October 03 2004 - Addressing the Sengunthar Community gathering of South India - Nithyanandapedia

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November 24 2006

January 12 2007

A photograph of a festival entrance arch built from bamboo, palm fronds and banana plants, with flags and white bunting strung overhead. A pink banner across the arch shows a bearded, white-turbaned man beside Tamil text naming Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Periyaseerakapadi. To the right, a tall green poster shows a smiling figure in orange robes with a red-orange head covering. Many people in white dhotis and sarees and checked shirts walk through a sunlit dirt ground, and a uniformed man in a cap stands at right.

November 25 2006

A street procession passes under a tall bamboo arch hung with a black banner printed in Tamil and red-and-white lettering, with large portrait prints of a bearded man in white head-wrap and white robes along both side panels. Musicians in white shirts and red-and-white uniforms with vests play a trumpet and a drum, while a man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks in the foreground. Strings of bunting and flags stretch across the street, with shops, a palm tree and a parked car behind. The portrait prints are depictions on banners and cannot be confirmed as a person by appearance, so their identity is unsure.

Outdoor photo of a rural road lined with palm trees and a dirt track strewn with cut grass, leading to a tall blue arched gateway hung with banners. The banners show portraits of two men: one with a white turban and one with a saffron-orange head wrap. Women in saris walk in front, one at left in a pink-orange sari carrying a brass vessel with flowers, two in red and white saris at centre. Behind them a procession of people in white clothes, and a figure in orange at right. Motorcycles are parked at the sides and blue-white festoon garlands strung across the trees. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks at lower right. The banners carry Tamil and Hindi-style greetings reading 'Welcome! Welcome!', with a banner line naming Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

A decorated entrance arch of white cloth and bamboo poles with a banner showing two smiling men in orange-red turbans; the banner reads in Tamil about living in bliss, attributed to Dhyanapeedam, Bengaluru. Strings of marigolds and colourful garlands hang from the arch, with orange and yellow flags on poles. Below, several men in white dhotis and shirts stand on a paved area with colourful rangoli patterns, a red car and a white van are parked nearby, and a man in a red-brown shawl walks past. Open fields and trees lie beyond.

A street photograph of a bamboo entrance arch decorated with large orange-and-black banners showing a man in orange robes and an orange turban, smiling, repeated on the side pillars. Upper banner text reads a welcome message to Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Below, people walk along a palm-lined road, a man in a checked shirt and a boy in shorts pass by, and an orange car is parked at right. Shops with hanging cloth and signs line the left side, and strings of blue-and-white bunting cross the road.

A decorated ceremonial gateway of green and yellow fabric triangles arches over a street, framed by banana leaves and bunches of bananas, with a loudspeaker horn on a pole at the top. Large printed portraits flank the entrance: on the left a man in a cream turban and black ornate embroidered garment, on the right a man in a cream turban and white robe, each portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda". Smaller framed portraits stand at the base. Several people walk through the gate and a motorcycle and bicycle pass by, with a rickshaw and a metal gate visible beyond. Four people are visible.

October 09 2006

January 12 2007

Evening street photo at a decorated entrance arch in Namakkal, with banana stalks and string lights on a roadside gate. A pink and yellow banner on the left shows a portrait of a man in a white turban and white clothes with a marigold garland, labelled as a depiction on a sign reading Paramahamsa Sri Nithyanandar's Kadavai Thira Kaatru Varattum Dhyana Satsang. Two uniformed officers in khaki stand in the road, one in a light blue shirt and dark trousers near the arch. Motorbikes are parked along the left and a few people walk in the distance.