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A night photograph of a green-painted gateway with a cream banner reading in Tamil script and red lettering 'Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam' and 'Welcome you with love', lit by floodlights on wooden poles. To the right, a large photographic portrait shows a smiling man with long dark hair and rudraksha beads, wearing an orange robe, hands pressed together in namaste. Small notices are pinned to the gateway pillar. No people are physically visible in the scene.

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April 06 20122012-04-06A night photograph, rotated sideways, of a bamboo scaffold strung with rows of small orange lights and a bright floodlight on the right. Hanging from the scaffold is a yellow banner printed with a portrait of a smiling man in orange robes and Tamil text. The banner is lit by the surrounding bulbs, and the scene is dark otherwise with no visible people.2010-01-22A yellow and red welcome banner with a garland of white jasmine and red flowers along its top edge. On the left, a printed portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi, an orange robe and a rudraksha mala is shown; this is a printed portrait, not a physical person. The banner's Tamil heading reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with a blue line of welcome text below and pink rose motifs. The bottom strip repeats the institution name with Tamil place text.2009-07-14January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08A printed banner for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam meditation and meditation therapy centre, with Tamil text and a large portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban with long dark hair, hands pressed together in greeting, wearing a beaded necklace in front of a leafy tree. The portrait is labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda in Tamil script. The banner lists a date of 08-10-2006, evening hours of 4.30 to 6.00, Puducherry branch and T.V. Nagar and Ambalam contact numbers, and a red floral border. No physical people are visible; the only person shown is in the printed portrait.2007-01-12A dark-lit outdoor poster mounted on a board, with a red Tamil heading at top and a small blue bird logo in the corner. The left panel shows a smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robes with gold necklaces, hands pressed together in namaste, set against a tree backdrop; a caption beneath reads the printed name paramahamsa nithyanandar. The right panel shows a second figure in a pale cream wrap with head bowed and hands clasped, seen in close crop. Tamil verse lines fill the centre, and a dark strip along the bottom carries more Tamil text and a blue-bordered footer. The image is a poster, not a physical gathering, so no people are present in the scene.2006-10-14August 19 20072007-08-19A man stands on a raised stage in front of a large green banner, palms pressed together in namaste. He wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, an orange head wrap, and a rudraksha-style bead necklace; the description marks him as a person candidate on the basis of these cues, with the saffron clothing, head wrap and beads. To the left, a banner portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair, a red bindi and an orange garment is labelled with a printed caption. The banner announces a Bhagavad Gita satsang, and a copyright notice appears at lower right. A metal pole stands in the foreground under a white canopy.2010-01-09March 03 20072007-03-03A photograph of a green street banner strung across a village road, with tall saffron-coloured flags along the roadside and palm trees behind. The banner has a central oval portrait of a smiling woman in an orange-saffron garment with rudraksha beads, set beside a temple gopuram illustration and rows of lit oil lamps. Smaller framed images show a deity form on the left and a painted couple in ornate garments with a deity figure on the right. Two vertical banners at the edges show a bare-chested man with hands folded in prayer, rudraksha beads and a saffron wrap, and a figure with a gold crown. Several people stand far off in the street below.2009-11-25July 28 20082008-07-28