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January 08 2012

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April 06 20122012-04-06Night photo of an outdoor event at the Nithyananda Peetham Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam. A large maroon banner dominates the frame, with a portrait on its left side showing a smiling man with long dark hair, a dark garment and a beaded garland, labelled as a portrait on the banner. Bright stage lights and strings of green and red fairy lights hang above. Several dark silhouettes of audience members in the foreground face the banner. The printed banner gives the ashram's name and address, a phone number, and a line stating the site is the city of a person's advent on Planet Earth.2017-05-10January 08 20122012-01-08A large outdoor roadside billboard with an orange and red background stands beside trees, a low hill and a chain-link fence. On the left, a sepia portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange shawl with a red bindi. The billboard text announces the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam at Nithyanandapuri, Girivalapaathai, Thiruvannamalai, as the city of Paramahamsa Nithyananda's advent on planet earth, with contact numbers and a website. No physical people are visible.2011-09-26Outdoor photograph at the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam site in Tiruvannamalai, with a large orange-red roadside billboard showing a smiling man in an orange turban and orange clothing beside printed Tamil and English text. A round circular board with radiating orange petals and a portrait labelled with a small sign stands in front of the billboard. Behind them rises a rocky green hill, and a red stage with a backdrop image sits on the right. No people are visible in the foreground beyond a distant figure at the edge.2012-06-03April 06 20122012-04-06A large night-time outdoor billboard on a dark street lit by a single street lamp, with bare tree branches above. The left panel shows a painted portrait of a smiling man with an orange turban and a red bindi, wearing orange clothing; the portrait is labelled in Tamil as Paramahamsa Nithyananda. The right panel is maroon with Tamil text listing benefits of a four-day meditation programme, and a dates and phone-number block. A partial screen with an image is visible at the right edge. No physical people are visible.2012-01-08A photograph of an orange vinyl banner hung on a weathered, peeling white wall. The banner shows a framed portrait of a smiling man wearing an orange turban with a red bindi and an orange shawl, and it carries Tamil and English headings for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a blue Tamil line reading thane payal nivaranappanigal. A caption beside the portrait reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda in Tamil script. Part of a person's white-clad arm and a blue plastic chair are visible at the right edge. The banner is printed on orange fabric with a white border.2012-01-02A large vertical banner hangs outdoors at night, lit by a floodlight at upper right. It shows a printed portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi and an orange turban and orange shawl, set against a dark background with a peacock feather motif. Strands of small decorative flowers and green leaves hang at the right edge. No physical people are visible in the scene.2010-01-08A large outdoor billboard with an orange and white design stands in a dry, open lot below a hillside. Two portrait photographs of a smiling man wearing an orange turban with a red tilak appear on the billboard, which reads "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" with a Tamil heading and the website names. In the foreground, a circular sunburst-shaped frame of orange fabric petals surrounds another portrait of the same kind, mounted on wooden poles. The portraits are printed images, not physical people, and a fence with green shrubs and string lights runs along the lot.2012-06-03December 20 20112011-12-20Night photograph at a Nithyananda Peetham event in Tiruvannamalai. A large maroon banner in Tamil and English reads the Nithyananda Peetham Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam name, with a cutout depiction on the left showing a bearded figure with a flower garland, a rudraksha-style necklace and a dark robe, smiling and raising one arm. Strings of green and red fairy lights and stage spotlights frame the scene. In the foreground a crowd of devotees stands and moves about, including men in checked and striped shirts, a man in a yellow top and a woman in a red-brown sari. A seated person in white dhoti-style clothing sits at the far left edge.2017-05-10