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A green Maruti-style van parked on a tree-lined street in Chennai, with a large illuminated display box mounted on its roof showing a portrait of a man in a white turban and white garments with rudraksha beads, wearing a red tilak. Two white loudspeakers are fixed to the front bumper. A man in white clothes stands beside the driver's door, and a seated man in white, holding a microphone, sits at the wheel. Parked cars and apartment buildings line the street. A small framed picture is displayed on the dashboard area.

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Street scene of white vans on a tree-lined road. A white Maruti van at left has a garland of white flowers and red roses on its front and reads partially "...NITHYANANDAPEETA" on its side; a framed portrait of a woman in pink is fixed to its windscreen. A driver sits inside. Behind it a white Tempo-style van with a roof rack carries two small white flags. A man in white kurta and white dhoti with a beaded necklace walks across a striped crosswalk carrying a yellow folder, with two younger men in shirts and trousers following. Houses and trees are in the background.2006-10-10Night photograph of a dark Maruti-style van parked on a street, with a lit rooftop display box mounted on top. The box shows two large portrait photographs side by side: on the left a smiling man in a cream-coloured turban and light robe, on the right a man in a white turban and white garment with his mouth open as if speaking. Tamil text runs down the dark red panel between the portraits. A street lamp glows overhead and a blue-trimmed building stands at left. No physical people are visible in the scene.2006-11-01October 31 20062006-10-31November 01 20062006-11-01Night photo of a dark vehicle with a rooftop display board carrying two large illuminated portrait panels, each showing a smiling person with white head covering and long dark hair. The left panel has a vertical column of Tamil text in white on a brown background. The right portrait shows a person in white clothes with a red-and-white beaded necklace, and printed Tamil caption text runs along its bottom edge. A small lamp and dark trees are visible behind the vehicle. No physical people are visible inside the vehicle or on the scene apart from the portraits.2006-10-29A green and yellow three-wheeled utility vehicle with a green cargo bed is parked on a dirt road in the evening. Two large orange posters are mounted on its sides, each showing a portrait of a man wearing a white turban and dark hair, with Tamil text in pink and purple bands. Strings of small lights hang in a tree behind the vehicle, and a few people walk nearby in the background.2005-11-21December 24 20072007-12-24A photograph of a rain-wet street outside trees and a yellow building. In the foreground a gilded, ornately carved vehicle with a canopy and a framed portrait on its front panel stands beside garlands of pink and orange flowers. The portrait shows a smiling man in a white turban. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls, walk along the wet pavement, and a man in a light striped shirt stands at left. A white van is parked at right. Printed text on the vehicle and a sign at the lower left is partly legible.2006-10-30A white and yellow utility van with a yellow front bumper and grille drives along a dirt track lined with palm trees. A large banner on the van's roof reads 'Nithyananda' in red Tamil script with a smaller line of Tamil text above, flanked by portrait printings of a smiling figure in saffron on the left and a deity image on the right. Three people stand on the roof rack wearing white hair caps and light coloured clothing, and two people sit in the front seats, one driving. A small crowd of onlookers in casual clothing stands at the roadside.2012-01-07A street photograph of an ornate golden ratha, a decorated festival vehicle with carved arch-shaped panels and gilded floral and bird motifs, moving along a tree-lined city road. A large circular portrait on the vehicle's arch shows a man in a white turban and white clothing, labelled with Tamil text, and a roadside billboard on the right shows a similar white-turbaned figure. Traffic includes a white van, yellow auto-rickshaws and a dark green minivan in the foreground. No people are clearly visible on the procession vehicle itself. The portrait and billboard figures are depictions, and their identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the a person value is unsure.2006-11-01November 21 20052005-11-21October 16 20062006-10-16