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A photograph of an ornately decorated golden ratha, a festooned vehicle, parked outside a gopuram-topped temple with a red-and-white striped boundary wall and palm trees. A large framed portrait of a smiling man in a white turban is mounted on the ratha's arched canopy, with a caption in Tamil script beneath it. Several men in white dhotis, some with saffron shawls, stand beside the vehicle near parked motorcycles, and a woman in a sari stands at the right edge. Tamil lettering on the ratha reads as an inscription for the Koti Kan Darshana procession. A yellow-and-red flag hangs from the side.

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October 24 20062006-10-24A photograph of a street procession in Tamil Nadu. A large ornate golden ratha-style float with carved floral and mythical-bird motifs dominates the frame, topped by a framed portrait of a bearded man in a white turban and white garments. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk beside the float along a palm-lined road, one gesturing with an outstretched arm, and an older man with a plaid cloth over his shoulder stands at left. A temple gateway with stone figures is visible at right. The float carries Tamil and English banners, and the vehicle bears a Tamil Nadu registration plate.2006-10-16A gilded procession vehicle, a decorated ratha, stands in front of a tall stepped gopuram temple tower with carved sculptures and a small kalasha finial at the top. Above the vehicle's arched golden frame is a framed portrait of a smiling man in a white turban and white garment, labelled in Tamil with the name Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Lower on the vehicle, Tamil text reads Nithyananda Dhyana Peetam and Ananda Ratham, and a plate reads Sri Anandeswarar Kodi Kangal Darshana Ratha Yatra. Gold peacock-and-floral carvings decorate the front. Small crowds of devotees stand along the street, and strings of white jasmine garlands hang from a stall at right under a red and white canopy.2006-11-05November 05 20062006-11-05November 05 20062006-11-05October 16 20062006-10-16October 09 20062006-10-09A photograph of a gilded, ornately carved ratha procession vehicle parked on dirt ground in a village setting. A large framed portrait on the vehicle's upper front shows a man with a white turban and a smiling expression, with a Tamil caption reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda beneath it. The vehicle front displays the Tamil text Sri Nithyanandeshwara Kodi Kannargal Darshana Ratha Yatra and Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Ananda Padam. Behind it, a crowd of mostly children and adults in everyday clothes gathers, with a man in a white shirt and white dhoti standing in the foreground. Behind them stands a small white temple shrine with painted deity figures and palm trees beyond.2006-10-20October 19 20062006-10-19A golden decorated vehicle with ornate carved gold arch and relief panels serves as a ratha in a procession in a street lined with green trees. An arched panel on top shows a large printed portrait of a man with a white turban and long dark hair, labelled with Tamil text. Inside the windshield, two people sit in the front seats. At the right edge, a man in white clothing with an orange-saffron shawl holds a long pole. Gold panels below read Tamil text on the front, and the vehicle bears the number plate TN-30 with a yellow plate.2006-10-09A gilded, carved ceremonial float mounted on a blue-bodied truck (TN-30 E-6075) travels along a muddy dirt road lined with palm trees during a procession. Above the cab, a large framed portrait shows a smiling man in a white turban and white clothing, labelled with a caption in Tamil. White-clad men stand on the float near a raised deity figure in red, and orange-robed devotees walk alongside. Cloth banners and printed panels line the float's side, and a red flag flies from the cab.2006-10-19October 09 20062006-10-09