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October 28 2006

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A white Maruti van with a blue Dhyanapeetam sign on its windscreen and a blue dove-style logo on its door stands on dirt ground at an outdoor procession site. Luggage bags in red, blue and orange are piled on the roof rack beneath a wooden palanquin-like frame. Garlands of white flowers hang from the front bumper and the windscreen. Several men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a plaid shirt and checked lungi, and a man in a blue kurta and a man in yellow-orange clothing stand near the open driver door. Trees and red flags are in the background.2006-10-20January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor photo on a dirt road of a padugai padha yathrai procession. Men in white dhotis and white shirts, wearing beaded necklaces, stand together; a man in the centre holds a framed printed portrait of a seated figure in orange robes with a long garland, labelled with a Tamil name. Another man holds a multicoloured umbrella with a red, green and orange canopy and fringed edges over the group, and one man holds a red flag with a black emblem. A blue jeep with a banner reading SRI NITHYANANDARIN PADUGAI PADHA YATHRAI THIRUCHANGODE is parked at right. Two women in white saris stand at left beside a thatched hut and a low building with bare dirt and sparse trees behind.2007-02-24Outdoor group photo at a temple courtyard with palm trees, a shrine structure decorated with garlands and deity figures, and a yellow-and-blue truck on the right bearing a large banner of a saffron-robed figure. About thirty men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas stand and sit in rows in front of the shrine; some wear orange and red cloths. A framed photo of a saffron-robed figure stands near the shrine. Swamiji (probable) cannot be confirmed from the visible people; the banner figure is a depiction with long hair and saffron robes.2009-01-31January 31 20092009-01-31Outdoor photo of a ratha procession pause in a wet courtyard after rain, with palm trees and a leafy tree behind. A gilded, pillared ratha canopy trimmed with pink and white floral garlands shelters a deity murti decorated with flower garlands. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, some with saffron-orange shawls, bend over small tables holding brass vessels, a kalasha, a steel bowl and offerings for a ritual. Onlookers in saris and dhotis, including children, watch from behind a low wall and gate. A floodwater sheen covers part of the ground.2006-10-30July 12 20112011-07-12July 12 20112011-07-12January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJuly 10 20092009-07-10October 13 20062006-10-13Outdoor photo on a dusty open ground at dusk, with a crowd of devotees standing in loose rows. Many wear white kurtas and dhotis, while others wear white shirts and light trousers. A man in a white shirt and cream trousers walks forward in the foreground, and an orange-clothed figure with an orange shawl stands at left near a table draped in red. A white van with a sign and a black speaker stand at right beside a red canopy, with trees and a distant hill behind.2007-12-25