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A village street in daylight with a dusty dirt road, palm trees, a bare tree and utility poles with electrical wires. A white vehicle with a large orange banner on its side reads in Tamil and English, with a portrait of a smiling saffron-robed figure with a bushy beard and a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam relief message. Several men walk beside it, one in a white shirt pushing a bicycle and one in white dhoti and shirt. A motorcycle and a dark scooter are parked or passing nearby. A yellow-green building with a sign stands at left, and an overhead water tank sits at right. The scene reflects relief work after a cyclone.

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February 02 20092009-02-02January 06 20122012-01-06January 30 20092009-01-30January 04 20122012-01-04January 30 20092009-01-30January 06 20122012-01-06A 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.2007-01-12January 20 20092009-01-20A roadside scene on a dirt verge beside a paved road, lined with tall coconut palms under an overcast sky. Two large orange banners are displayed: the larger one on a stand shows a smiling man wearing an orange turban and orange clothing beside Tamil and English lettering reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. A smaller orange banner with a similar portrait is mounted on a small white truck parked at the right. Several motorcycles are parked in front of the big banner, a man in a white dhoti rides a bicycle at left, and a few men in light clothing sit on the grass near the truck. A peacock graphic appears on the truck's side. The banners show a portrait, not a physical person, so the only physical people are the bicycle rider and the seated men.2012-01-04A roadside procession moves along a tree-lined road in Tamil Nadu. In the foreground a white van with an orange flag and a banner on its front leads the way, followed by a decorated float carrying framed portraits and a crowd of people. Two men in white shirts and white dhotis walk in front; one carries a long white banner with photographs of people and Tamil text. A motorcyclist and a bullock cart are visible on the left, and a small truck with orange flags follows behind the float.2009-01-30A photograph of a street scene in a village courtyard with a small pickup truck decorated with painted flowers and a large orange banner printed with a portrait and Tamil text, labelled with the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam name. Several children and a few adults gather around the truck's rear, and a man in a blue striped shirt and shorts films the scene with a video camera. On the left, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with red border stands with arms folded near the edge of the frame. Two old concrete buildings with signboards in Tamil and a palm tree stand behind, under a pale sky. An orange flag is tied to the truck.2012-01-06A rural road in flat farmland with palm trees and a field in the background. A procession moves along the road toward a decorated float or chariot draped in garlands and red and orange flags, with a group of men in white clothing walking beside it. A brown roadside sign with white Tamil lettering stands in the foreground, and onlookers, men on mopeds and bicycles, and a yellow bus are nearby.2009-01-20