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A street procession moves through a busy Indian town lane. Uniformed police officers in khaki with caps walk alongside robed participants. Several large parasols in yellow, red, pink, blue and green are held aloft above a palanquin-style float decorated with gold. Red flags flutter on poles and men in white dhotis and orange-saffron shawls walk in line. Shops, signboards and a crowd of onlookers line the street, with a child in an orange shirt in the foreground.

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A street procession moves through a narrow urban lane lined with white multi-storey buildings with balconies, shop signs and hanging banners. Many marchers in white dhotis and orange or saffron clothing walk beneath umbrellas in yellow, red, pink, blue and green. Red flags flutter above the crowd, and a decorated palanquin or ratha with a golden canopy is visible in the distance. Drummers and uniformed police line the route, while onlookers stand on balconies and along the roadside. Watermarked archive photo with a shop-side banner visible.2016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town moves past multi-storey buildings. At the centre, a decorated ratha-style float with a golden canopy and marigold garlands is carried forward, with an attendant in white and a figure in orange near it. Red flags flank the float and many coloured umbrellas, blue, orange and pink, shade the procession. Uniformed police in khaki and dark caps line the route, and a large crowd of onlookers, many photographing, presses along the street. Shop signs and a hanging banner with printed faces are visible above.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a crowded town lane lined with shops and parked motorcycles. Many people in white dhotis and kurtas, some with orange or saffron sashes, walk beneath a canopy of colourful parasols in yellow, red, blue and maroon with gold fringe. Red and orange flags rise above the crowd, and bunting in pink, green, purple and orange stretches across the street. Uniformed police officers stand along the edges. Shop signs and a building facade with white columns frame the scene. Individual faces cannot be made out, and the crowd is far too large for a precise count.2016-04-18Aerial view of a festival procession moving down a busy town street lined with white multi-storey buildings and shopfronts. Many people in white dhotis and kurtas and saffron-orange robes walk in the crowd, some carrying red and saffron flags on poles. Several colourful parasols in red, pink, blue, green and yellow are held above the procession. A decorated float or palanquin with yellow and orange canopy is visible near the front, with police in khaki uniforms lining the roadway. Drummers carry drums on the right, and spectators watch from the pavement and balconies. A large red roadside banner with a portrait and Hindi text stands at the left edge.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town moves through a crowded market road lined with shops and old multi-storey buildings. Many colourful ceremonial umbrellas are raised over the procession, in yellow, pink, navy, red and blue, some with fringed or beaded borders. Men in white dhotis and saffron-orange robes walk with red flags and red-and-white banners, and a drummer beats a drum at right. Uniformed police officers line the route and walk among the marchers. A dense crowd of onlookers, many in plain shirts, stands in the foreground. Shop signboards and power lines overhead are visible.2016-04-18A street procession moves through a crowded Indian town lane lined with white multi-storey buildings and shopfronts. Many colourful umbrellas in pink, red, yellow, green and blue are carried above marchers. Red and orange flags wave among them. Men in white kurtas and saffron or orange sashes and turbans walk near a palanquin-style canopy, and uniformed police officers line the route. Onlookers fill balconies and the roadside. A drum is visible in the foreground. Large banner text is visible on the left and right edges.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town moves between multi-storey white buildings, with a crowd lining the road and people on balconies. At the centre, a decorated palanquin with a golden canopy is carried by men in white dhotis and orange shawls, surrounded by many red, blue, pink, green and yellow umbrellas and red flags. Uniformed police officers walk along the procession. On the left, a red flag bears a portrait of a smiling bearded man in an orange turban, and a red banner reads Nitya Kirtan, Nitya Puja evam Havan, Nitya Annadan. Drums and ceremonial attendants in white and saffron accompany the chariot. The procession is a ratha or palanquin procession with devotees and umbrellas.2016-04-18A street procession in an Indian town moves past shops and a multi-storey building. Many saffron-clad sadhus and devotees walk among colourful umbrellas in blue, green, yellow and red, with red flags held aloft. A white vehicle bearing a red-and-white banner with the name a person leads the crowd. Uniformed police officers line the roadside and walk alongside the procession, and onlookers watch from the pavement and balconies. Shop signs in Hindi and Marathi script are visible.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18