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A decorated ratha (chariot) vehicle at night, framed in ornate gold relief with red LED light strings and marigold and yellow flower garlands. A large framed portrait mounted above the cab shows a smiling figure with long dark hair, a red bindi and an orange garment with a rudraksha mala, labelled as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. A smaller portrait is visible inside the windshield. A gold relief deity murti sits at the front beneath the garlands. A white banner below reads the Tamil title and shows a second portrait of the same smiling figure in orange. Portraits and printed images only; no physical people are visible.

A decorated orange vehicle, styled as a golden ratha or chariot, is parked at night on a paved plaza. Its gilded arched canopy and carved golden panels are draped with yellow marigold garlands and red-lit strings, and a framed portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair in an orange garment is mounted at the top. A white banner in Tamil script with a smaller portrait of the same woman in orange sits on the front panel. No physical people are clearly visible; a few distant figures appear near the grass at the left edge. A small kalasha-like golden ornament is set at the centre of the garland.

A golden, ornately decorated float-style vehicle parked at night on a paved driveway, serving as a ratha for a procession. Its gilded arched canopy and carved panels are draped with yellow marigold garlands and strings of red lights. A framed portrait of a smiling woman in an orange garment is mounted atop the arch. A white banner across the front shows a second smiling portrait beside Tamil script in blue lettering. No people are visible.

March 03 2009

2009-03-03 +1 copies

November 02 2009

2009-11-02 +1 copies

January 13 2015

A photograph of a decorated orange truck fitted with an ornate golden arched canopy and carved golden front panel, parked on a dirt road. A large printed portrait of a smiling long-haired figure in an orange garment and rudraksha mala is mounted atop the canopy. A white banner across the front shows a smiling figure in orange with a mala, labelled 'paramahamsa nithyananda' in Tamil, beside a colourful deity image of two figures garlanded with flowers, labelled 'Aanandadeveswarar Aanandavalli' in Tamil. The banner text reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a Tamil headline for a Kodi Kann Darshana Ratha Padayatra, with a line about world peace and religious harmony. A man in white and yellow clothing walks beside the truck, and a driver sits in the cab. Printed portraits, not physical people, depict the figure on the canopy and banner.

Night photograph of a decorated ornate golden vehicle, a rathotsav-style procession float, moving along a road with headlights of other vehicles behind it. Above the vehicle's gilded canopy is a framed portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair wearing a pink top and necklace. The front of the vehicle has a golden ornament with a garland of flowers and a white banner with Tamil text and two framed images: a portrait of an older man in orange robes and a deity image of a figure with multiple heads. Red flags are visible at the top corners. Several people in white clothing stand beside the float at the right edge.

Night procession at a temple-style float decorated with white and pink garlands, a golden palanquin frame, a canopy with multicoloured tassels, and tall stacks of colourful pompoms on the left. A woman in a rust-orange sari with a rudraksha-style bead necklace holds a long red banner printed with a portrait of a smiling figure wearing a saffron head wrap and a red tilak. Behind her a trident stands in the float. On the left a man in saffron-orange robes and a beaded necklace stands near the float, and a few other figures in orange are partly visible at the edge.

2015-09-15 +1 copies

Night procession photo of a smiling figure seated in a flower-decorated ratha or palanquin. The seated person has a tall, swept-back dark hairstyle topped with a crescent ornament, wears a red-orange saffron garment, a dense rudraksha mala and a yellow flower garland, and a gold armlet. Behind and beside the ornate golden seat, walls of white jasmine and red-orange marigold garlands hang with pink tassels and bead-trimmed strands. A second man with white tripundra marks on his forehead stands at the left edge, partly visible. The seated figure has distinctive appearance cues, so this is a person in person during a procession, with the man at left as a devotee or attendant.

February 02 2009

A photograph of a man seated on an ornate gilded palanquin-throne decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, under an orange and blue canopy with tassels. He wears a tall golden crown set with red and green stones, an orange robe, and a magenta-pink shawl draped over his shoulders, with white tilak marks on his forehead. A camera operator on the left holds a video camera, and a man in white clothing sits at the lower right beside a large black speaker. Brass finials and a decorated kalasha-like urn appear behind him. The setting suggests a procession. Swamiji (probable) is identified from his crown, orange robe and garlanded throne, as the seated figure in a palanquin procession.