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A street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, with a large yellow banner in the foreground. The banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and white garland, hands pressed together in namaste, beside a printed Tamil heading for meditation and meditation healing with a Pondicherry location line. A gilded arch holds a framed portrait of a smiling man in a white turban and a gold canopied ratha-style structure stands behind. A pedestrian in white shirt and a small child in orange walk along the roadside, and blue-and-white flags are raised above. A blue dove logo appears on the banner. The printed Tamil heading and the portrait caption are the visible names.

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October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A photograph of an outdoor festival procession on a tree-lined street, with a crowd of men in light and dark shirts in the foreground. Behind them stands an ornate golden ratha (chariot-like float) with carved gold trim and an arched frame. Inside the arch is a large printed portrait of a bearded man in a white turban with a red-brown face, shown on a dark background, and a Tamil-script banner runs along the float's lower edge. A tiled temple gopuram-style roof is visible at left under a cloudy sky.2006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A golden ornate ratha (chariot) with carved gold arch and peacock relief stands on a street under trees. Above the windscreen, a framed portrait labelled "பரமஹம்ஸ நித்யானந்தர்" (Paramahamsa Nithyananda) shows a smiling man in a white turban and red bindi. Below, Tamil text reads "ஸ்ரீ ஆனந்தேஸ்வரர் கோடி கண்கள் தரிசன ரத யாத்திரை" (Sri Anandeswarar Koti Kangal Darshana Ratha Yatra). Four to five men in white dhotis and shirts stand around the chariot, one holding a stick, and a few more are partly visible at the edges.2006-10-09A street scene during a procession in Pondicherry, with men in white shirts and white dhotis crowding a roadside. Several men hold large printed posters on sticks, showing a smiling figure in a yellow-orange head wrap and saffron robe with a rudraksha mala, against green trees and sky, with Tamil text on the boards. A white flag with a blue emblem is raised among them. Behind them stand a colourful temple gopuram with sculpted figures and a low shop with a shutter. The posters are printed images, not physical people.2006-10-16A 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.2009-01-31October 15 20062006-10-15