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Night photo of a crowd pressing around the open doorway of an orange bus, with a bus window curtains visible at right. A figure in orange-and-red robes stands in the doorway, wearing a multicolour flower garland with red and yellow blooms and gold necklaces, and raises a hand in greeting. Many devotees reach toward him with raised arms, holding up mobile phones to take pictures. Among them are men in white shirts and a man in a police-style cap. Street lights and shopfronts are visible behind the bus.

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June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A crowd of devotees presses around an orange bus on a roadside lined with trees. A man in an orange-red turban and orange robe stands in the open bus doorway, holding a rope, with a garland of white flowers draped around him. Many hands are raised in greeting and folded in namaskar. Several shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes stand among the crowd, some in white shirts and dhotis.2014-07-01A dense crowd of men presses around the side of an orange and cream coach bus on a tree-lined road under a pale sky. Many are in white shirts and dhotis, some in dark or checked shirts. A bare-chested man at lower left wears an orange-saffron cloth over one shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck, with his head shaved. Several men reach upward toward the bus windows, one holding a bunch of white flowers and a red cloth aloft. A white SUV is parked at the left edge. The bus is fitted with a loudspeaker horn on its roof.2014-07-01June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01A photograph at night of a man standing in the open doorway of an orange and black bus, smiling and raising his right hand in greeting. He wears a red and white floral garland, gold bangles and a decorated white and red headpiece, with a white cloth draped over his arm. A crowd of people reaches up with raised hands and folded palms toward him from the street; most wear white shirts and some are bald. A police officer in a khaki uniform and blue cap stands at lower left. Shop signs and streetlights are visible behind the bus.2014-06-21 +1 copiesNight photograph of a crowd pressing around a bus door in a city street. A man standing in the bus doorway wears a multicoloured garland of red, orange and yellow flowers over a white shawl, with a white tilak on his forehead; he is smiling. Devotees reach up with raised hands and phones to touch or photograph him. A uniformed police officer in a blue cap stands nearby. In the foreground a silver kalasha-style vessel decorated with yellow flowers and marigold garlands is held up. Behind the bus a shop sign reads TMB. a person: the man in the doorway wears a flower garland over a white shawl with a white tilak, and devotees crowd to greet him as he leaves the bus.2014-06-21 +1 copiesA dense crowd presses around an orange-and-cream bus on a dusty roadside lined with trees. Many men in white shirts and dhotis reach toward the open bus door, some raising hands and phones, one holding up a garland of red and white flowers. A few men wear rudraksha or saffron-toned beads. Within the bus door a figure is only partly visible, and no clear appearance-based a person cues are discernible, so identity remains uncertain. A white van is parked at the left edge.2014-07-01July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copies