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October 05 20122012-10-05A large street procession moves along a road as a crowd of many marchers in white clothing and yellow shawls carries red-orange flags and placards. Two long banners are held aloft, each showing a portrait of a man with an orange-saffron turban and a Kannada inscription. A decorated palanquin draped with marigold garlands and red, green and purple cloth is carried in the procession, and beside it a large painted papier-mache style figure of a bearded man in a yellow turban and a woman figure stand out. A drummer in yellow clothing beats a drum at the left, and uniformed police officers walk along the edge of the road. Trucks and a bus are visible at the right and upper left, and onlookers stand on the roadside.2010-07-24A street procession on a roadside, with a large orange banner carried by marchers at the front. The banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, with Kannada text and a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha logo at top right. Behind it, men in white shirts and white dhotis wear rudraksha malas and round white and orange badges. A man in an orange kurta with a shoulder wrap walks near the centre. Many people hold up orange flags with a blue emblem and smaller placards. The road is lined with trees and bougainvillea.2010-07-24A large outdoor street procession moves along a tree-lined road as a dense crowd of men fills the frame. Many marchers wear saffron and orange robes and orange head wraps, and some carry banners. In the foreground, a man in a saffron robe with a rudraksha mala stands beside a yellow banner with Kannada script, while a woman in a red sari walks nearby. Men in white shirts and dhotis line the crowd, and several uniformed police officers wear green helmets at left. A large white banner with green Kannada lettering is held aloft at right. Several people in the crowd hold papers or objects. Trees, a utility pole, and a few other banners appear in the background.2007-02-20A street procession in daylight where a man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron shawl holds a long pole with a large orange flag that is flying in the wind. Around him, men in white shirts and white dhotis wear round orange rosette badges, and several hold orange flags aloft on poles. Behind them, a large orange banner shows a portrait of a smiling saffron-robed sannyasi with a turban, beside Kannada script. Other white-clad men raise their arms and fists, and a multi-storey building with balconies and a shop with a red-and-white awning stands on the right. Several orange flags and small signs are visible along the roadside.2010-07-24February 20 20072007-02-20Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam +1 copiesAn outdoor gathering under a tall striped canopy of red, orange and yellow fabric supported by bamboo poles. Monks in saffron and orange robes sit on the ground in the front rows, several with shaved heads. A central monk in orange gestures while speaking to the seated crowd. Behind him a red and gold draped backdrop with floral motifs and a yellow and red flag are visible. A yellow and red flag and a white banner with Kannada text stand at the sides. A large crowd of men and women in white, green, pink and colourful saris sits closely around the gathering, with a red plastic chair in the foreground.2007-02-19A crowded street procession moves through a city road lined with a concrete wall and barriers. Many men in saffron and orange robes, some with orange turbans and shawls, walk among men and women in white shirts and dhotis. A uniformed police officer in khaki with a green helmet walks at the left edge. A large white banner with green Kannada lettering is held at left, and multicoloured banners in Kannada rise at upper right. A woman in a green sari stands at the right. A few sannyasis with shaved heads are visible. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance alone, so no candidate is singled out.2007-02-20A large outdoor procession on a paved road, with a crowd of people in white clothes and many orange-red flags moving toward the viewer. At the centre, a decorated palanquin with a large painted figure of a deity and another figure in a pink-and-gold costume is carried forward, surrounded by marchers. Several banners show a man in an orange turban and saffron robe, with text in Kannada. Some marchers hold small placards with the same image. Vehicles, a green auto-rickshaw, trucks and a police officer line the roadside, and pink buildings and a boundary wall stand behind.2010-07-24A street procession of devotees in white and cream clothing, many holding orange flags on poles. A large red banner behind them shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes, with Kannada text and the printed name Paramahamsa Nithyananda on the banner. Several handheld signs repeat the same smiling portrait in an orange turban. An older man in the foreground with white hair and a vermilion mark on his forehead looks ahead. A man in a cream shirt in the centre wears an orange rosette badge bearing the same portrait and holds a sign asking a question in Kannada. Trees and a tall flagpole are in the background.2010-07-24July 24 20102010-07-24 +1 copies