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Outdoor street scene during a procession with a crowd of many devotees pressing toward a raised platform on the right. A tall figure in orange robes stands on the platform holding a small brass bell and reaching down toward the crowd. Women in saris, many with hair tied back and some wearing bangles, reach out with hands extended. In the left foreground a man in white shirt and white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a long wooden staff, and a man in a white shirt holds a green and red ceremonial canopy with tassels. Several people hold small framed photographs and placards on sticks. Dusty roadside trees and a plain sky fill the background.

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January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor photograph of a procession crowd at a roadside. A person in a long-haired, saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands centre-left under a large multicoloured canopy with tasselled fringe, beside a man in white holding a wooden pole. Behind them many people, mostly women in yellow, blue and pink saris, reach upward with hands raised toward an orange-robed figure standing on a raised platform at right. A flag and a banner are visible in the background.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered in front of a white building with a banner reading "Nithyananda Foundation" above the doorway. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a long gold necklace and a white sacred mark on the forehead stands at the centre, holding a small silver bowl and offering something to children and devotees pressing close. Two ornate umbrellas with red, green and yellow fringed canopies and a gold staff stand at the left. Many people in white and orange clothing surround him, including women in saris and men in white shirts and dhotis, with children in the foreground reaching toward the bowl. The setting suggests a festival procession or distribution event.2008-12-23Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a central figure in a saffron-orange robe with long, curly dark hair, who holds a brass oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and raises the other hand toward a devotee's head. Surrounding devotees wear white clothing with orange shawls, several with rudraksha malas; some have hands pressed together. A decorated golden-finialed ceremonial umbrella with red, green and yellow fabric, and a golden ornamental staff, stand to the right beside a green metal gate, and a small orange-walled building with a white dove emblem is behind them.2009-12-23January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor photograph of a dense crowd during a street procession, with many people reaching toward a central figure wearing an orange robe and holding a handheld microphone. Behind him, a man in white carries a long pole supporting a striped canopy with colourful tassels overhead. Women in pink, orange and saffron saris and men in white shirts fill the foreground, while a few hold up small printed placards and saffron flags. Green bushes and trees line the roadside under a bright sky.2009-01-21December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23January 21 20092009-01-21December 23 20092009-12-23