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A decorated procession chariot with a colourful painted canopy and banana-leaf accents, bearing the word a person across the top. A man with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a gold throne, wearing a pink garment and a white-and-red flower garland, with a gold chain at his neck. Behind him is a red-cloth backdrop with Nandi bulls and a Shivalinga, and a deity murti is decorated with flowers. Women in white sarees with gold borders and rudraksha malas walk in front, and men in white and orange shawls stand nearby in a festival procession. a person cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and pink ceremonial clothing seated on the throne.

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A decorated procession chariot with colourful painted pillars, banana leaves and marigold and jasmine garlands carries a man seated on a gold ornate throne. He wears a pink garment, a white jasmine garland and gold necklaces, and sits cross-legged on red cushions. Behind him a red banner shows a Shiva lingam with two bulls. In the foreground, two women in white saris with maroon and gold borders and rudraksha-style necklaces walk past, and devotees in white and orange stand nearby. A printed banner on the chariot reads NITHYANANDA. a person appearance is only a probable match from the long hair, pink attire and gold necklace, so the candidate is uncertain.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26A decorated ratha chariot procession. A canopy with colourful painted pillars and a banner reading NITHYANANDA stands over a golden throne. A man with long dark hair, wearing a pink garment, rudraksha-style beads and a white flower garland, sits on the throne. Behind him is a deity murti with garlands and a shivalinga-motif backdrop. In front, women in white saris with orange and maroon borders and a man in white clothing walk along the procession. Banana leaves and marigold garlands decorate the scene.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26A decorated ceremonial chariot, a ratha, carries a seated figure in a pink dhoti and pink top with a long white and red garland draped over the shoulders and a gold necklace. The figure sits cross-legged on a red cushioned seat in front of a gold-framed backdrop, with a deity murti and heaped flower garlands behind. The canopy above is covered in colourful striped and patterned fabric with blue, yellow and orange tassels and banana leaves at the corners. A floral arrangement lies at the front of the platform. On the left, a person with folded hands stands in white, and on the right another person in a striped shirt watches. The chariot has red wheels and a large red axle beam on a dirt ground. The name a person is printed on the canopy valance, and a sign on the right reads part of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam.2010-12-26A decorated festival cart, or ratha, carries a seated man with hands folded in namaste, eyes closed, wearing a pink kurta-style garment and pink dhoti-like trousers. He sits on a gold-framed throne with red cushions and wears white and magenta flower garlands. The cart's canopy has striped fabric panels in red, blue, yellow, green and orange, with bird motifs and gold tassels, and is strung with marigold and flower garlands. Behind him a shrine holds a deity murti in a red and gold setting under a painted Shiva lingam with two bulls. Banana leaves frame the cart, which rests on a wooden-wheeled base; a bystander's hand is visible at the left edge.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26A decorated ratha chariot with a painted banner reading "NITHYANANDA" along its top, its pillars draped in striped and patterned cloth, garlanded with marigolds and banana leaves. Inside the shrine-like canopy, a deity murti is shown with flower garlands. Beneath it, a woman in a red and pink garment and white garland sits on a cushioned seat with raised hands. Around the chariot, a line of women in white saris with red and orange borders holds a red rope, while men in white shirts and mundus wear rudraksha-style malas and stand in the procession. Some men in saffron cloth appear at the right edge. Flowering oleander and trees surround the scene.2010-12-26Outdoor procession scene: a seated figure in a golden-framed throne is carried on an ornate, multicolored palanquin-style ratha with blue, red and yellow panels, orange drapes and a canopy hung with garlands and a small deity image. The seated figure wears a gold crown, a white flower garland and a pink dhoti, with a red cushion beneath. Surrounding devotees in white shirts and dhotis, some with rudraksha malas, and women in saffron and maroon saris walk alongside, looking up toward the throne. Banana leaves and flowering oleander frame the background. a person: the seated figure wears a gold crown and pink garment with a garland, a ceremonial procession cue, and is honoured on a throne; identity uncertain from appearance alone.2010-12-26Outdoor procession on a decorated ratha chariot with a colourful canopy of red, blue, yellow and orange fabric, banana leaves and marigold garlands; bold "a person" lettering runs across the top. A man with long hair and a red tilak sits cross-legged on a gold-framed throne wearing a pink dhoti and pink shawl, a white and red flower garland around his neck, hands pressed together in greeting. Behind him is a shrine with a Shiva linga flanked by two nandi bulls and a red-robed deity murti. Two people in white stand at the sides, one with hands folded, and a sign reads "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" on the right.2010-12-26