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Night procession on a city street with devotees in white clothing and black neck cords walking behind yellow and orange decorated banners on poles, one bearing a blue-and-white dove emblem. A bald man with white forehead markings and an orange robe wears a gold-toned bead necklace at the front. A large white banner with the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam dove logo shows a portrait of a smiling man with dark hair, labelled Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, in red and white. Beside them a decorated ratha or chariot with gold railings and colourful fabric is visible, with a building, parked white car and shop signs behind. Timestamp reads 12.06.2008 21:43 on the image.

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February 12 20092009-02-12 +1 copiesNight street procession in an Indian town, with people in white clothes walking along a road lit by headlights and shop lights. A man in front wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style garland, carrying a pennant with a peacock-feather motif. On the right, a banner-decked vehicle bears a large portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" in Tamil and English, reading "Padayatirai" (foot pilgrimage). Motorcycles and cars share the road, and a tall decorated kalasha-like pole stands on the right. Timestamp overlay reads 12.06.2008 21:57.2009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12Night street procession in an Indian city. Many people in white dhotis and kurtas, some with orange shawls, carry white flags with blue emblems on poles. A decorated palanquin with gilded canopy and red drapery is carried along the road, with a figure seated inside it. Street lamps, shop signs and lit storefronts line the road. Foreground includes a young woman in a light top and a young man in a grey t-shirt. The palanquin figure's appearance is not clearly visible enough to confirm identity.2008-11-11Night procession on a road, photographed from the side. At left, a lit illuminated float or ratha carries a glowing circular halo with a figure at its centre, and a uniformed man in khaki stands near it. Behind, a crowd of people in white dhotis and white kurtas walks past, some holding umbrellas and drums. A large triangular golden-tinted canopy or decorated structure is raised above the crowd on the right, and street lamps glow in the background. The image is dark and blurred.2009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12A night street procession in a Tamil Nadu town. In the centre, a man in an orange robe with an orange shawl and a large white-and-red flower garland walks forward, a small bag in his hand, with a candle-lit ratha or palanquin decorated with red and white flowers behind him. Devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, some with orange shawls and rudraksha-style necklaces, walk in a loose group, and women in white saris with orange borders walk to the right. Blue-and-white flags on poles line the left side. Shops, streetlights and a 'GO SLOW' road sign appear in the background.2008-11-11A photograph of an evening street procession passing along a paved road. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas walk barefoot, some carrying orange and saffron scarves, and two tall ceremonial umbrellas with yellow and red decorative panels are held aloft at left. On the right, a gilded ratham chariot carries a deity murti draped in red fabric, with a garland of red and white flowers. Its front bears a white banner with a photograph of a smiling woman in red, captioned in Tamil with the name Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and the title Paramahamsa Nithyanandar, followed by the Tamil words for foot pilgrimage. Below the banner are Tamil sponsor panels with phone numbers.2009-02-12Night photograph of a decorated ornate golden vehicle, a rathotsav-style procession float, moving along a road with headlights of other vehicles behind it. Above the vehicle's gilded canopy is a framed portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair wearing a pink top and necklace. The front of the vehicle has a golden ornament with a garland of flowers and a white banner with Tamil text and two framed images: a portrait of an older man in orange robes and a deity image of a figure with multiple heads. Red flags are visible at the top corners. Several people in white clothing stand beside the float at the right edge.2009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12December 22 20052005-12-22Night procession on a city road with many devotees in white dhotis and red shawls, carrying red flags and a large maroon banner reading the Hindi script for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham above a portrait of a figure in red and gold ceremonial dress with garlands. A shaved-headed man in orange-yellow cloth and a rudraksha-style neck garland walks at front and holds a ceremonial embroidered parasol with a painted emblem. Drummers in white sit at left, and a decorated palanquin or chariot with flowers appears at upper right. Street lamps glow in the background.2015-09-15