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A green and yellow three-wheeled utility vehicle with a green cargo bed is parked on a dirt road in the evening. Two large orange posters are mounted on its sides, each showing a portrait of a man wearing a white turban and dark hair, with Tamil text in pink and purple bands. Strings of small lights hang in a tree behind the vehicle, and a few people walk nearby in the background.

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November 21 20052005-11-21October 16 20062006-10-16A green-and-yellow three-wheeled auto-rickshaw with an open cargo bed and a loudspeaker mounted on its roof drives down a village street decorated with strings of blue and white pennants. A large banner on the vehicle shows portraits of a saffron-robed sannyasi with orange turban and a Tamil caption reading Paramahamsa Nithyanandar and Dhyanam Matrum Dhyana Sichai Maiyam, Ambalam, Puducherry. Two men stand in the cargo bed behind a rear banner showing similar portraits. Several men walk alongside in white dhotis and checked or red shirts, and a man in white shirt and dhoti stands on the right. Palm trees and a flowering tree line the street, and onlookers sit on a rooftop at left.2007-01-12October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A blue Mahindra DI 3200 truck with yellow cab and orange-red flags on poles drives along a grey, overcast road. Its side is covered with large printed banners: on the left a standing figure in orange robes and a long beaded necklace raises a hand, and on the right a long-haired figure in orange is beside a Tamil-language poster showing a deity image and schedule text. Several people in white clothes and orange shawls walk beside the truck along the roadside, and trees and low buildings line the street.A street photograph of an ornate golden ratha, a decorated festival vehicle with carved arch-shaped panels and gilded floral and bird motifs, moving along a tree-lined city road. A large circular portrait on the vehicle's arch shows a man in a white turban and white clothing, labelled with Tamil text, and a roadside billboard on the right shows a similar white-turbaned figure. Traffic includes a white van, yellow auto-rickshaws and a dark green minivan in the foreground. No people are clearly visible on the procession vehicle itself. The portrait and billboard figures are depictions, and their identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the a person value is unsure.2006-11-01Night photo of a dark vehicle with a rooftop display board carrying two large illuminated portrait panels, each showing a smiling person with white head covering and long dark hair. The left panel has a vertical column of Tamil text in white on a brown background. The right portrait shows a person in white clothes with a red-and-white beaded necklace, and printed Tamil caption text runs along its bottom edge. A small lamp and dark trees are visible behind the vehicle. No physical people are visible inside the vehicle or on the scene apart from the portraits.2006-10-29A street in a South Indian town decorated for a celebration, with a triangular bunting of white and blue flags strung across it. A tall arch banner at the top reads Tamil text and welcome phrases, flanked by large posters of a figure in an orange turban and saffron robe. A green-and-yellow three-wheeled auto-rickshaw labelled N.S.K carries a megaphone and a banner, with a man in white shirt at the wheel and another seated beside. Cyclists and pedestrians in white clothes walk along the road, and orange flags flutter on the right, with palms and shops lining the street.2007-01-12A large framed portrait mounted on the roof of a moving vehicle, with a white jasmine garland draped over it and scattered pink petals on the roof. The portrait shows a smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, raising one hand in blessing, labelled "Paramahamsa SRI NITHYANANDA SWAMIGAL" in print. In the foreground, through the windshield, a man in white clothes sits inside the vehicle, and a few more people in white and orange are visible at the roadside. Trees, a pink building and a pale sky form the background. The portrait is a printed depiction, not a person in the scene; the candidate's cues are a saffron turban and robe with a jasmine garland, which is probable Swamiji on the printed portrait.2005-11-14October 16 20062006-10-16