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A white Tata 407 EX Turbo van decorated for a street procession drives down a sunlit road. The windscreen and cab front carry the printed name "Nithyanandam" and the lettering "...DA RATHAM" appears on the bonnet. Orange flags are mounted on the vehicle, and garlands of marigold-like flowers hang along its side. A large framed portrait with a red-and-saffron border, and a banner reading "Nithyananda Gallery", are fixed to the van's flank. Behind it, a decorated golden palanquin with a framed picture of a woman with dark hair in red is visible. On the right, several people in white clothes walk in the procession, one man in a white shirt and white dhoti carries a white cloth bag, and a uniformed police officer stands at the left edge. Buildings with blue shutters line the street.

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November 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20092009-02-12A street procession with several men walking past a white van decorated with orange flags and marigold garlands. In the foreground a man in white shirt and dark-rimmed glasses with a red tilak on his forehead walks beside a man in a yellow checked shirt, while another man in white holds a bamboo stick and a man in white at the rear carries printed handouts. The van's windshield shows partial lettering and a large framed portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair is mounted on the vehicle's side panel, framed with flowers. Buildings and a decorated arch line the road. A timestamp reads 11.18.2008 15:10.2008-11-18A street procession on a busy Tamil Nadu road in daylight. In the centre a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, barefoot, holds a long orange-and-white banner reading in Tamil and English 'Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam' and '1000 km Ratha Padha Yatra' with a photograph of a smiling woman and a deity image. Other men in white and in orange shawls walk alongside, one carrying a white placard with a portrait. Behind them a white Tata van labelled 'ANANDA BATHAM' and a decorated float with a canopy follow. Orange flags fly, and on the left are cycle rickshaws, a motorbike and shopfronts with signboards.2008-11-18January 20 20092009-01-20A street procession in a city centre seen through a large white banner held across the front. The banner carries red and green Tamil script and a partial portrait of a smiling woman at its left edge. Behind it, a white Tata truck labelled ANANDA RATHAM in English leads the march, its windscreen showing the word Nithyanandam, and orange flags are carried by marchers. Several men in light shirts walk along the road past shopfronts and multi-storey buildings, and a uniformed policeman stands at the left edge. A timestamp reads 11.18.2008 15:08.2008-11-18A roadside procession on a wide two-lane road beside a guardrail, with a white minibus on the left and a decorated float or ratham in the background. A man in the foreground wears a white polo shirt, orange dhoti, a beaded mala and a forehead mark, holding an orange flag with a black emblem. Behind him, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts walk along the road, some carrying orange and saffron flags. Telephone poles, low buildings and a green field with water stretch along the right side under a pale sky.2009-02-13February 12 20092009-02-12January 31 20092009-01-31November 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a road procession on a wet asphalt street. A white Tata van labelled Ananda Ratham, decorated with a garland and orange flags, leads the procession. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk beside it, and a few men in red and white uniforms play drums at the left edge. A man in white cap and white shirt holds a tall pole with a large yellow-and-orange banner showing a portrait and deity images, with Tamil text. A motorcyclist rides past in the foreground, and a small child stands on the roadside. Buildings and a sandy embankment line the background.2009-02-12November 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copies