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A dense street procession moves through a narrow Indian town lane lined with multi-storey buildings, balconies crowded with onlookers, and shopfronts including a red signboard reading S.S. Jewelers Jaisalmer. Many people fill the road. Sadhus in saffron and orange robes, some with rudraksha malas and ceremonial adornments, walk beneath large orange, yellow and blue ceremonial umbrellas, with tall red flags carried aloft. A banner on the left shows a portrait and Hindi text. Crowds of white-clad devotees and uniformed police accompany the procession.

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A 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 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A 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.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 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.2016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town lane lined with shops and balconies. Many colourful umbrellas dominate the view, in red, blue, orange and yellow with fringed edges, carried over the heads of marchers. Red triangular flags on poles rise above the crowd. Spectators fill the balconies and street, and shopfronts and hoardings with Hindi signage frame the scene. A large framed portrait panel with several faces appears at the upper right, but the procession participants themselves are too distant and crowded to individually describe.2016-04-18A dense street procession through a crowded Indian town lane lined with shops and buildings. Decorated carts with yellow and red canopies and gold-trimmed structures move down the road, one with a large drum visible in the lower left foreground. A man in an orange kurta walks near the front of the procession among many onlookers, police in khaki uniforms guiding the crowd, and many people in mixed attire, including women in saris and salwar kameez, press along both sides. Hanging banners and signboards advertise jewellers and businesses, and orange flags hang from upper balconies. A dark-haired man in an orange kurta is prominent beside the carts, but no clear identity is established from appearance.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A 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.2016-04-18