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A street scene in a busy Indian city market. A white bus parked at the curb has an open side door and roof; its side is covered with a large printed banner of framed portrait photographs of several people, with a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam logo and a row of small headshots beneath. A yellow barrier with a sign reading Madurai City Traffic Police stands in front, with many parked bicycles and motorcycles along the pavement. A young boy in a white shirt and grey trousers stands in the foreground holding a plastic bag. Shops, a tall minaret-style tower, and signboards line the street. A timestamp reads 11.18.2008 15:34.

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April 27 20082008-04-27A busy street scene in a Tamil Nadu town with a white and teal city bus at left, its route board showing the number 14 and Tamil script, passengers visible through its open doors. Many motorcyclists and scooter riders, mostly men in white or pale shirts and trousers, fill the road beside and behind the bus. A man in a blue checked shirt stands on the right edge of the road. Tree-lined street with multi-storey concrete buildings and shop signs behind.2006-10-20June 25 20122012-06-25A busy street scene in an Indian town, with a white city bus marked route 14 with Tamil destination boards driving among motorcycles and a black-and-yellow auto-rickshaw. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left near the rickshaw, holding papers. A bald man in a brown shirt rides a yellow motorbike, and a man in a blue shirt walks on the right among pedestrians. Multi-storey buildings with shop signs, including a Networth sign and Tamil-script banners, line the road under leafy trees.2006-10-20Rear view of a white minibus with its rear doors open and a metal step at the back, parked on a busy city street lined with multi-storey buildings and shop signs. Inside the van, three people sit on the floor and bench: an elderly woman in a white sari with a shawl sits in the middle, flanked by two men in white, with an black amplifier speaker placed beside her and bags and cloth bundles around them. A man in a white shirt with a blue printed figure and the words Rajapalayam New Town walks past on the right. Stickers of a figure are visible on the left door, and a yellow auto-rickshaw is at the right edge. A date and time stamp reads 11.18.2008 15:35 in the lower right corner.2008-11-18October 20 20062006-10-20January 18 20092009-01-18A busy street in a South Indian town, viewed from an elevated vantage point beside a procession. Many men ride motorcycles and scooters down the road, some in white shirts and trousers, others in pale collared shirts. A white hatchback car, a yellow auto-rickshaw and a red van share the crowded roadway. Tall green trees line the street, with shops and signboards on the left. In the right foreground, a bright saffron-orange flag flies from a gold-coloured pole beside a white board and a row of black speakers or lights. Wording on a blue signboard and a shop sign is partly visible.2006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20Busy street scene in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, with a crowd of pedestrians and motorbike riders in a narrow road. In the foreground a woman in a purple sari stands among men in white shirts. A yellow auto-rickshaw and a flatbed truck with wooden slats are nearby, and a large stack of loudspeakers sits on a shop roof. A roadside billboard shows a portrait of a figure wearing an orange turban, with a red-and-green placard alongside. A saffron flag flies from a vehicle. Shopfronts, a bamboo-wrapped structure and a tall temple gopuram are visible. Overlay timestamp reads 11.26.2008 14:48.2009-02-02A street scene with a large printed poster pasted on a utility box at the roadside. The poster is red and yellow with a photographic portrait panel at the top showing several men, and Tamil text blocks below. In the foreground, several parked bicycles, including a green bicycle and a maroon one, lean against the box, with motorcycles and shop fronts behind. No people are visible.2012-06-25A dense street procession in daytime moves through a busy Tamil Nadu town road lined with traffic. Many men in white shirts and dhotis and casual shirts walk and ride motorbikes, with some women in saris at right. Several large posters and banners on the right show a figure wearing an orange-red turban and saffron-toned clothing, with a red-and-yellow poster reading Kovilpatti. A colourful gopuram-style temple tower with painted deities stands at upper right, and a thatched hut and multi-storey buildings line the street. Buses and trucks crowd the road at left.2009-02-02