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A photograph of the entrance to a small tiled building with a wooden door and frame, decorated with a string of green leaves above the doorway. A poster on the orange tiled wall shows a smiling bearded man in a white head covering, beside the Tamil words for meditation centre and meditation is joy. Inside the doorway, a woman in a yellow-and-white sari sits on the floor near a television, while a man in a white checked shirt stands in the doorway. On the left, a woman in a red-and-pink sari stands on the veranda, and a blue bicycle with a basket is parked at the right railing. The poster shows a man whose appearance is uncertain and is not clearly identifiable as a person.

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A plain cream-washed building front with a tiled roof and iron-barred windows, seen through an open doorway that leads into a dim interior where several seated people are visible. A blue banner hangs beside the door showing a smiling figure in a white turban and dark clothing; the banner's Tamil text reads dhyanapeedam and dhyana maiyam. Green shrubs grow in front, and a parked scooter stands at the right edge. Several small dried-leaf or straw bundles hang from the eave above the doorway.2005-07-09August 19 20072007-08-19A photograph of a doorway decorated with a garland of white flowers, orange marigolds and green leaves. On the left wall hangs a printed banner for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam showing a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" of a long-haired figure in orange robe with rudraksha mala, beneath Tamil slogans about meditation and meditation therapy centre. Through the open doorway, two people in white dhoti and shirt stand inside a room, partly visible.2014-06-23A photograph of a covered open-sided verandah of a modest building with a corrugated roof and white-washed walls. A large blue poster on the left wall reads Dhyanapeetam with Tamil text and shows a man in a white turban with a smiling face, labelled as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. A figure in an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti stands with back to the camera near a blue doorway. Two men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand to the right, one with hands folded. A rusty bicycle and a black folding chair sit in the foreground, with a brass vessel on a white pedestal beside the doorway.2009-02-05Street photo outside a plain green-walled house with lattice grilles and a wooden door, marked with a banner reading 'Dhyana Peetham Pondicherry' in Tamil. Marigold garlands hang over the door and a framed portrait of a bearded man in white is displayed beside it. A woman in a white sari stands in front in the foreground with hands clasped, while a woman in a blue sari and another in a red sari holding a small child stand near the doorway, and several children watch. A white van with a large oval portrait of a long-haired man in a headcloth on its rear window is parked at left, with a motorcycle beside it.2006-10-15June 23 20142014-06-23A photograph of a small white house with a red-tiled roof and a red iron gate, set on a dirt-and-concrete forecourt with coconut palms behind. Four women stand at the gate: one in a blue salwar outfit reaching to the gate, two in white saris, and one in a green sari with a white shawl. A man in a white shirt stands under the front porch. A white van is parked inside the compound. Beside the gate hangs a blue banner bearing a photograph of a bearded man in a white head covering and Tamil text. White kolam designs decorate the ground.2005-07-09A photograph of a small blue-walled building with a corrugated roof and a lattice-screen front. Hanging on the lattice is a large blue banner showing a smiling man with long hair and a white head wrap, labelled with Tamil text and a small printed name caption. Two men stand in the doorway, one in a striped shirt and white dhoti, the other in a white shirt and dhoti, and a red plastic chair sits in the foreground. The banner is a printed depiction on a screen, so the people counted are the two men. An orange cloth is visible inside the doorway.2005-07-09October 23 20062006-10-23June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a white-walled entrance with a doorway strung with a leafy garland of white flowers and orange marigolds. On the left wall hangs a blue-bordered banner with a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" showing a smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi, and a saffron garment with a rudraksha mala. The banner carries the Tamil text for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, meditation and meditation-therapy centre, with the line "everyone welcome." Through the doorway two people in white dhotis and white shirts are partly visible inside.2013-06-23 +1 copiesOctober 25 20062006-10-25