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Street procession in a town with multi-storey buildings and bunting strung across the road. A central figure with long dark hair wears a red sleeveless top and a white flower garland, palms pressed together in greeting. Around him crowd men in white shirts and dhotis, some in orange and saffron clothing. A cameraman in the left foreground films with a large video camera. Above them a red and gold ceremonial umbrella with tassels and embroidered panels is carried on poles. A brass tray with flowers and a bowl sits at lower left, and a gold-embossed palanquin panel is visible. Saffron flags flutter in the background.

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February 05 20092009-02-05A dense outdoor procession on a city street at dusk, with a large crowd pressing forward around a golden palanquin-style seat with a gold canopy and rounded finial. Two tall umbrellas, one yellow and one multicoloured with red and green panels, shade the scene, and red flags rise above the crowd. A man in the centre wears a white kurta, a white beaded necklace and a red-orange shawl, with a tilak on his forehead. Beside him a bare-chested man in orange cloth and a figure in a saffron robe with rudraksha beads are visible. Cameramen with video equipment film from the left, and smartphones are raised by spectators. Temple spires and pink-domed shrines line the background under a pale sky.2016-04-24February 05 20092009-02-05April 24 20162016-04-24Outdoor procession on a sunny day. A large ornate palanquin-style float (ratha) draped in marigold and yellow garlands sits under a red and white parasol with tassels, carrying a figure seated on a golden throne (peetha). A man in white dhoti and shawl stands on the float holding a parasol pole. Below, a crowd of mostly bald and dark-haired devotees in white shirts and orange-saffron robes presses forward, with a cameraman filming. Orange flags bearing the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam name and a golden fan-shaped standard flank the scene, with a red wall and building behind.2012-01-01Outdoor procession at a festival with orange-clad devotees crowding forward. In the centre, a long-haired bearded man in saffron/orange robes and a flower garland stands with palms pressed together, while a devotee in an orange headband and dark jacket holds a brass kalasha-style vessel garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. Two ornate umbrellas in red, green and gold with fringes, and tall orange flags, frame the scene. Men in white shirts and orange headbands surround the group, and a camera operator is visible at the right edge. A decorated white pavilion with colourful panels and banners stands behind. a person in the centre, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron robes and garland.2007-12-25Outdoor procession crowd with a silver-decorated ratha or palanquin behind. A central figure wears an orange-red turban, an orange-red robe and a heavy gold necklace with a large pendant, with long dark hair visible at the shoulders. Beside him a bald man in white with an orange shawl reaches toward his garment. Older men in white with orange shawls and glasses surround him, and a uniformed police officer stands behind. Cameramen film from the left, and a multicoloured parasol with painted motifs rises above the crowd. Red flower petals are held in the foreground. a person cues: long hair, orange-red turban, saffron robe and ornate gold necklace on the central figure during a procession. Many people are in the crowd, and the scene has dense spectators beyond those counted here.2009-07-23May 21 20062006-05-21June 29 20092009-06-29Outdoor street procession in an Indian city with many men in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas. At centre, a figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long white flower garland and walks between two colourful umbrella canopies with tassels, one reading Nithyananda Peetham. Beside him on the right, another man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron shawl holds a small yellow cloth. Saffron flags and a few signboards line the road behind the crowd, and a man in dark glasses and a white shirt walks in front.2009-02-05January 30 20092009-01-30A festival procession seen from behind a crowd of devotees on a sunny day. A man in the left foreground raises a camera overhead with one hand, wearing a cream kurta with an orange shawl. Many people in white clothes and orange shawls press forward, including a woman with a braid in the lower right. Ornate multicoloured umbrellas with gold finials and orange flags on poles line the procession route, and a palanquin or ratha-like float is visible in the centre background. Trees and a low building sit beyond the crowd under a clear blue sky.2008-12-29