A photograph of a white minibus labelled PRASSANNA with a phone number on its windscreen, parked on a dirt shoulder beside a road lined with green trees. Luggage and white flags are tied to the roof rack. A man in a white shirt and blue trousers, barefoot, leans into the open side door with one arm raised. A white banner with Tamil and English text stands at the front of the bus. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a white minibus labelled PRASSANNA with a phone number on its windscreen, parked on a dirt shoulder beside a road lined with green trees. Luggage and white flags are tied to the roof rack. A man in a white shirt and blue trousers, barefoot, leans into the open side door with one arm raised. A white banner with Tamil and English text stands at the front of the bus.

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A photograph of villagers boarding a white and blue Mahindra Tourister minibus on a dirt road under a clear sky with trees and a low building behind. About a dozen people stand in a loose line near the open door; several women wear colourful saris and an older man in a white shirt and dhoti waits at the front. A blue signboard with Tamil lettering stands beside the road.

A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers stands beside a white minibus parked on a dusty open lot in front of a yellow building with a green arched doorway. The minibus windscreen shows a purple banner reading Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara and a small framed image of a figure in a red-orange garment with a red cap, displayed on the dashboard. Parked motorcycles sit along the left side of the yard, and a few people are visible in the distant doorway area.

A roadside scene in a hill town with a white Tourist coach in the foreground, its side windows and front lettering reading TOURIST, with a second white bus behind it. A group of people stands and walks beside the vehicles on a paved road, several carrying bags and wearing light clothing, some in orange garments. Wooded hills rise behind a row of buildings under a soft early light.

A photograph of a group of villagers boarding a white and blue Mahindra bus labelled TUVEDHA on a dusty roadside. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, one carrying a folded white cloth, while women wear saris in pink, orange and green and a white cotton outfit. A small girl in a pink dress stands at the right. Behind the bus are a low building, a white SUV, green trees and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

A roadside gathering beside a blue and white public bus with its destination board showing Tamil script, on a tree-lined road. Many devotees in white dhotis and kurtas and women in white and green saris stand close together, some holding white flags on poles. A saffron flag stands at left beside a black speaker and a wooden barrier, with a crowd moving along the road beyond. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance; the figures are visible only as devotees and bystanders in a procession-like setting.

A white and yellow utility van with a yellow front bumper and grille drives along a dirt track lined with palm trees. A large banner on the van's roof reads 'Nithyananda' in red Tamil script with a smaller line of Tamil text above, flanked by portrait printings of a smiling figure in saffron on the left and a deity image on the right. Three people stand on the roof rack wearing white hair caps and light coloured clothing, and two people sit in the front seats, one driving. A small crowd of onlookers in casual clothing stands at the roadside.

A photograph of elderly villagers queuing on a dirt road beside a white and blue bus with a WELCOME sign above its open front door. A line of older men and women in white shirts, dhotis, saris and a green blouse waits to board. A small signboard with Tamil script stands behind them, with utility poles and green trees in the background. The scene suggests transport for a community outreach day.

A white bus parked on dusty ground serves as a mobile book and item shop. Its side window is open, showing shelves stocked with books, booklets and framed items. Along the lower body, a row of printed portrait photos shows saffron-robed and white-clad figures with long hair and beards. Below them, a maroon banner reads NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETAM with address and contact details. Orange flags fly from the roof, and a small figure in white stands at the left edge beside the bus. No one else is visible.

A photograph of a yellow and red three-wheeled utility vehicle parked on a dirt road in a village, fitted with a roof-mounted loudspeaker horn and a red cargo frame. A large white banner is hung on its front, showing a portrait of a woman in orange clothing beside Tamil printed text announcing an eye camp. Two people are visible sitting in the driver and passenger seats of the vehicle. Nearby, a small concrete house with a tiled awning, parked bicycles, and a few pedestrians on the roadside complete the scene under bright daylight with green trees behind.

A photograph of a dusty village roadside in Tamil Nadu under bright daylight. A yellow and red three-wheeled cargo vehicle with a red-railed open truck bed is parked on the left, carrying a loudspeaker horn on its roof and a rectangular poster on its side. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi walks along the road in the centre, and a few people stand near shopfronts on the left and right. Shops with corrugated roofs, signboards and a red shop banner line the street, with utility poles and trees behind them.

October 19 2006

September 2006 - Sindhanur flood relief