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Photograph of a vehicle with an ornate gold-painted canopy frame, carved with floral and scroll motifs. Inside the arch is a large printed portrait of a smiling person with long dark hair, wearing an orange-red garment, a red bindi on the forehead and beaded necklaces. Below, the vehicle's windscreen is draped with white jasmine garlands and pink flowers, and a small orange flag is visible at the upper right. No physical people are visible in the scene. A timestamp reads 12.05.2008 15:57.

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February 10 20092009-02-10A 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.2009-02-10November 02 20092009-11-02Photograph of a decorated gold-trimmed ratha (chariot) on a highway during a procession, with a large framed portrait on its front panel showing a smiling woman with dark hair, red bindi and orange garment, garlanded with yellow flowers. A saffron flag hangs from the ratha. Below, a crowd of devotees in white and some in saffron walks along the road, with a rocky hill behind and trucks and palm trees beside the route. The camera timestamp overlay reads 12 04 2008 15:48. The portrait subject is not an in-person figure in the scene; people visible are devotees walking in the procession.2009-02-10A decorated golden chariot-style vehicle parked outdoors beside a brick wall and green trees. Its canopy carries a large framed portrait of a smiling figure with long dark hair in orange robes and rudraksha beads, flanked by orange streamers. White jasmine garlands with red flowers drape the front and windscreen. A white banner below has a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" at left, a deity image at right, and Tamil text announcing a ratha padayatra. Two men stand at the left edge, one in a checked shirt and one in white dhoti and shirt.2009-11-02November 02 20092009-11-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a gold-decorated ratha, a motorized procession vehicle with ornately carved golden panels, garlanded with white flower strands and an orange-and-gold kalasha-style ornament on the front. A large framed portrait mounted on the roof arch shows a smiling woman with dark hair in an orange garment and a rudraksha-style necklace, a visible portrait rather than a physical person. Red and orange flags flank the roof, and a loudspeaker horn sits on the roof. A driver is visible in the cab. Street stalls, a blue tarpaulin, parked motorcycles and several onlookers in shirts and lungis line the roadside in the background.2009-02-10February 10 20092009-02-10February 13 20092009-02-13February 10 20092009-02-10A decorated truck with an ornate gold-painted arch frame and canopy leads a street procession in front of a multi-storey building with a red and glass facade. Mounted on the arch is a large printed portrait of a smiling person with long dark hair, a red bindi, and an orange-red garment with a beaded rudraksha-style mala, set against a black background. Saffron flags flank the arch. Cement mixer trucks and a sky backdrop fill the rest of the frame. The portrait is a depiction on the vehicle, not a physical person, and the driver and cab passengers are only partly visible through the windshield.2009-02-13Night photograph of a decorated ornate golden vehicle, a rathotsav-style procession float, moving along a road with headlights of other vehicles behind it. Above the vehicle's gilded canopy is a framed portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair wearing a pink top and necklace. The front of the vehicle has a golden ornament with a garland of flowers and a white banner with Tamil text and two framed images: a portrait of an older man in orange robes and a deity image of a figure with multiple heads. Red flags are visible at the top corners. Several people in white clothing stand beside the float at the right edge.2009-02-12