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A dense crowd of devotees at a procession in Tamil Nadu, many men in white shirts and women in white saris. Several placards are raised: one shows a photograph of a figure in orange robes with long dark hair, labelled Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, with Tamil text about love spreading; another reads Nithyananda Youth Centre Kodumudi and Nithyananda Youth Centre Avadi. A smiling woman in white with glasses holds a placard overhead, and a young woman wears an orange cap printed Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. A woman in the foreground holds a placard and rudraksha beads, and orange flags appear at the right edge.

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A street procession. A central figure in long-haired, saffron-orange robes raises one arm high in greeting, standing among devotees in white clothes and white dhotis with saffron shawls and rudraksha malas. Foreground drummers play large drums, one wearing an orange cap. Behind them, many people hold up white placards with Tamil and English text, and one large orange-and-green umbrella-style canopy with tassels rises above the crowd. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands near the centre. Many people are white-clad and a few wear orange caps.2009-02-02 +1 copiesA large crowd walks in a street procession, many people wearing white clothes and rudraksha malas. Near the centre, a figure in a long saffron-orange robe with long dark hair walks with a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Several people hold up printed placards and banners with Tamil text, and a multi-coloured parasol and orange flags are visible above. Women in white saris with gold bangles and garlands join the march, and a drummer appears at the lower edge. The crowd is dense, with many faces visible, and the procession appears to be a ratha yatra.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02A dense street procession moves through a town, with a large crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, many wearing rudraksha malas. Several people carry white placards with Tamil script, and an orange flag rises at left. Two ornate yellow-and-red canopies. A woman in an orange sari with a flower garland stands center-right near a man holding a camera. A drummer in a pale striped shirt plays a drum at left-center, and a uniformed police officer appears at upper right. A banner partially reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Avadi in the background.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02A dense street procession moves through a busy Indian road lined with buses, trucks and autorickshaws. At the centre, a man with long dark hair in an orange saffron robe walks beneath a large multicoloured umbrella with yellow, red, green and blue panels and gold motifs, held up on poles. Around him, many people in white garments and orange shawls carry placards and banners with portraits and Tamil text. Women in white saris wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A banner on the umbrella and a vehicle in the background show printed portraits of a woman in saffron. Flags and decorated ceremonial parasols line the procession, which fills the street with dozens of participants.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02