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A street procession moves down a busy town road lined with shops and signboards. Many men and women in white dhotis and white saris walk closely packed, with some women wearing orange and yellow shawls. Men and women carry orange flags on poles, and a drummer in white beats a large drum in the foreground. A large banner on the right shows a smiling woman's portrait against a green and white background. Shop signs include Kodak and Tamil-script boards, and a vehicle and a rickshaw are visible in the traffic.

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April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27A street procession in a town, with many people in white dhotis and white saris walking along a road lined with shops and signboards. Several people carry saffron-orange flags bearing a dark crescent-and-circle emblem. Front and centre, women in white saris with gold borders and yellow shawls hold a long teal banner with a black-and-white portrait of a smiling woman and the headline Spiritual Head Quarters, Bidadi Ashram. A man in an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads walks at the right edge. Roadside buildings show Kodak and Hotel signs, and orange bunting hangs overhead.2008-04-27A dense street procession in a Tamil Nadu town, with many men and women in white dhotis and white saris moving among crowds lining the road. Many people hold tall saffron-orange flags with dark emblems, and several ornate umbrellas in green, red and blue sit above the procession. Drummers in white play large drums at left. In the foreground a bare-headed person in saffron-orange clothing and a woman in an orange shawl walk near a gold-coloured palanquin or ratha frame. Street banners, shop signs and a scaffold stand behind the crowd. A small placard shows a portrait photo. The scene reads as a ratha paada yatra procession.2009-02-05April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27Street procession in a Tamil Nadu town during a grand procession at Salem, with a large crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts and women in saffron saris. In the foreground a figure in an orange-saffron robe and a saffron turban stands on a raised platform, facing away from the camera, with a dark-haired person in saffron to the left and a saffron-clad figure at lower left. Drummers in white clothes play large drums at lower right, and saffron flags fly above the crowd. Shopfronts, signboards and a green banner line the street behind. A saffron-robed figure with long dark hair and a turban is visible, but the face is not shown and the appearance is not confidently matched to a person.2008-04-27A street procession in a busy Indian town, with many people walking along the road. Foreground: a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, holding a saffron flag, and a woman in orange clothing with a shoulder bag. Several women in white sarees with yellow borders carry a large green-and-white banner showing a smiling woman with a rudraksha-style necklace, reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and SPIRITUAL HEAD QUARTERS BIDADI ASHRAM. Men in white shirts and dhotis and uniformed police stand along the street. Saffron flags and small bunting hang above, with shopfronts and signs behind.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27January 30 20092009-01-30A dense street procession moves along a town road with hills behind. Many men in white dhotis and shirts carry saffron-orange flags on poles, and drummers play large drums. A decorated umbrella and a palanquin-like float with ornate canopy appear in the background. Uniformed police officers walk among the crowd. Two large billboards line the road, one showing a portrait of a woman with folded hands and another showing a woman in dark clothing. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from this distance.2011-12-20A street procession in a busy Indian town. Devotees in saffron and orange robes walk alongside women in white saris with yellow borders, carrying saffron flags with a black emblem and a long banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Spiritual Head Quarters, Bidadi Ashram above a large smiling portrait of a woman. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the road among onlookers in white shirts. Shops, signboards and pennants line the street behind them.2008-04-27