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Outdoor procession at dusk among palm trees. A tall colourful umbrella with green, blue and red panels printed with peacock-style dove emblems and the word Nithyanandapeetam is carried on poles. A young man in white dhoti and yellow shawl holds the gilded edge of a ratha-style float bearing a large banner portrait of a smiling man with a red tilak, wearing an orange robe and rudraksha mala, beside printed text about an international organisation for global peace. Behind, a man in orange robe walks, and several people in white clothes and orange-saffron garments follow. An older man in white with a rudraksha mala walks at left. Their appearance does not match a clear a person candidate in person, and the banner portrait is printed rather than physical.

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February 16 20092009-02-16February 16 20092009-02-16A road procession moves past a decorated ratha float on a clear morning. Devotees in white dhotis and white saris, several wearing yellow scarves and rudraksha malas, walk along the road. A large colourful multi-panel parasol with fringe shades the procession in the centre. At right, a golden ratha carries a large banner reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda and Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham, showing a portrait of a smiling man in orange robes and beads. A drummer and a man in orange robes walk among the crowd. Garlands hang from the ratha's top.2009-02-16February 16 20092009-02-16A street procession moves along a paved road lined with palm and tall trees under a clear sky. On the right, a large golden-wheeled ratha chariot with a gold-carved pillar and garlands of orange and white flowers carries decorated deity figures in colourful garments. In front, a line of people in white ritual clothes walk forward, some holding a banner, while a striped multicoloured parasol is held aloft. A banner on the chariot shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" beside the text "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, An international peace walk for global peace and religious harmony." A blue panel below lists Kannada text. Several more white-clad marchers and a yellow vehicle appear further back.2009-02-16December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23February 16 20092009-02-16February 24 20072007-02-24February 16 20092009-02-16December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor photo of a procession during a Brahmotsava celebration. In the centre, a decorated palanquin-style float with a red and gold canopy and a garland-framed portrait stands above a deity murti adorned with yellow and orange flower garlands. Several people in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas walk around it, including a man in saffron with a long grey beard at left and a woman in an orange garland at centre. A man in white dhoti and an orange shawl stands beside them. A woman in orange holds a trident-topped staff, and a red-and-gold ceremonial umbrella and a decorated banner frame the scene, with a white fan-like object held at lower centre. Roughly ten people are visible in the scene.2008-12-23