-18A 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.2016-04-18A street procession in a crowded Indian town fills a narrow lane lined with shops, signboards and hanging orange and red flags. At the centre, a decorated ratha or palanquin with a silver-trimmed base, red canopy and a white-fringed umbrella is carried forward, with a figure in white and orange seated on its raised platform and attendants in white garments around it. Many devotees in saffron, white and bright clothing press along both sides, while uniformed police officers in khaki walk through the crowd. Red and white banners and a portrait billboard reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda are visible on the right. Crowd count is large, roughly 100+ people visible.2016-04-18A crowded narrow street in Ujjain during a religious procession. Red flags on poles and a red and gold ornate palanquin with a canopy are carried through the crowd. A colourful umbrella with blue, red and yellow panels is held over a seated figure wearing white and a red shawl, with a white yak-tail fan nearby. Uniformed police line the procession route. Shops, hanging banners and rooftop spectators fill the scene. A tall cream-coloured figure is visible near the centre. Hanging banners and posters line the buildings on both sides of the lane.2016-04-18A dense street procession fills a narrow market lane with crowds of people in white and saffron-coloured clothing, many wearing red-and-orange garments and rudraksha-style necklaces. Large colourful umbrellas in orange, yellow, red and blue are carried above the marchers, and red flags on tall poles rise through the crowd. Uniformed police officers walk among the procession. A decorated float or palanquin with a golden canopy is visible further up the street, with shops, balconies and hanging signs lining both sides of the lane.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18