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A green-and-yellow three-wheeled auto-rickshaw with a green megaphone on its roof is parked on a dirt road beside a thatched-roof hut and palm trees. Its open cargo bed carries two large printed banners: one shows a smiling man with a saffron-orange turban and folded hands, wearing a flower garland; the other shows the same orange-turbaned figure with hands folded in namaskar. Several young men in white shirts and dark trousers stand nearby, one smiling at the front and another in the driver's seat, and a young man at left waves a white flag with a blue emblem. A banner reading 'Paramahamsa Nithyanandar' is printed on the cargo banner, and a tall board mentions a meditation centre. The scene appears to be a publicity vehicle for an event.

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October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A green-and-yellow three-wheeled auto-rickshaw with an open cargo bed and a loudspeaker mounted on its roof drives down a village street decorated with strings of blue and white pennants. A large banner on the vehicle shows portraits of a saffron-robed sannyasi with orange turban and a Tamil caption reading Paramahamsa Nithyanandar and Dhyanam Matrum Dhyana Sichai Maiyam, Ambalam, Puducherry. Two men stand in the cargo bed behind a rear banner showing similar portraits. Several men walk alongside in white dhotis and checked or red shirts, and a man in white shirt and dhoti stands on the right. Palm trees and a flowering tree line the street, and onlookers sit on a rooftop at left.2007-01-12A street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, with a large yellow banner in the foreground. The banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and white garland, hands pressed together in namaste, beside a printed Tamil heading for meditation and meditation healing with a Pondicherry location line. A gilded arch holds a framed portrait of a smiling man in a white turban and a gold canopied ratha-style structure stands behind. A pedestrian in white shirt and a small child in orange walk along the roadside, and blue-and-white flags are raised above. A blue dove logo appears on the banner. The printed Tamil heading and the portrait caption are the visible names.2006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A blue truck parked on dirt beside trees, carrying a large multicoloured printed banner for a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam ratha pada yatra. The left panel shows a portrait of a smiling long-haired figure in orange robes with a mala, labelled as Paramahamsa Nithyananda in print. The right panel shows a deity image of Anandeshwarar and Anandeshwari on a ratha, with garlands. Orange flags fly from the truck roof. Tamil schedules list dates and towns, and a red box gives a 12 January 2009 7.30 pm event. The banner is printed, so the figure is a depiction; no physical people are visible.2009-01-31