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A silver hatchback is seen from the front-left, with its windshield showing small round stickers and a larger pink-and-white sticker. Through the side window, a robed figure in orange and saffron clothing sits in the back seat, with a dark crown-like headdress and ornaments visible. Outside, a smiling man in a white shirt presses his palms together in greeting beside another man in white. Behind them is a blue truck and a street lined with colourful flags and banners in orange, red and white.

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July 25 20072007-07-25A silver car is seen through its side window as a street crowd gathers outside a roadside shop in Tamil Nadu. Inside, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair raises an open palm in greeting, while a second person in orange sits beside them. Outside the car, men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing sunglasses, and a uniformed police officer look on from the roadside. A green shop signboard with Tamil lettering is visible above.2008-04-27A photograph taken through the windscreen of a silver car in a street procession. A man with glasses, a shaved head and an orange-saffron robe sits in the front passenger seat, gesturing with one hand. Outside, a crowd lines the roadside, including a man in a white shirt and a white-haired elderly man in white holding an orange flag and pressing his palms together in greeting. Red-orange flags fly from poles beneath a white canopy with a Tamil-script banner. Tiled-roof houses and a few other figures stand in the background.2008-04-27A photograph of a dark grey minivan viewed from the front, with a white PASS sticker on the windscreen and a small orange flag at the lower right. Through the windscreen a person in white clothes and an orange cloth is seated inside. Beside the car, men in white dhotis and shawls stand among a crowd, one wearing an orange cloth and gold-bordered white dhoti, another in white with glasses. Behind them are orange banners, a poster wall and a loudspeaker. The bonnet bears a painted Sanskrit-style inscription.2013-02-15A photograph of a silver SUV moving slowly through a crowded street, with a man seated in the front passenger area visible through the windshield, dressed in white. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand close to the vehicle, pressing their palms together in anjali greeting at the window and doors. In the foreground a bespectacled man in white with his palms joined looks toward the car, and a bald man in white also greets it. Behind them, a crowd of men fills the roadside, with a banner and a bus visible in the background. A small round sticker is affixed to the car window. Because the page indicates a person was present, the seated figure may be a person (unsure), but his appearance is not clearly distinguishable through the glass.2006-02-12April 19 20082008-04-19A silver-grey minivan with its side windows open is seen in a roadside setting with trees and hills behind. Inside the front, a man in a white shirt sits at the wheel near a seated passenger wearing an orange-and-saffron turban and saffron garments with a white flower garland around the neck. Several other people are visible through the rear windows. Outside, a man in a white shirt with a beaded necklace and another man in light clothing stand beside the vehicle. Small purple-and-white flags are strung along the trees above. a person: the seated passenger in the orange turban and garland is a candidate for the figure in question, though the appearance cues are limited to the turban and garland.2008-11-11Street scene in a town with multi-storey buildings and trees. A silver-grey SUV is parked with its side door open, and a figure in an orange garment sits inside near the window. Around the vehicle, several men in white shirts and dhotis press forward, some with palms joined in greeting. One man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at the open door with a wristwatch, and an elderly person with white hair is partly visible in the lower right. At the upper right, a decorated canopy with green mango leaves, a red banner and a white flag stands over the crowd. Smoke or incense haze drifts across the windscreen.2006-09-23A silver-grey SUV is stopped on a dirt road beside a row of saffron flags on tall poles. In the foreground, several men in white shirts and white dhotis press around the vehicle's side, one holding a pink and white garland raised toward the car. A man in a pale pink checked shirt stands among them smiling, and a man in a yellow top sits behind the driver's window. A large orange container and palm trees stand in the background under a cloudy sky.2009-07-10December 28 20082008-12-28A silver SUV seen from the driver's side at an outdoor event, its windows open to a crowd. In the front passenger seat, a smiling person wears a pink and gold garland, gold necklaces, earrings and a dark head covering, with a white and gold cloth draped over them. Beside them, a figure in the driver's seat wears a white tilak across the forehead, a white cloth and a beaded mala, with a laminated card on the windscreen. Another person in white sits in the rear seat, and a man in white clothing stands outside the car near the windscreen, with several people in white visible in the background.2013-12-27Photograph of a crowd at an outdoor religious procession in the late afternoon sun. In the foreground, a silver SUV has its rear side window open, and inside a seated figure wears orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, with a pale garment behind him. Dense crowds of people stand along the roadside, many in orange and white clothing. Behind them are colourful umbrellas, red and orange flags, a pink gateway, and a decorated float or ratha with ornate red and gold details. The scene shows a ceremonial procession with a sannyasi seated in a vehicle among devotees.2016-04-22