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A night procession of devotees walks along a dirt road carrying saffron flags and colourful umbrellas. Umbrellas are multicolored with Dhyanapeetam printed on them. Men in white shirts and dhotis carry umbrellas and a flag; women wear orange and white saris; a red-shirted drummer plays a drum; musicians play long wind instruments. Two boys in white in the foreground, one wearing a rudraksha mala. Dark night background.

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A night procession on a dirt road moves past a crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white. Orange flags with a blue bird emblem are carried high, and several decorated umbrellas with multicolored fringe and bird emblems are held aloft. Drummers in white dhotis play large drums on the left. Participants wear orange shawls and rudraksha malas, and a boy in white in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala. The scene is lit only by dim light and the moon.2007-12-23A night procession moves along a dark road with several large saffron-orange flags on tall poles raised above the crowd. Three colourful striped parasols with fringed edges and a blue-and-white emblem are held aloft. A man in white dhoti and shirt at centre plays a long brass horn with a bell-shaped end, his forehead marked with tilak and a yellow sash at his waist. Two drummers in the foreground beat large double-headed drums: one wears a gold-brown shirt, the other a red shirt. Other marchers in white clothes, orange shawls and garlands follow, and a woman in a pink-and-orange sari walks in the middle. A man in white at the lower left holds a pole, with a small photo pinned to his shirt. Spectators and devotees fill the background.2007-12-23Night procession on a dirt path with devotees carrying orange flags and multicoloured decorated umbrellas. In front, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a yellow sash plays a long wooden pipe, and beside him a woman in a deep red sari with gold border also plays a pipe. Behind them, a figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long orange-red garland and a rudraksha-style neck mala, walking among men in white kurtas with orange shawls. Several people have white tripundra markings on their foreheads. A brass trident-like standard is visible above the crowd.2007-12-23A night procession of devotees walks along a dirt road. Musicians in white dhotis play long wind instruments (nadaswaram-style pipes), one drummer at the left in a brown shirt beats a drum. Several people carry tall umbrellas with colourful tasselled canopies and handles, and others hold saffron-orange flags aloft. Men and women wear white and orange, with orange shawls, sandalwood or vibhuti marks on foreheads, and garlands. A gilded ornamental disc or deity murti is carried at the back. Torchlit darkness surrounds the procession.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession on a dirt path with many devotees. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with white-and-red tilak plays a long wooden flute, and a woman in a red sari with a rudraksha mala plays a flute at lower right. Behind them a man in saffron robe with a yellow-and-orange flower garland walks beside others in white and orange shawls. Several people hold tall poles with multicoloured fringed umbrellas and large saffron flags bearing a blue emblem. A woman in a white sari with red border walks at right. The crowd of roughly two dozen people extends into the darkness, with a lit ornate ceremonial object visible behind them.2007-12-23Night procession with musicians leading a crowd of devotees. Four colourful umbrellas with fringed tassels, each printed with Dhyanapeetam and a dove emblem, shade the group. Front centre, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with tilak plays a long wind instrument, a nadaswaram, beside a man in white with sandalwood marks and beaded necklaces who plays another. A woman in a red and gold sari with a gold border plays a wind instrument on the right, and a drummer in white stands at the far right beside a drum with red and gold trim. Behind them, devotees in white and saffron shawls carry orange flags.2007-12-23Night procession photographed in a dark street. Several musicians play nadaswaram-style wind instruments; a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a white forehead mark plays a long pipe in the foreground, and a woman in a maroon sari with a red bindi plays a pipe at the right edge. A man in red clothing beats a drum, and a man in white holds a horn-shaped instrument. Three large colourful umbrellas with fringed edges and the printed word "DHYANAPEETAM" with dove emblems are carried above the crowd, and an orange flag is visible behind them. Many people in white and orange clothing follow the procession.2007-12-23Night procession at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam ashram: a man in white dhoti and shirt plays a long wooden nadaswaram-style horn at the centre, flanked by a woman in a red sari playing a similar horn and a drummer in white with a yellow sash beating a barrel drum. Behind them, two large umbrellas with multicoloured canopies printed with Dhyanapeetam emblems are carried above the group. A man in a pink shirt and white dhoti walks at the front right, with sacred ash markings, holding a small hand instrument. Orange flags and saffron-clad devotees follow along a sandy path beside a wire-mesh fence.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23