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Night street procession in a crowded Indian town. Many devotees, mostly women in white saris with dark rudraksha-style necklaces, walk along the road carrying brass trays or plates of offerings. A bald young man in an orange-saffron cloth with a white urdhva-style forehead mark and beaded necklace stands in the foreground. Two ornate gold-and-red embroidered banners with floral motifs frame the left and right edges. Men in white shirts walk among them, one holding a lit torch. Shops, vehicles and bright signage line the street behind the crowd.

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February 12 20092009-02-12February 09 20092009-02-09February 12 20092009-02-12Night street procession in a crowded Indian town. Dozens of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, saffron and pink saris, and a few in checked shirts walk along the road under strings of triangular pennants and lit lamps. A saffron-robed monk in the foreground, with a maroon-bordered shawl, walks at left. Several men and women carry small red flags. A man in a white shirt and white trousers at centre holds a folded item. Buses and shopfronts line the background. Many people are visible, though not all are fully distinct.2009-02-09Night 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.2009-02-12Night street procession in an Indian town, with a crowd of devotees walking along a road lit by a streetlight. Strings of orange and yellow triangular pennants and leaf garlands stretch overhead. A banner-style poster on a stand shows a portrait of a long-haired figure in orange robes, with a banana plant tied to its frame. Women in saris, including one in a blue sari with a long braid carrying a tray of yellow flowers, and men in white shirts and dhotis walk alongside parked motorbikes and Vodafone shop signage.2009-08-03February 13 20092009-02-13 +1 copiesA street procession on a busy road, with a large crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white saris walking behind two decorated ceremonial umbrellas with yellow, red, blue and green panels and bird motifs. Many participants wear rudraksha malas and white ash or tilak marks on their foreheads, and several women carry metal trays of offerings. Behind them a white bus with a Nithyanandam sign and passing traffic, including a truck and motorbikes, are visible on the roadway. The scene is a daytime outdoor procession with no clearly identifiable a person present.2009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12A nighttime street procession of many devotees walking together, mostly in white clothes. Many carry white flags on poles bearing a blue dove-like emblem with Tamil script. Among them a man in an orange turban and orange shawl, and several people in orange or saffron garments. A woman in an orange sari stands at left, a young child is held at lower centre, and women in white and cream saris with long braids walk in the crowd.2008-11-11February 12 20092009-02-12Night street procession in an Indian town with a crowd of people moving between colourful fringed umbrellas on poles. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and an orange-red shawl over his body walks forward, with a red mark on his forehead. Beside him, a man in a white kurta wears an orange shawl, and at right a man in orange robes wears a garland and a pendant. Others in white shirts with orange or yellow shawls, a uniformed police officer, and a bare-torsoed man with white tilak and a yellow wrap surround them. Shops with glowing signs and string lights line the street behind.2009-02-10