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A street procession in an Indian town on a sunny day. A blue and yellow truck carries a large printed banner of a long-haired man in saffron robes and a flower garland, mounted above the cab with orange flags at its corners. A man in white shirt and trousers stands beside the truck holding a placard, and a driver in the cab wears a red-and-white garment. Shops, power lines, a yellow auto-rickshaw and pedestrians in white dhotis line the road, with motorcycles passing by. The banner shows a portrait labelled with Tamil text. Garlands of orange and white flowers decorate the truck front.

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A photograph of a street procession in a busy Indian town. A blue and yellow truck (TN registration plate) decorated with marigold garlands and orange flags carries a large printed portrait of a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a long beaded garland, seated against a tree-trunk backdrop. Inside the cab, a driver in orange-red clothing is visible behind the windscreen. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers walks beside the truck. Along the roadside, men in white dhotis and shirts, a woman in a white sari, and a man on a motorbike stand or pass by. Shopfronts, power lines and an auto-rickshaw line the street. The on-screen date stamp reads 11.18.2008.November 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesNovember 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesA street procession on a busy road with a decorated golden ratha-style float carried on a yellow-orange truck. A large oval portrait on the float's top panel shows a smiling woman with a red bindi and orange clothing. Below, a white banner shows a similar smiling woman in orange robes beside a deity image with a red-and-gold figure. In front, two men walk and one rides a blue bicycle; a woman in a cream sari walks on the right. Yellow auto-rickshaws line the left side, and orange flags fly along the procession. Shop signage and scaffolding line the street. A camera timestamp in the lower right reads 11.18.2008 15:12.2008-11-18November 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesA blue and yellow Tata-style truck parked on a roadside in a town, with a large printed banner on its cargo rear showing a smiling man with long dark hair in saffron robes and a rudraksha-style white bead necklace, seated before tree roots. Red-and-orange flags stand at the truck corners. In the cab, a driver and a passenger in saffron and orange clothing are visible behind the windscreen. A pedestrian in white dhoti and orange shawl stands at right beside the truck, and a woman in a blue sari walks on the left. Shops and a multi-storey building line the street under an overcast sky. The truck front shows the text SRI PALANI ANDAVAR.November 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a decorated orange and gold ratha procession vehicle on a street in Tamil Nadu. A large framed portrait of a smiling person in orange clothing with a beaded necklace sits atop the vehicle. A white banner across the front bears a portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda on the left and a deity image on the right, with Tamil text. Two men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk alongside, one carrying an orange flag, while a woman in a white sari walks nearby. Motorcycles, parked cars and roadside shops line the street.2009-01-31A green-and-yellow three-wheeled auto-rickshaw with an open cargo bed and a loudspeaker mounted on its roof drives down a village street decorated with strings of blue and white pennants. A large banner on the vehicle shows portraits of a saffron-robed sannyasi with orange turban and a Tamil caption reading Paramahamsa Nithyanandar and Dhyanam Matrum Dhyana Sichai Maiyam, Ambalam, Puducherry. Two men stand in the cargo bed behind a rear banner showing similar portraits. Several men walk alongside in white dhotis and checked or red shirts, and a man in white shirt and dhoti stands on the right. Palm trees and a flowering tree line the street, and onlookers sit on a rooftop at left.2007-01-12Street scene of a crowd of devotees following a yellow and blue vehicle decorated with marigold garlands and a large painted banner of a seated figure in saffron above it. A printed photo of a figure in a pink turban and saffron clothing is taped on the windscreen beside a sign reading SRI PALANI ANDAVAR. Men in white shirts and lungis, women in pink and grey saris, and a boy with folded arms stand close together; one man in a yellow shirt holds his hands in anjali. The windscreen photo is a printed image, not a physical person, and the saffron-clad figure at the edge is partially visible.2009-01-31Street photo in an Indian town showing a blue Mahindra DI 3200 truck carrying a large red-and-yellow Tamil banner for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. The banner shows a smiling woman in orange clothing with rudraksha beads at left, and a deity murti adorned with garlands at right. Passing the truck is a yellow auto-rickshaw with a white-haired passenger in white, a man in a striped shirt in the foreground, and a man in a yellow shirt at right. Shops line the street, including Bhagavathar Sweets and Sri Ramanathan Printers, with orange flags and a Reliance Mobile billboard. A timestamp reads 11.18.2008 15:37.2008-11-18A 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.2008-11-18