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Outdoor photo at a roadside gathering beside a white van, with brightly coloured ceremonial umbrellas behind the crowd. Several saffron-clad sannyasis and devotees greet one another; a bald monk in orange on the left wears a white flower garland and a folded orange shawl. At centre, an older bald man in an orange robe with white forehead markings smiles, while a younger sannyasi in orange with a saffron turban and long dark hair stands facing him. Men in white shirts and light orange shawls stand nearby, and a cameraman with a camera is visible in the back. The umbrellas are red, orange, blue and gold with fringed tassels and a printed Nithyananda Peetam name. Several people are visible in the crowd behind, with the people in front forming the focus.

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January 01 20072007-01-01January 01 20072007-01-01January 01 20072007-01-01Outdoor photo on a dusty open ground under a clear sky with a tree behind. A man in a saffron wrap with a shaved head and tilak on his forehead stands at left, reaching out to greet another man. In the centre, a smiling man in a saffron turban and saffron robes with long swept-back hair and beaded rudraksha malas presses his palms together in greeting. At right, a man in white with an orange shawl holds a silver kalasha vase of white flowers and red blossoms. A white sedan car is parked behind them, with a decorated umbrella and a ratha-style canopy at right, and uniformed police officers and white-clad attendants stand nearby.2007-01-01Outdoor procession on a dirt path with palm trees behind. A long-haired man in saffron robes with a white and red flower garland and gold necklaces stands center-left, his hands joined and held near a silver vessel of flowers. Facing him on the right, a man with a shaved head and tilak, wearing orange robes, gold bracelets and a beaded necklace, holds a kalasha-like silver pot of orange and white flowers. A red, yellow and blue striped parasol is held overhead by attendants in orange robes with long staffs. A woman in white with an orange shawl and gold bangles smiles on the right, and children and devotees in orange and white line the background.2008-12-28Outdoor procession crowd beneath colourful striped umbrellas with tassels, banana leaves and vehicles behind. In the foreground a shaven-headed elderly monk in orange robes and a red tilak walks beside a man in white with a yellow scarf and rudraksha-style beads. To the right a man with long swept-back hair wears an orange turban, orange robes and a long rudraksha mala, smiling as he walks. Many devotees in white shirts and orange garments surround them, and a uniformed police officer stands at left. A camera lens is visible at lower right.2007-01-01January 09 20072007-01-09 +1 copiesOutdoor procession scene with a central man in orange saffron robes, an orange turban, a white and red floral garland and gold necklaces, standing with hands folded and smiling. Behind him, colourful canopy umbrellas with tasselled fringes and a golden trident-topped staff are held aloft, one canopy bearing the word Nithyanandapeetam. Surrounding men wear orange robes and gold chains, some with full beards, and one man at right is bare-chested in a white dhoti with a white shawl draped over his arm. A white bus with Nithyanandam lettering stands in the background.2008-07-17Outdoor photograph of a roadside arrival at a Hindu festival. Central figure wears an orange-saffron robe and white flower garland with red blossoms, hands pressed together in greeting. Two saffron-robed men in orange turbans stand beside him; one places a garland around him. A man in dark clothing and a white-shirted onlooker stand nearby, and a cameraman in a striped shirt raises a camera. Behind them is a white car and a decorated palanquin draped with yellow cloth and flower garlands. Crowd of onlookers in the background under a clear sky with palm trees. a person is the garlanded central figure in the orange robe, identified by distinctive dark long hair and the honoured garland reception.2008-12-30January 01 20082008-01-01A photograph of a procession under a thatched canopy with several large parasols (chhatras) in yellow, green, red and blue with fringed tassels, bearing a bird emblem and the word Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Foreground: a man in a saffron-orange robe and orange turban with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala smiles and claps, with a saffron-robed elder beside him. A bald elder in a light orange-pink robe walks with hands folded at the centre. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts wear orange or yellow shawls, one holding a parasol pole. Crowd members stand along the sides. The person in saffron with the turban and rudraksha mala has distinctive long hair and a turban, a person candidate in the procession.2009-01-12Outdoor procession on a dusty path with trees behind. A man in an orange shawl and orange dhoti, with a white beard and smiling face, walks under a large pink and red lotus-patterned umbrella held aloft by a helper in white. Beside him, a man in an orange robe and orange turban wears long hair and a rudraksha-style beaded mala with a gold-coloured necklace. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some with red-and-white shawls, walk alongside; a man in the foreground holds a white flower garland. Another decorated umbrella with red and green fringe appears at left. Several onlookers and marshals stand around the group.2006-01-01