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A photograph of a crowd pressing around the open front passenger window of a silver SUV on a roadside in Tamil Nadu. A woman inside the vehicle wears a bright orange headwrap and orange garment and smiles while reaching out. Several men in white shirts and dhotis lean in from the front and side, one with grey hair and another in a white checked shirt. A woman in a green sari stands at the left edge. Behind them a yellow painted shop wall with Tamil lettering, a corrugated tin roof, white vans and green trees line the street. Several people are visible in the scene, with more partly hidden behind the vehicles.

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July 28 20082008-07-28Outdoor street scene in a crowded village setting. A person wearing a bright saffron-orange turban and orange shawl stands at the centre, smiling, surrounded by many devotees pressing forward with hands raised in namaskar and reaching out. Behind them a silver SUV is parked, its windows open and people peering in. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand nearby as helpers. A banner on a stand behind the crowd shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" beside Tamil text. Banana plants, a flagpole with saffron flags and shop frontages line the road.2008-07-28July 29 20082008-07-29 +1 copiesFebruary 15 20092009-02-15Outdoor street scene at a roadside with a silver car in the foreground, its door open. A man in a saffron-orange robe stands with his back to the camera beside the car. A woman in an orange sari holds a brass plate and garland at right, and a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Several other people in white and orange clothing gather near the vehicle. Trees, colourful roadside signboards and a garlanded setting along the road form the backdrop.2008-04-19A photograph taken through the open window of a silver car on a roadside. A smiling man with a shaved head and an orange-saffron robe sits at the steering wheel, reaching his hand out toward a crowd of people pressing against the car. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a flower garland in her hair and a bouquet in her hand leans in, and older people and children crowd the sides of the vehicle. Behind them a yellow metal railing, a grey wall, palm trees and motorcycles with riders line the road. A purple logo sits in the top-left corner.2009-02-15February 15 20092009-02-15A photograph taken beside a silver minivan on a roadside, with a yellow boundary wall and palm trees behind. A man with a shaved head, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, leans out of the open rear door, smiling and reaching toward a crowd of devotees. Several women in white saris with flowers in their hair, a girl with braids and white flower garlands, and older men in white shirts press close around the vehicle. Some hands are raised in greeting or folded in namaskar. The man's identity is uncertain from appearance alone, so he is described by his role as a saffron-robed devotee within the crowd.2009-02-15A photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban, wearing a long rudraksha mala, stepping beside an open silver vehicle door while smiling. Two men in white shirts stand beside him, one holding the door and the other reaching toward it. Behind them a crowd of people, mostly in white, gathers along a tree-lined road with a white temple gateway and a parked white van.2008-07-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a young man in an orange-saffron turban and orange garment with red and white flower garlands and a gold necklace, stepping out of a silver car at a street. A man in a white shirt in the foreground places a garland on him while a crowd of men in white shirts and photographers with cameras press close. Palm trees, a yellow-flowered tree and a cream wall with two printed posters showing a turbaned figure in orange stand behind.2007-01-12July 28 20082008-07-28A roadside crowd presses around a silver SUV on a dusty road lined with palm trees, a truck and low buildings. Through the open rear window of the vehicle sits a figure in orange robes wearing a long pink and white floral garland, with dark hair falling past the shoulders. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands at the open door, and several onlookers, some in white, lean in toward the car windows to see. The scene appears to be a roadside stop during travel.2009-02-15