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A street procession in a busy Indian town, with many people walking along the road. Foreground: a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, holding a saffron flag, and a woman in orange clothing with a shoulder bag. Several women in white sarees with yellow borders carry a large green-and-white banner showing a smiling woman with a rudraksha-style necklace, reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and SPIRITUAL HEAD QUARTERS BIDADI ASHRAM. Men in white shirts and dhotis and uniformed police stand along the street. Saffron flags and small bunting hang above, with shopfronts and signs behind.

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A street procession in a town, with many people in white dhotis and white saris walking along a road lined with shops and signboards. Several people carry saffron-orange flags bearing a dark crescent-and-circle emblem. Front and centre, women in white saris with gold borders and yellow shawls hold a long teal banner with a black-and-white portrait of a smiling woman and the headline Spiritual Head Quarters, Bidadi Ashram. A man in an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads walks at the right edge. Roadside buildings show Kodak and Hotel signs, and orange bunting hangs overhead.2008-04-27A street procession in a busy Indian town. Devotees in saffron and orange robes walk alongside women in white saris with yellow borders, carrying saffron flags with a black emblem and a long banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Spiritual Head Quarters, Bidadi Ashram above a large smiling portrait of a woman. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the road among onlookers in white shirts. Shops, signboards and pennants line the street behind them.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27Street procession in a busy Indian town with a large green and purple banner reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam SPIRITUAL HEAD QUARTERS BIDADI ASHRAM" held aloft by women in white saris with yellow shawls. Women in orange and cream attire carry saffron flags. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand among the crowd, and a man in an orange robe with a long braid walks in the foreground. Shops, signboards and a crowd of onlookers line the street.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27Street procession in a Tamil Nadu town during a grand procession at Salem, with a large crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts and women in saffron saris. In the foreground a figure in an orange-saffron robe and a saffron turban stands on a raised platform, facing away from the camera, with a dark-haired person in saffron to the left and a saffron-clad figure at lower left. Drummers in white clothes play large drums at lower right, and saffron flags fly above the crowd. Shopfronts, signboards and a green banner line the street behind. A saffron-robed figure with long dark hair and a turban is visible, but the face is not shown and the appearance is not confidently matched to a person.2008-04-27A street procession in a town, with a crowd of devotees and uniformed police officers in khaki around a central figure. In the foreground at left, a person in orange robes and an orange turban stands on an elevated platform with his back partly turned, a rudraksha-like necklace not clearly visible. Many people in white shirts and dhotis carry saffron-coloured flags and long banners with Tamil script and portrait photographs of a smiling woman. Roadside shops, a Kodak signboard, and strings of saffron bunting line the street. The orange-robed figure's face is not clearly visible and appearance cues are insufficient to confirm identity.2008-04-27Street procession at dusk in a Tamil town. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, hands folded in greeting, stands on a raised float beside a gold-topped pole. Behind him a white-clad figure sits on a decorated vehicle draped in banana leaves and a blue-and-orange painted backdrop. Uniformed police line the road, while a dense crowd of devotees in white, orange and maroon clothing lines both sides. Orange flags flutter above, and onlookers watch from rooftops and balconies of shops with signboards.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27A street procession moves down a busy town road lined with shops and signboards. Many men and women in white dhotis and white saris walk closely packed, with some women wearing orange and yellow shawls. Men and women carry orange flags on poles, and a drummer in white beats a large drum in the foreground. A large banner on the right shows a smiling woman's portrait against a green and white background. Shop signs include Kodak and Tamil-script boards, and a vehicle and a rickshaw are visible in the traffic.2008-04-27