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Elevated street view of a procession moving down a town road in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, at dusk. Dozens of people in white dhotis and white shirts or saris walk in dense columns, many carrying small red-and-orange flags. A decorated float or palanquin with a peaked canopy in red and gold rises at the right edge. Trucks, cars and motorbikes share the road with the marchers. On the left, a blue truck carries a banner, and a shop front reads Sri Vishnu. Two-storey houses, trees and a street lamp line the route, with a few onlookers on the pavement.

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Street photograph from an elevated vantage point of a religious procession moving down a busy town road, with a decorated ratha-style float on the right, its ornate canopy in white and red with a red-cloth front. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, several wearing saffron-orange shawls, and some holding red flags. A white jeep and silver SUVs follow the procession among motorcycles, auto-rickshaws and uniformed police officers in khaki directing traffic. Pedestrians, including women in colourful saris, line the roadside beside low shops, a yellow-painted building and green foliage.2008-04-27A photograph of a street procession in Salem, Tamil Nadu, seen from above. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk along a road, carrying saffron-orange flags and some placards. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk among them. Near the centre, a group of figures in saffron and orange robes walks behind a striped canopy umbrella. Drummers in white with a large drum lead the crowd. Shops, a roadside stall, a bus and a green hedge line the street, with a signboard reading Sri Vishnu on a building at left.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27 +1 copiesApril 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27A street procession in an Indian town during the Salem spiritual conference. Robed sannyasis in saffron and orange walk at the front, one central figure with long hair and orange robes beneath a large multicoloured ceremonial umbrella. Uniformed police in khaki surround the marchers. Many devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some carrying red and orange flags and placards, fill the road. A billboard with a portrait and a parked white van appear along the roadside, and utility poles run down the street.2008-04-27November 14 20052005-11-14A dusk photograph of a grand procession on a street in a town, viewed from an elevated rooftop. In the left foreground a man in orange robes and a shawl leans on a balcony rail, filming the crowd with a video camera. Below, a large crowd of people in white and orange clothing walks along the road, with many carrying orange and red flags and a long white banner held aloft. At the centre a decorated palanquin or ratha is carried through the crowd. A truck is parked at right. Buildings with signboards line the street, and a street lamp stands among tall structures in the background.2008-04-27Aerial view looking down a narrow town street lined with multi-storey concrete buildings, shopfronts and rooftops. A large crowd fills the road, mostly men dressed in white shirts and dhotis, many waving saffron-orange flags. In the centre a decorated procession vehicle with ornate orange and gold canopy moves slowly, and a truck with loudspeakers sits at the lower left. Several people stand on rooftops and balconies watching. Marigold garlands and orange flags decorate the scene. Strings of overhead wires cross the top right.2011-12-20April 27 20082008-04-27November 14 20052005-11-14April 27 20082008-04-27 +1 copies