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Night photograph of a street procession with devotees standing under a banana-leaf and garland decorated archway. In the foreground a woman in a white dhoti-style garment with a rudraksha mala and a woman in a red sari with hands folded stand near several children with palms pressed together. On the right a green banner with a framed portrait of a man in a white turban and dark clothing is mounted on a pole. The banner's Tamil text reads as an announcement of an Ananda Rathotsavam chariot procession hosted by a dhyanapeetam. Several other people stand along the path in the dark background.

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Night street scene with banana trees and a hanging string of white flowers. On the right, a green sign with a framed portrait shows a bearded man in a white turban and white garment, with Tamil text announcing an Ananda Ratha Utsavam procession run by a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Below it, a woman in a white sari holds a small silver ritual item, beside a woman in a red-and-orange sari and a woman in a white sari with a red bindi. Several onlookers, including children, stand behind them, and a parked motorbike sits at the lower right.2006-11-04A nighttime street photograph of a devotee gathering beside a roadside banner. A green banner with a white border shows a portrait of a bearded man in a white turban, looking upward; the portrait is printed, not a physical person. Beneath it a sign reads in Tamil that the Ananda Spurana Ratha Yatra is organised by the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Several people in white clothing stand in a line along the roadside: a woman in a white saree with a red-bordered blouse, a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style mala, a woman in a white dress holding a small object, and a man in a white shirt with a forehead mark in the foreground. Behind them stand people in orange, red and blue clothes, with banana plants, palm trees and a parked scooter at the right edge.2006-11-04Outdoor street scene at dusk beside a decorated float with a large framed banner. The banner shows a portrait of a smiling man with an orange-and-red turban, a green shawl and a mala, alongside a small inset photo and Tamil text. A crowd of devotees gathers under leafy trees, with palms and yellow hanging decorations overhead. Several women wear saris in green, yellow, blue and black, a man in white dhoti stands in the middle, and a girl in a green dress and a boy in yellow kurta are at right. A saffron-robed sannyasi stands at left near the float. Cables and string lights cross above the trees, and a carved ornament sits on the float's top left.2006-11-05October 13 20062006-10-13October 14 20062006-10-14Night photograph of a festival pathway lined with two rows of tall green banana plants, their fruit visible, under strings of small bulbs and a striped cloth canopy in red, orange, white and purple. Crowds of devotees walk along the lane; many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while a woman in a red and gold sari and a woman in a yellow garment stand nearby. On the right, a banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a framed portrait; on the left, a blue signboard reads Dhyanapeetam Tiruvannamalai. Stalls and lights line the route.2010-01-08November 01 20062006-11-01October 29 20062006-10-29A nighttime street procession in a South Indian village. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a framed portrait garlanded with a yellow-and-white flower garland and red blossoms; the portrait shows a robed figure in orange with a rudraksha-style necklace, and is labelled in Tamil. Beside him, another white-clad man in a dhoti walks at the front, and a man in white to the right follows. Children in blue, pink and striped clothes walk in front, one girl holding a small red packet. Women in saris carrying a brass vessel and a small plant stand behind, with more people and trees in the dark background.October 13 20062006-10-13Night procession on a village road lined with trees, with a triangular road sign at left. Two men in white dhoti and shirts lead the group; the central man holds a framed portrait garlanded with yellow and red flowers. The portrait shows a seated figure in orange-saffron robes, with a label printed in Tamil script beneath it. Behind them follow women in saris, children, including a toddler carried by a young man in white, and other devotees on the road.January 08 20102010-01-08