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Night photograph of an arrival at an outdoor event. A grey Mahindra-style jeep is parked with its rear door open, and a robed man in orange-saffron clothing is seated inside near the doorway. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a yellow shawl stands at the open door, assisting. A multicoloured ceremonial umbrella with fringed tassels, held aloft by an attendant, shades the scene. Several people in white and saffron clothing crowd around the vehicle, and other cars and dense trees with a banana-leaf frond are visible in the background.

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Night-time photo at an outdoor roadside as devotees receive a person stepping out of a grey van with open side door. A man in orange robes wears a long white and red flower garland and a yellow shawl, smiling. Beside him, a bald man in orange garments wears an orange-and-beige bead necklace, while a man in white dhoti and white shirt with a yellow shawl bends forward near the vehicle. Another white-clad attendant in an orange stole holds a brass tray. A large red, green and yellow fringed umbrella overhead and green trees surround the scene. Roughly ten to fifteen people are visible.2010-12-29December 31 20092009-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31Night photograph of a dark grey car viewed from the front, its windscreen showing a man in an orange turban and orange saffron robes with rudraksha beads, smiling broadly from the front passenger seat, beside a young man in an orange shawl at the wheel. Several men in white dhotis and orange shawls crowd around the open car door and the bonnet, some with tilak on their foreheads. The background is dark with a few distant lit buildings. A faint Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style logo appears at upper left, and a copyright line is printed at lower right.2008-11-11Night-time outdoor scene at a temple-style compound where a large ceremonial umbrella with multicoloured fringed tassels in blue, green, red, white and yellow is carried on a tall golden pole. Several men in saffron and orange dhotis stand around it; a bare-chested young man on the left plays a long brass horn, and two bare-chested attendants in orange dhotis with white and red markings stand near the umbrella. A man in a white shirt and white trousers walks on the right, and a man in a light shirt stands beside a white car. Behind them are brick walls, string lights and decorated shrine structures. Visible people number about eight. A man in orange and a man in a dark saffron-brown garment with a shawl appear in the middle; the scene reads as a temple procession with ceremonial umbrella and horn.2016-12-23Night-time photo outdoors near a parked silver van and a metal gate. A figure in an orange saffron garment with a long white flower garland stands under a large multicoloured canopy umbrella with fringed tassels, held upright by a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl. Beside them stands a man in white with a yellow shawl. On the left, two older men in white clothes stand with hands folded in greeting, and in the lower centre a man in white bends forward. Strings of lights and street lamps are visible in the background.2009-08-03Night-time street scene outside a vehicle with an open grey side door. A man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-shouldered in orange-saffron cloth, smiles while a garland of white and yellow flowers is placed around his neck. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts and orange robes stand close, one in white bending forward to offer a garland. A red and gold fringed umbrella, and a tree with street lights, frame the scene. Behind, more people gather and vehicles are parked along the road.2010-12-29December 31 20092009-12-31Night-time outdoor scene at an ashram-like compound beside a silver-grey SUV on the left. A man in a white dhoti and cloth with a yellow-gold border walks toward a figure in saffron-orange robes with a yellow-gold shawl, long dark swept-back hair and a garland of beads around the neck. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand in the background near a white car, under a street lamp and tree foliage, with a lit building to the right. The saffron-robed figure's dress and long hair are distinctive visible cues; the page identifies this event as involving a person, but this appearance-based match is uncertain, so the figure is described by role as a sannyasi-clad person.2010-12-29Night procession on an open sandy ground lit by floodlights. A woman in an orange sari with a red-and-white bead necklace stands centre-left, holding a tray of flowers and offerings. Two bare-chested young men in orange dhotis with white pleated cloths and ornaments stand beside her, one holding a long multicoloured-fringed ceremonial umbrella on a pole. A boy with a rudraksha-style bead necklace holds a drum and a long curved horn at left, next to a white car. Men in white shirts and dhotis, and a man in white with a folder, stand nearby. Temple-style shrines with lit ornamentation appear in the background.2016-12-23December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of an outdoor sendoff on a dirt road beside a grey car decorated with a garland of yellow, red, purple and white flowers across its bonnet. A man in orange robes with a white flower garland and a gold headband stands under a multicoloured fringed umbrella, held by another orange-clad attendant. An older man in white shirt and white dhoti bows and touches the forehead of the garlanded figure, while a woman in orange sari stands beside them. Palm trees and white buildings line the background. The garlanded orange-robed figure matches the a person appearance cues of orange clothing, a flower garland and a gold headband, and is receiving a blessing from the bowing devotee.2008-12-24