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A decorated truck with an ornate gold-painted arch frame and canopy leads a street procession in front of a multi-storey building with a red and glass facade. Mounted on the arch is a large printed portrait of a smiling person with long dark hair, a red bindi, and an orange-red garment with a beaded rudraksha-style mala, set against a black background. Saffron flags flank the arch. Cement mixer trucks and a sky backdrop fill the rest of the frame. The portrait is a depiction on the vehicle, not a physical person, and the driver and cab passengers are only partly visible through the windshield.

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February 13 20092009-02-13A decorated vehicle with a golden ornate canopy and gold carved trim serves as a procession ratha. Above the windshield, a framed portrait of a smiling woman in red-orange clothing with a red bindi is garlanded with marigolds, and orange flags are fixed to the canopy. A white banner hangs across the front with a Tamil title, a portrait of a smiling figure in orange clothing at left, and a colourful deity image at right showing two figures adorned with garlands. No physical people are clearly identifiable as a person; a person in white stands near the vehicle at the side.2009-02-10February 10 20092009-02-10February 13 20092009-02-13Photograph of a vehicle with an ornate gold-painted canopy frame, carved with floral and scroll motifs. Inside the arch is a large printed portrait of a smiling person with long dark hair, wearing an orange-red garment, a red bindi on the forehead and beaded necklaces. Below, the vehicle's windscreen is draped with white jasmine garlands and pink flowers, and a small orange flag is visible at the upper right. No physical people are visible in the scene. A timestamp reads 12.05.2008 15:57.2009-11-02February 13 20092009-02-13Photograph of a decorated gold-trimmed ratha (chariot) on a highway during a procession, with a large framed portrait on its front panel showing a smiling woman with dark hair, red bindi and orange garment, garlanded with yellow flowers. A saffron flag hangs from the ratha. Below, a crowd of devotees in white and some in saffron walks along the road, with a rocky hill behind and trucks and palm trees beside the route. The camera timestamp overlay reads 12 04 2008 15:48. The portrait subject is not an in-person figure in the scene; people visible are devotees walking in the procession.2009-02-10A decorated vehicle with a golden arched canopy and orange-and-marigold garlands drives down a paved road with motorcycles and a white car beside it. On its front a framed portrait shows a smiling woman in red garments. A banner below reads in Tamil with two framed portraits, one of a smiling woman in orange and one of deities. Three women walk alongside the vehicle on the roadside: one in an orange-bordered sari with orange cloth, and two in white saris. Roadside shops and multi-storey buildings line the street under a hazy sky.2009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13Night photograph of a procession on a city road in Bangalore. A decorated vehicle with an ornate gold-framed arch and gold scrollwork carries a large framed portrait of a smiling woman in pink clothing with a red bindi, and a banner below reads "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with "Nithyanandapeetham" and "An international ... global peace" text. Red flags fly from the vehicle. In the foreground two men in white clothes with white headbands, rudraksha malas and red flags walk beside it. Headlights, a roadside billboard and passing cars light the scene.2009-02-13February 10 20092009-02-10February 13 20092009-02-13