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Night street scene in a Tamil town. A large ornate gold-coloured decorated vehicle, a ratha-style float with peacock and bird carvings, dominates the right side, with a framed portrait mounted at its top showing a smiling person in a white turban and white clothing, labelled in Tamil and English. The vehicle's front shows a driver in a white shirt at the wheel, and a blue-and-yellow vehicle behind it. Several people in white dhotis and shirts walk beside it, and a crowd of men, some on motorcycles, stands on the road in the foreground, one with a long braid and white flower garland visible. Street lights and shop signs glow in the background.

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October 09 20062006-10-09Night street procession in India. A gold-ornate decorated vehicle, its front and top carved with gilded arches and floral motifs, carries a large framed portrait of a man in a white head covering set in an arch above the windshield. A row of motorcycle riders and walking devotees fill the road, several raising arms and holding white flags. Street lamps and shopfronts light the scene, with a signboard partially visible at left. Visible physical people are roughly a dozen, mostly partially visible, in light shirts and white clothing. The printed portrait is a depiction; the man in it cannot be identified from appearance, and the printed name is not legible.2008-11-11October 14 20062006-10-14Night photograph of an ornate gold-painted vehicle, decorated like a temple chariot, moving down a street past an SKS Hospital building with an ultrasound sign. The vehicle has carved gold panels, red and orange garlands and cloth hangings, and a framed portrait on its front showing a man in a white turban. Inside its open front, a figure in white sits near the driver. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands on the roadside, and another in a checked shirt walks nearby. A person in white with an orange shawl is on the right edge. Small sacred items and a deity figure are visible at the vehicle's side.2008-11-11Night photograph of a decorated golden ornate vehicle, ornamented with gold carved arches and floral motifs, processing along a dark street. A large framed portrait on the vehicle's top arch shows a man with a white turban and smiling face, with a Tamil caption beneath. A man in white clothes holds a white flag with a blue logo and green cloth bag at left, and several people in white clothing walk and ride bicycles or motorbikes beside the vehicle. A car is parked at left. A portrait on a vehicle is not a physical person and no candidate is physically present.2008-11-11Night street procession. A large golden decorated vehicle, ornately carved with gold filigree, dominates the frame. Its arched front panel holds a framed portrait of a man with a white turban and beard, and the cab side shows a painted banner with Tamil text. The vehicle is draped with white and red garlands and a white cloth canopy. Several men and women in white and off-white clothes walk alongside, some carrying small flags, and a woman in a white sari holds a child. A man in a white shirt and a boy in dark clothing stand at the lower left, and a man with an orange-trimmed white garment walks at the right edge. Street lights, a billboard and power lines frame the scene.2008-11-11September 24 20062006-09-24 +1 copiesNight photograph of an ornately gilded ratha, a decorated vehicle, with carved gold scrollwork and lotus-like panels around a blue-windshielded cab. A framed portrait of a smiling man in a white turban is set in the arched top panel, labelled in Tamil script. Red and gold banners flank the vehicle, and several people stand at the right, including one in a yellow shirt and one in white with an orange shawl. The portrait is a printed image, not a physical person. The photo is a procession scene at a temple-style festival. The portrait's appearance does not meet the identification threshold, so no a person identification is made from it.2006-10-15Night street procession with a gilded, ornately carved ratha-style vehicle moving through a town road lined with people. Orange flags are mounted at the top. On the vehicle's upper panel is a large framed portrait of a man wearing a white turban and a garland, with a Tamil-labelled banner beneath it. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, and a cameraman in a patterned shirt films at the front. Buildings and streetlights frame the scene.2006-09-24A night-time street procession on a dark road. A large gold-decorated vehicle with an ornate arched canopy and carved gilt panels leads the scene, its interior lit, with a red-and-white draped seat or throne. A man in white with a shaved head stands near it and another figure in white sits within the vehicle. A framed portrait of a bearded figure with white hair and a dark garment hangs on the side of the vehicle. In the foreground, several men in shirts and a woman in an orange sari with flowers in her hair ride or stand beside motorcycles, watching. A vehicle with a yellow-and-green body stands at left. Overlapping copyright text appears at lower right.2008-11-11Night photograph of an ornately decorated golden vehicle, a ratha-style float, moving along a dark road lined with trees and lit by a street lamp. Its front is covered in gilded carved relief with a pair of swan or bird motifs, and a framed arch above holds a portrait of a smiling man wearing a white turban and white clothing. Several people in white dhoti and shirt walk beside and behind the vehicle, some with orange-trimmed shawls. A Tamil caption and a plaque reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam are mounted on the float.2006-09-24October 15 20062006-10-15