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A street procession on a busy Tamil Nadu town road. In front, a silver Ford vehicle with a red beacon and a windscreen banner reading "NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETAM" moves forward, flanked by uniformed police officers in khaki and a few men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas. Behind, men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, one holding a small drum. Shops and signboards line the street, and decorative orange and gold pennant-shaped banners hang from the vehicle's roof area. Many people are visible in the crowd.

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A street procession moves down a paved brick road beneath a striped canopy in a market town. A silver Ford SUV with a red beacon leads, carrying two men in saffron-orange robes standing on its roof and one holding a rail; one has a rudraksha mala. Behind the vehicle, men in white dhotis and shirts walk, with a woman in a green sari under a pink umbrella. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti runs alongside, and a man in a pink shirt holds a camera. Shops with signboards line the street, and a banner for Power Health Systems sits on a barrier at left.2012-04-29A silver Ford SUV with Karnataka plate KA04MN4444 drives slowly along a dirt roadside lined with devotees. A figure in an orange robe sits in the front passenger seat, and a person in a yellow-and-black top sits at the wheel. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk alongside, many holding up saffron flags on poles. Women in white sarees with gold borders stand with hands joined in greeting. Palm trees, a small building and a cloudy sky are behind them, and a motorcycle is parked at the left edge. +1 copiesJuly 10 20092009-07-10May 18 20122012-05-18A roadside welcome on a wide city street. A silver Ford SUV with Karnataka plate KA04 IN 4444 drives past, and a saffron flag is mounted on its front. In the foreground a man in an all-white shirt and white trousers walks barefoot toward the vehicle. Along the pavement a group of people line up holding white flags on poles; a young woman in a green-bordered cream sari presses her palms together in greeting, and an older man in a red checked shirt does the same. Schoolchildren in white shirts and dark trousers stand among them. Shops, a bus and a small white van are behind them under overcast skies.2009-07-10A silver Ford SUV drives slowly down a crowded urban street, its windscreen lettered in red with NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETAM and topped by a red beacon light, with an orange pennant on the bonnet. Onlookers line the roadside and a motorcyclist in a white shirt rides alongside. Shops with signage flank the street, and a tall gopuram temple tower rises in the background above trees and power lines. Several people are visible on the pavement and on the bike, and a yellow auto-rickshaw with an Arul advertisement sits at the left edge.2012-05-18A silver Ford SUV with Karnataka plate KA04MN4444 moves slowly along a dirt road lined with a crowd of devotees on both sides. Orange saffron flags on tall poles wave behind the vehicle, and palm trees and a house appear in the background. A man in a crisp white shirt and white dhoti walks barefoot beside the car, wearing a beaded necklace and holding a garland, while several young men in white and cream clothing follow with raised hands in greeting. The scene is an outdoor procession of devotees welcoming a visiting vehicle.2009-07-10A silver Ford SUV bearing a banner reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" and a saffron flag on its bonnet drives slowly down a busy street in an Indian town. A yellow bus marked "Murugan Arul" stands to the left, and a woman in a red sari walks past. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some on motorcycles, crowd the roadway, and a gopuram temple tower rises in the background above shopfronts with Tamil signage. People are present but mostly seen at a distance, and no one is clearly identifiable as a person in the vehicle.2012-05-18July 13 20092009-07-13A silver Ford SUV with Karnataka registration KA04MN4444 drives slowly down a narrow dirt street lined with plain concrete buildings, overhead wires and a few palm trees. Two large ornamental umbrellas with multicoloured fringed canopies and gold motifs are held aloft on either side of the vehicle, marking a procession. On the left, a man in white shirt and white dhoti walks beside the car carrying a saffron flag, and other white-clad men follow behind. A street-side procession of devotees accompanies the vehicle, with no clearly visible a person candidate inside the car.2008-01-22May 22 20122012-05-22A silver Ford SUV with Karnataka registration KA04MN4444 is stopped on a dirt roadside, with a figure in an orange top visible through the windscreen. Along the roadside, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with folded hands and raised hands, and several hold saffron-orange flags aloft. A man in white shirt and dhoti holds up his palm in greeting near a woman in a white sari carrying a garland. Palm trees, a brick building and a telecom tower stand behind, under a partly cloudy sky.2009-07-10