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July 13 2009

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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.2012-06-05August 08 20092009-08-08A 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.2009-07-10May 18 20122012-05-18July 13 20092009-07-13A 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.2012-04-29July 10 20092009-07-10May 18 20122012-05-18A silver Ford SUV drives slowly down a busy street lined with shops, past a crowd of onlookers gathered along the roadside. The vehicle has a small orange flag attached near its front and a red sticker on the windscreen. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and a uniformed police officer in khaki, watch the vehicle. A woman in a bright red sari with head covering stands in the right foreground. Behind them rises a gopuram tower of a temple in the distance. Shop signs include Devi Store and a Hotel Ram sign. The scene is a daytime street procession of a visiting vehicle with onlookers.2012-05-18A 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.2008-01-22A silver Ford SUV with Karnataka plate KA04MN4444 stops on a narrow dirt street in an Indian town. Its front passenger door is open, and a man in a white shirt and orange shawl stands beside it, with several other men in white and orange clothing gathered around. A crowd of children and adults watches from the roadside. Pastel-coloured houses, a small roadside shrine with deity figures, and a red 'DANGER' sign line the street, with green trees behind.2008-08-02Street scene in a South Indian town with a silver Ford SUV in the left foreground moving slowly down the road, a uniformed police officer in khaki standing near the vehicle. Behind it, a man in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala walks beside the road, and on the right another man in a saffron robe and beaded mala stands near a line of men in white dhotis and shirts holding long staffs. Onlookers crowd the roadside in front of shops and a blue-painted building, some holding orange flags on poles. Shop signboards and a statue are visible in the background.2008-04-27