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Street procession on a busy urban road lined with a central median of trimmed shrubs. A decorated float-like vehicle draped with ornate fabric and a framed image sits behind a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, many carrying orange and red flags and banners. Traffic includes a green-and-white city bus, motorcycles, auto-rickshaws, and trucks, one bearing the sign Vel Murugan. A large blue-and-white billboard reads Hotel Ganesh Mahaal. Shopfronts, Aircel signage, and multistorey buildings line the street. Many people walk in the procession, including several in white attire and some in orange garments, with orange flags flying above.

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February 05 20092009-02-05A daytime street procession on a wide urban road in Salem, India. A large crowd of devotees walks in white clothes and orange-saffron flags, carrying banners and placards along the roadside. Many marchers wear white dhotis and shirts; some women wear white saris. Motorcycles, auto-rickshaws, trucks and a white van share the road, and a long median planted with low shrubs and advertising boards lines the route. A large billboard for Hotel Ganesh Mahaal and an Aircel sign are visible. a person's face is not clearly visible; no candidate is identifiable with confidence.2009-02-05A busy city street during a ratha procession, viewed from an elevated angle. A decorated wooden ratha/chariot with gold-coloured ornamentation and a canopy moves down the right lane, followed by a large crowd of people in white clothes and many saffron-orange flags. Dense traffic of motorcycles, scooters, autorickshaws, a white van and a loaded flatbed truck fills the left lanes. Along the roadside are large blue and white hoardings, shop fronts and a tall hotel billboard. The procession is well attended by people walking in the street, though many are partially visible. No individual can be clearly identified.2009-02-05Elevated street view of a busy Salem road with a procession passing along the divided roadway. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk beside saffron-coloured flags and a decorated ratha-style float with a canopy and kalasha-like ornaments. Traffic of cars, motorbikes, autorickshaws and a lorry shares the road. A large billboard for Hotel Ganesh Mahaal reads across the top right, with Aircel signs lining the median and a Joyalukkas sign on the right. Pedestrians stand along the pavement watching. The scene is a ratha paada yatra through the city.2009-02-05A wide daytime street in an Indian town shows a procession of men in white dhotis and white shirts walking in a road lined by a low median of shrubs and street bollards. Many carry orange flags, and some wear orange or saffron cloth. Traffic includes motorcycles, a white car, auto-rickshaws and trucks. On the right, a large billboard advertises Hotel Ganesh Mahaal with a rooftop flag display, and tall buildings with blue facades rise behind. Pedestrians walk on the left pavement and a cyclist rides near the bottom edge. A procession of this kind forms part of a ratha paada yatra or civic procession.2009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05A street procession on a wide urban road in Salem, India, seen from an elevated angle. A large crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts walks in front of a decorated golden palanquin on the right, its sides draped with orange-and-yellow marigold garlands. Many carry orange and saffron flags and banners. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside the crowd. Motorcyclists, cars and buses share the road on the left, and a blue truck is in the foreground. Billboards above the street advertise Hotel Ganesh Mahaal and Aircel, and a red Joy alukkas sign hangs on the right. A sign reads 'Nithyananda Paramashivam' in the copyright credit, which is a caption rather than a person identification. Hard to count individuals precisely in the crowd, but well over twenty people are visible.2009-02-05Elevated view of a busy city street during a religious procession. Crowds of people in white clothing and orange-saffron flags and banners move down the centre of the road. A decorated golden palanquin with floral garlands and red-orange banners is carried at right, with men in white dhotis and shirts walking beside it. Trucks loaded with cardboard boxes, motorcycles, cars and an auto-rickshaw share the road. Hotel signboards including Hotel Rajcastle and Hotel Ganesh Mahal line the street, and a large billboard overhangs the road.2009-02-05December 20 20112011-12-20February 05 20092009-02-05January 21 20092009-01-21