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A street photograph of a gilded wheeled ratha chariot with an ornate golden canopy, pink and yellow flower garlands, and orange drapery, moving along a busy road lined with palm trees and houses. White-clad devotees walk beside and behind the chariot, while a uniformed police officer in khaki walks on the right. Motorcycles, scooters, a white bus and an auto-rickshaw share the road. No individual can be picked out as a person from the image.

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January 12 20092009-01-12February 05 20092009-02-05January 12 20092009-01-12A street procession moves along a road lined with palm trees and a small hotel awning. A decorated golden chariot, draped in orange and red cloth and garlanded with marigold strands, is pulled by a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, many holding orange flags. Saffron-robed sannyasis walk among them. A police officer in uniform stands at the left edge, and motorbikes and pedestrians share the roadway.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A street procession in a small Tamil Nadu town. A golden, ornately carved vehicle decorated with yellow and purple marigold garlands is the centre of the scene, with a framed portrait of a smiling woman with short dark hair placed on its upper front panel. Four men and one woman walk alongside: a man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a saffron flag, another in white with a mala and an orange dhoti walks in front, a woman in white with a rosette holds a saffron flag, and a man in white with a rosette stands at right. Saffron flags flank the vehicle, a yellow bus stands at left, and a figure in a dhoti stands near a yellow railing at right. A white sign with Tamil text is on the building at right.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A photograph of a gold-coloured ceremonial float or ratha on a roadside during a procession. The ornate golden vehicle carries a deity murti under a golden canopy, with a framed portrait mounted on its front corner and a garland of white flowers draped on its side. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, and an orange-robed sannyasi in a saffron wrap stands near the front of the float. A man on a motorcycle in a white shirt is in the foreground. Orange flags line the road, and large banners with Tamil text hang from the float's sides. Trees and a roadside wall with signs are behind the procession.2009-11-02 +1 copiesA street procession in daylight moves past tiled-roof houses and a pale multi-storey building. A decorated ratha (chariot) is festooned with yellow marigold garlands and red flower strings, and its front panel is labelled with a Tamil sign reading Nithyananda. Two saffron-and-white flags and several multicoloured parasols are held aloft above a crowd of men and women in white dhotis, white shirts and white sarees, with some in saffron-orange scarves. A blue bus stands at the right edge of the frame.2009-01-12January 30 20092009-01-30A photograph of a street procession in a Tamil Nadu town. A decorated golden ratha, a chariot-like float with a gilded canopy and a dome, is strung with marigold garlands and orange cloth, and moves along a road lined with overhead power cables. Devotees in white dhotis and white shirts walk alongside and behind it, and several carry orange flags and saffron-coloured banners. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks in the road, a white car and a yellow auto-rickshaw pass, and a roadside shop with a blue tarpaulin stands on the right. A bus and a large billboard appear in the background. No individual can be identified as a person from this view.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12