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A street procession moves along a busy urban road past an HP petrol station. Men in white dhotis and shirts carry saffron-orange flags and walk beside vehicles, including an open-bed truck and a yellow auto-rickshaw loaded with saffron flags. A white marble plinth with a yellow banner in the foreground bears a red emblem, and red flowering shrubs grow in a roadside median. Billboards with advertisements line the background.

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February 05 20092009-02-05February 02 20092009-02-02February 05 20092009-02-05A street procession on a wide road in Tamil Nadu moves past a large roadside billboard showing a smiling woman in a blue sari with gold jewellery and a temple tower behind her. A decorated float or vehicle with orange-and-gold ornaments and a framed portrait carries banners, and a truck with a flower-decorated cab follows. Motorcycle riders in white shirts, a man in white dhoti and shirt, and a person in an orange-red sari walk along the roadside, while orange flags flutter. Banners on the float and truck show portraits and Tamil text. Street signage and a white railing line the road.2009-01-30January 21 20092009-01-21Elevated view of a road procession on a multi-lane highway lined with trees, shops and signboards. Many people in white clothes march along the left side, many waving red-and-orange flags and carrying white banners. Near the center-right, a decorated palanquin with orange and saffron drapery and a red canopy is carried forward, with colorful umbrellas raised above it. Traffic includes a red bus, white cars, motorbikes and trucks, and a yellow signboard appears at the right edge. The scene shows a pada yatra procession. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2010-07-24Street photograph of an outdoor procession moving along a road lined with roadside buildings, palm trees and large hoarding posters. A crowd of roughly two dozen devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, many wearing saffron-orange shawls, walks past a decorated ratha float carrying a figure in red and gold garments beneath a canopy. Traffic includes a blue bus in the foreground, parked silver vehicles and two-wheelers, and a man in a light shirt and dhoti crossing the road. Saffron flags are visible among the marchers.2009-01-30January 21 20092009-01-21February 05 20092009-02-05Street procession on a busy roadside in daylight. A decorated ratha or float with gold-and-maroon canopy and orange garlands moves down the road, carrying a framed portrait of a woman in a dark-framed picture at its front. Many people walk alongside in white dhotis and kurtas, several holding orange and red flags and banners. Motorcycles, cars, an auto-rickshaw and a white lorry share the road. Shop signs and billboards line the street, including a Nippon Paint sign and a Ananda furniture sign. Crowd is large but only partially fills the frame.2009-02-05February 02 20092009-02-02Photograph of a padayatra procession moving along a wide road lined with palm trees. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis walk in a long column, several holding red and white placards and red flags. A man in the foreground wears a white kurta with an orange shawl and a small badge. On the right, a decorated palanquin draped with green and red fabric and marigold garlands is visible. A red public bus runs on the left, and a petrol station with Indian Oil signage and a billboard stand behind. Several people are visible in the procession, and some are partly out of frame.2010-07-24