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A photograph of a person with long dark hair wearing a saffron-orange garment and a bright red-orange cloth draped over the shoulders, receiving a large garland of white jasmine, yellow marigold and red flowers with green leaves, tied with a dried palm-strip cord. A hand from the foreground holds the garland in place while several people in white and light clothing crowd around in a street procession setting. A banner behind reads Rajapalayam with a Dhyanapeetam logo. The person has a vertical tilak mark on the forehead. Several men and a young boy in white shirts stand nearby.

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February 02 20092009-02-02A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead wears an orange saffron wrap over a red undershirt and is garlanded with a long necklace of white jasmine, yellow marigolds, red flowers and green leaves. Two hands with painted nails place the garland on his shoulders. Behind him, a woman with a red bindi and a red-dotted parting watches from a crowd, and a wooden pole with a white tie is visible at upper right. A yellow floral sari sleeve appears at lower right.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02Outdoor street scene in a crowded market area with a long-haired person in a red sleeveless top and orange shawl, wearing flower garlands of white jasmine and yellow and red blooms, smiling and extending an arm to greet a man in white in the foreground. A woman in a white sari with gold border and black beaded necklace stands at left, another woman in white with a red bindi watches, and onlookers and a man with glasses stand behind. Handwritten white placards with Tamil script and an orange flag appear in the background, with shop signs overhead.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02A street procession in daylight with a central man in a flowing saffron-orange robe over a red undershirt, long dark hair falling to his shoulders, a red bindi on his forehead, smiling and gently reaching toward a hand offering yellow flowers from a green plastic bag. Behind him a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a mala and a red-and-orange cloth, and a crowd in white clothes follows. Above, red-and-yellow embroidered umbrella canopies on poles frame the scene. Handheld placards show portrait photographs of a saffron-turbaned man and printed Tamil text. Garlands of white jasmine and marigold hang nearby. Several people are visible in the crowd, with at least six clearly visible.2009-02-02A photograph of a shaven-headed? no—a person with long dark hair swept back, wearing a saffron-orange robe with a red tilak mark, bowing head as an older woman in a mustard-yellow sari raises two garlands of yellow and red flowers with green leaves over him. A man in white shirt and glasses stands at left with hands pressed together, and a crowd of onlookers, including a man with a red bindi, stands behind in a busy outdoor street setting near a temple entrance. The person receiving the garland is a devotee in orange robes; the.2009-02-02Outdoor street procession in a city with signs and buildings behind. A central man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron shawl over his body and has a red tilak mark on his forehead; he looks downward and smiles while walking. To his left a man in white holds a tall wooden staff, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala on his neck holds a garland of white jasmine and yellow and red flowers on the right. Behind them devotees and onlookers crowd the street, and a yellow and red embroidered banner hangs above. Handheld banners read Nithyananda Youth Centre Kodumudi with portraits of a saffron-clad figure. a person is the central man, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron shawl and a procession setting. Visible people are about six or more in the frame.2009-02-02Photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi and white forehead markings, wearing an orange shawl and draped in thick marigold garlands with green leaves and white flower strings. Beside him at left, a bearded man in orange clothes and gold-rimmed glasses looks down. In the foreground, the back of another person's dark head is visible as a hand reaches forward with a white cloth. The scene appears to be a crowd-side garland or devotional moment.2009-02-02