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A street procession in a city. A white bus with a garland of marigolds along its roof carries a large printed banner showing a smiling woman in orange robes, a photograph of a banyan tree, and a colourful deity image. On the right, a golden ornate framed portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair in an orange top is mounted on a decorated float, beside a multicoloured canopy umbrella. A dark black cloth covering with a red arrow-shaped emblem sits in the foreground. Shops, multistorey buildings and a blue sign reading Om Muruga line the street under a clear sky.

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November 02 20092009-11-02 +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 decorated vehicle with an ornate golden carved frame and a large portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, red bindi, orange robe and rudraksha beads, displayed above the windshield. A white banner across the front shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" on the left and a deity pair in red and gold on the right, with a tall red-and-white sign in Tamil reading a procession title. The truck is parked on a paved road with a driver visible inside. No people are clearly visible outside the vehicle.2009-01-31February 10 20092009-02-10November 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesA decorated vehicle front with an ornate gold-coloured carved panel and a central deity relief, draped with white jasmine garlands and red and yellow flower strands. A driver sits behind the windscreen, and a banner below shows a smiling portrait on the left and a deity image on the right. Festival procession setting.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02November 18 20082008-11-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a decorated orange truck fitted with an ornate golden arched canopy and carved golden front panel, parked on a dirt road. A large printed portrait of a smiling long-haired figure in an orange garment and rudraksha mala is mounted atop the canopy. A white banner across the front shows a smiling figure in orange with a mala, labelled 'paramahamsa nithyananda' in Tamil, beside a colourful deity image of two figures garlanded with flowers, labelled 'Aanandadeveswarar Aanandavalli' in Tamil. The banner text reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a Tamil headline for a Kodi Kann Darshana Ratha Padayatra, with a line about world peace and religious harmony. A man in white and yellow clothing walks beside the truck, and a driver sits in the cab. Printed portraits, not physical people, depict the figure on the canopy and banner.2009-01-31A decorated vehicle with a golden ornate canopy and gold carved trim serves as a procession ratha. Above the windshield, a framed portrait of a smiling woman in red-orange clothing with a red bindi is garlanded with marigolds, and orange flags are fixed to the canopy. A white banner hangs across the front with a Tamil title, a portrait of a smiling figure in orange clothing at left, and a colourful deity image at right showing two figures adorned with garlands. No physical people are clearly identifiable as a person; a person in white stands near the vehicle at the side.2009-02-10