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Night procession scene with two colourful canopy umbrellas on wooden poles, their panels reading "Dhyanapeetam" with white dove motifs and red, green, blue and orange fabric with tassels. Behind them hang saffron flags. A man with long dark hair and a red sleeveless garment with a marigold garland stands with palms pressed together beside a gilded ceremonial palanquin bearing a small deity murti under a golden arch. Men in white shirts with lanyards and orange shawls crowd around, and a man in a saffron robe bends to the palanquin on the right, next to a large flower garland in red, yellow and green. Devotees fill the foreground.

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December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession photographed in a crowd. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange-saffron cloth with an orange-and-yellow flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him, a man in a white shirt with glasses also holds his hands in namaste. Behind them, a golden deity murti or ceremonial figure is carried on the right, and two large umbrella-like canopies with multicoloured tassels and orange cloth hang above. Appearance-based cues on the central figure (long swept hair, saffron cloth, flower garland) suggest a person, shown in a procession with devotees.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession photographed from the side. Several large umbrellas with multicoloured panels, tassels and a dove emblem are held aloft over a crowd. Orange flags with a dove-and-lotus logo fly in the background. In the foreground a devotee in an orange garment and a white-shirted man stand with hands clasped near a decorated palanquin-like frame holding a deity murti dressed in a pink floral garland and gold cloth. Yellow and red flower garlands hang at the right edge. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing a rudraksha-style necklace, press forward in the crowd.2007-12-23Night procession photographed from the front of a decorated float. Several multicoloured fringed parasols with blue and white emblems are held above a crowd, and red-and-orange flags stand in the background. In the foreground, a man in white with folded hands and a small flashlight is at the left edge. A younger man in white with a white garment and folded hands stands near the centre, and beside him a man in a saffron-orange robe with a beaded necklace holds his hands together. A golden halo-shaped frame surrounds a small deity murti dressed in purple cloth and adorned with flower garlands. Red and yellow marigold garlands drape the float on the right.2007-12-23Night procession in a crowd of many devotees in white shirts and trousers, with saffron-orange flags on poles behind them. Several colourful umbrellas with a dove emblem and the words Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam are held aloft. In the foreground, a young man in a white shirt holds a gold-framed halo and a small deity murti decorated with pink flowers, while on the right a large garland of red, orange and yellow marigolds is visible. A bearded man in an orange garment stands among the crowd.2007-12-23A nighttime procession photograph at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam event. A man in an orange robe with long dark swept-back hair and a gold necklace stands under a multicoloured canopy umbrella printed with Dhyanapeetam lettering and a dove emblem; he holds the umbrella's pole and smiles. Behind him, several people wear orange and white clothing. On the left, a man in a red-and-orange robe holds a tall gold staff. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis and a child in a checked shirt crowd close, with a yellow object visible at the lower right.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession outdoors under a temple canopy strung with orange and red bunting. A long-haired man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and gold-edged cloth smiles broadly at the centre. Beside him a man in white dhoti and shirt claps and laughs. Behind them a decorated palanquin or ratha carries a deity murti garlanded with yellow, white and purple flowers under a red and gold umbrella. Devotees in white and cream garments and a woman in a green sari gather around. A trident stands on the left.2010-11-21Night procession photographed from the front of a deity murti decorated with red, yellow and orange marigold garlands. A decorated silver-framed palanquin or ratha carries a small metal deity figure. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis stand with hands folded in prayer, and a man in an orange robe with a gold-coloured necklace stands near the centre. Orange flags and multicoloured fringed umbrellas rise in the background, and a man in glasses at lower left holds his hands together.2007-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copies