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A street procession in daylight with a decorated chariot-like rath pulled along a road lined with people. The ratha has a golden canopy draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a board reading "Nithyanandam"; beneath it sit a few colourful striped umbrellas over an ornate deity murti. Around the vehicle, devotees in white dhotis and white saris walk with saffron flags, and cars and a blue bus are parked along the roadside. Shopfronts with signs and posters line the street behind them.

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A street procession moves through a town, with a decorated ratha (chariot) at the center. The ratha has a golden-roofed canopy hung with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a banner reading "Nithyananda". Colourful umbrellas with gold tassels shade the structure. Many devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas or sarees, some with orange and red flags, crowd around it, while cars and a blue bus stand in the lane and shopfronts line the road.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A street procession on a village road lined with palm trees and tiled-roof shops. Devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, several carrying saffron flags, walk alongside a decorated palanquin-style float with yellow fringed canopy and multicoloured umbrellas. A silver car is parked at the roadside with a man in white opening its door. Parked buses, a motorcycle and a few pedestrians in casual clothes are visible. A shop sign in Tamil script and a banner reading 'Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam' appear in the corner.2009-01-12A street procession in daylight. A golden, canopied ratha or palanquin decorated with marigold garlands and yellow flower strands is carried through a crowded road, with a signboard reading Nithyanandam across its upper front. Multicoloured striped umbrellas with tassels shade the deity murti inside. Many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts surround the vehicle, some in orange, and several carry orange and yellow flags on poles. A white bus and roadside shops are visible behind the crowd.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12Street procession on a sunny day with a golden ratha chariot decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and purple flower strings, carrying an ornate canopy with the readable name Nithyanandam on its front. Several multicoloured umbrellas shade the chariot. Crowds of devotees in white dhotis and white saris walk alongside, many waving saffron flags. A blue bus and a silver car are visible on the roadside, and a few people stand on the bus steps. A signboard with a portrait stands at the upper right corner of the street.2009-01-12A dense street procession in a town, with a large crowd of mostly men in white dhotis and shirts and women in colourful saris moving between shopfronts and parked autorickshaws. Above the crowd, an ornate golden ratha/palanquin with a deity murti decorated with garlands is carried forward under a canopy. Several large decorated umbrellas with red, gold and green fringed panels are carried by men in white. A few saffron-clad figures appear among the crowd. A large hoarding at top right shows a deity image and text dated 2006, and strings of pennants hang across the street.2006-09-24A dense street procession moves through a town lined with low buildings and strung pennant bunting. Ornate golden umbrellas with red, orange and green panels are carried overhead by men in white shirts and dhotis. A large golden ratha/chariot with a decorated canopy and deity murti sits at the upper right, with red and orange flags and garlands. Crowds of devotees fill the road, many in white shirts and dhotis, with women in saris and salwar in pink, blue, green and yellow. A drummer in white stands at left. A roadside banner shows a portrait and Tamil script. Several sannyasi-style figures in saffron are visible in the crowd. Numerous people are visible, well over one hundred.2006-09-24A street procession in daylight moves past a blue-and-white bus. At left, a golden palanquin or ratha is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and carries a signboard reading Nithyanandam. Colourful striped umbrellas shade the palanquin, and orange and saffron flags flutter from poles. A crowd of men and boys in white dhotis and shirts, some with orange cloths, walks in front and around it. Shopfronts and a signboard line the roadside, and a white PTS bus with its door open stands at right.2009-01-12A dense street procession moves through a crowded Tamil town road lined with people, many in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing orange or saffron shawls. Several decorated ceremonial umbrellas with red, gold and multicoloured canopies and fringed borders are carried above the marchers, and a red-and-white canopy structure rises in the background. A few men in saffron garments walk near the front, and a white vehicle with a Tamil Nadu plate sits at the left edge. Roadside shops, hoardings, bunting and a large billboard with Tamil text line the street, and the crowd spills across the road.2006-09-24