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April 28 20182018-04-28Night street scene at a busy temple-town road lit by bright white lights, with a dark SUV at center surrounded by a dense crowd. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a beard in the foreground presses his hands against the vehicle. Inside the car, a bearded man wears a purple-and-gold shawl and sits near the window while devotees reach toward him. A woman on the right holds a brass plate, and nearby stalls, a purple Lumimous umbrella and shop signs fill the background.2018-04-28Night photo of a dark SUV with a red-and-white banner reading NITHYANANDAM across its windscreen, parked on a road with a bright headlight beam. A large crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses around it, and uniformed police officers in khaki stand near the car. Marigold petals and yellow flower offerings are scattered on the ground in front of the vehicle, and a bare-chested young man with a sacred thread in the lower right looks on. Trees and a blue logo are visible at the top edge.2014-07-01June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesNight street scene at a crowded procession with many men in white shirts and white dhotis pressing around a dark grey car. Several hands reach through the car's open window and rest on its roof, while others wave white and saffron flags. Strings of orange pennant bunting and hanging garlands stretch across the street above the crowd, and a pink floral decoration appears among the marchers. Yellow and white flower garlands lie on the car's dashboard. Some people wear gold bangles. The procession appears to be moving through a town street lit by streetlamps.2009-08-03May 08 20182018-05-08Night photograph of a dense crowd pressed around a dark car with a red-and-white banner reading NITHYANANDA across its windscreen. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, some in orange or checked shirts, surround the vehicle under streetlights and trees. A man in a light shirt stands near the car, and uniformed police officers in peaked caps move among the crowd, with one holding a flashlight. Several people hold up cameras and phones. Rudraksha-style red-brown beads are visible on some chests. Buildings and foliage frame the street behind the crowd.2014-07-01Night-time photograph of a dense crowd pressing around a dark car with a red-and-white banner reading NITHYANANDAM across its windshield. A man in saffron-orange robes with bare chest and a rudraksha mala stands at left holding a video camera up toward the car. Other men in white shirts and dhotis, and uniformed police officers in peaked caps, surround the vehicle under street lights and tree foliage. Hands reach toward the car window and people press forward in a tight throng.2014-07-01A dense nighttime crowd presses around a vehicle at a procession, with many people raising hands and phones toward a central figure. A bald man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style neck garland stands near the car, and a man in white dhoti with gold border holds a flower garland. A video camera operator is visible at upper right. Mostly white-clad devotees surround the scene, with a green metal railing and small lamp lights behind. A distinctive appearance cue is present but the figure's identity remains uncertain from the image alone.2015-05-05 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesNight photograph of a crowd gathered in a narrow street in Tamil Nadu around a black vehicle with a white banner reading NITHYANANDAM on its roof. Several men in orange and saffron robes with shaved heads and tripundra markings stand on a red carpet near the car, some wearing rudraksha malas. Men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris line the route, and a brass plate is held at the lower left. Green mango-leaf festoons hang overhead and a metal railing with golden finials runs along the left edge. The people in orange are sannyasi-attired devotees; the central white-clad man is a devotee greeting them.2014-06-27August 03 20092009-08-03