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Night photograph of a yellow van with a red and white roof sign reading "Nithyananda Rath" and the front bumper lettered "NITHYANANDAM", driving through a street lined with onlookers. A driver in the cab wears a light shirt. Two young men stand atop the van's rear platform in white and blue shirts, gripping its rails. A man with palms pressed together in greeting stands at left, and other men in white shirts stand along the roadside beside a multi-storey building.

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September 13 20152015-09-13Night street scene of a yellow Tata truck labelled "Ananda Rath" with the Tamil-style text NITHYANANDAM on its front. Two men stand on the flatbed roof, one in a white kurta-style garment and one in dark clothing. Bright headlights illuminate the vehicle while onlookers and men in white shirts and dhotis stand along the roadside. A red flag is visible at the upper right, and the surrounding buildings are dimly lit.2015-09-15 +1 copiesNight street scene of a yellow TATA vehicle decorated as an "Ananda Rath" with the word NITHYANANDAM on its front and the Tamil number plate TN 67 M 4188. Two men stand on top of the vehicle's rooftop structure, one in a white dhoti and shirt. Headlights and streetlights illuminate the road. At right, a man in a white kurta holds a saffron-red flag on a pole, and a bald monk in saffron-orange robes stands at the edge of the frame. Shopfronts and a sign line the street behind.2015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15January 20 20092009-01-20November 21 20152015-11-21A decorated yellow vehicle with an ornately carved golden facade and a large framed portrait of a smiling person in orange clothing mounted above the windshield, garlanded with marigold and multicoloured flower strings. Saffron flags flutter on the sides. Crowds of people walk along a street lined with trees, shops and strings of small decorative lights. In the foreground an older man in a white dhoti and pink shawl rides a bicycle with a bag, and several children and men in white shirts stand nearby.2010-01-29Dusk photograph of a dirt road in a rural area with palm trees and low buildings. A white Tata van labelled "Ananda Ratham" and "nithyanandam" leads a procession toward the camera, its front decorated with garlands. Behind it, an illuminated truck with red and orange lights carries a large framed portrait with a woman-like image and a glowing lamp. Several people in white clothes walk beside the vehicles, one holding a white banner. A small flame is visible near the truck. Trees and a distant building line the horizon.2009-02-16September 23 20062006-09-23Night photograph of a festival procession on a dark road. In the foreground a white Tata van labelled "ANANDA RATHAM" with "Nithyanandam" on its windscreen banner, its headlights on and orange-red flags fixed to its roof. Behind it an illuminated decorated vehicle carries a lit deity figure and a framed image, with glowing oil lamps and fairy lights. A crowd of people in light clothing stands along the roadside at right, and a single figure walks in the middle distance.2009-01-20Night street procession. A large golden decorated vehicle, ornately carved with gold filigree, dominates the frame. Its arched front panel holds a framed portrait of a man with a white turban and beard, and the cab side shows a painted banner with Tamil text. The vehicle is draped with white and red garlands and a white cloth canopy. Several men and women in white and off-white clothes walk alongside, some carrying small flags, and a woman in a white sari holds a child. A man in a white shirt and a boy in dark clothing stand at the lower left, and a man with an orange-trimmed white garment walks at the right edge. Street lights, a billboard and power lines frame the scene.2008-11-11A procession on a road with a blue and yellow TATA truck in the foreground, its roof fitted with large loudspeakers and its cab windscreen showing a Tamil-script sign with orange stars. Inside the cab, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a white shirt sits in the passenger seat beside a driver in a checked shirt. Behind the truck, a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis wear orange saffron shawls and hold orange flags on tall poles, with some raising a hand in greeting. Several people in the crowd wear orange shawls and lanyards, and a group carries flags and umbrellas.2008-08-01