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A street scene in front of a whitewashed building with orange-painted walls and a hanging banner of orange and white cloth strips. A large street banner shows a smiling figure with long dark hair wearing an orange robe and rudraksha beads, with Tamil text beside it. A crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis stands with palms pressed together in anjali, and women in orange and yellow saris watch from the roadside. A man in orange robes stands beside a white car whose windshield displays a printed portrait. Several people hold orange flags printed with a blue DHYANAPEETA logo on tall poles. People stand on a balcony above the street.

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A photograph of a doorway inauguration at a centre with orange banners and a banana-plant entrance. A figure in an orange robe with a red flower garland and a gold-and-bead necklace stands in the doorway, with another robed figure behind. Devotees with palms pressed together crowd the front, and a young man in a white shirt stands at the right. A large portrait of a smiling man in a pink turban is on a blue-and-white banner to the left. Orange banners with a bird-and-circle emblem are strung across the entrance, and a signboard reads Nithyananda Youth Centre, Puducherry.2010-01-19June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd gathered under a canopy hung with marigold and jasmine garlands. In the foreground at left, a figure in an orange turban and orange wrap, with a green and white garland around the neck, stands with palms pressed together in namaste toward the crowd. Behind him, a large crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing caps and lanyard badges, raise hands in greeting and carry saffron-orange and red flags on poles. A white banner with red and blue lettering and a printed portrait is held aloft at right, and multi-storey buildings line the street behind. The figure's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance; the cues visible are an orange turban, orange wrap and garland, which are consistent with a sannyasi, so the a person field is set to unsure.2006-09-24 +1 copiesA crowd escorts a young man in saffron-orange robes with a thick white jasmine garland draped to his waist and a red flower garland at the chest; his eyes are lowered and his palms are pressed together. A bald man in orange and a long-haired bearded man in orange stand beside him, while a man in white with a rudraksha mala on his chest steers the group forward. Men and women in white garments watch from a concrete courtyard with a yellow-washed wall, a staircase, a parked white SUV, and a red-and-white garland-decorated doorway behind them. A large poster on the wall shows a smiling woman in a red top with Tamil text. Count of visible people is roughly 15-20 in the frame.2009-07-17A dense crowd of street-procession participants fills the foreground, mostly men in plain shirts and women in saris, many with hands raised. A large banner held aloft reads a Tamil label 'Dhyana Peedam' above a portrait of a smiling man in a white turban and beaded necklace, with 'Sri Siva School' printed beneath. Orange and red flags rise behind it, and a painted billboard of a bearded man in white hangs above shopfronts. A police officer in khaki stands at left and a man in white clothing with an orange sash is visible among the crowd. Yellow awning and parked cars appear in the background.2006-09-24February 05 20092009-02-05A street procession of men in white shirts and dhotis marches under a large vinyl banner reading Dhyana Peetam Oosur (Kalai) in pink and purple letters, with a waterfall and yellow flowers in the background. Two figures on the banner wear orange headwraps, orange robes and rudraksha malas; the left one is a painted-style figure and the right one is raising a hand in blessing. A smaller placard on the right shows a portrait of a figure in an orange turban and robe. Several people in front carry orange flags, and a boy in white kurta with a round badge stands at left. Bunting with blue logos hangs above the street.2006-09-24A street photograph in a residential lane lined with pink and blue houses and strings of orange and purple triangular pennants overhead. On the left, a large roadside hoarding shows a smiling person with long dark hair, a red bindi and dark rudraksha beads, wearing an orange robe; the hoarding carries a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" beside yellow Tamil text advertising a meditation centre. A smaller orange-robed poster stands at the gate. Nearby, a man in an orange robe walks toward the gate, and several people in white clothes stand beside a silver SUV on the road. Motorcycles are parked on the right.2010-01-19February 02 20092009-02-02January 12 20072007-01-12A photograph of a crowd of devotees gathered around an open-backed vehicle decorated as a mobile shrine. Inside the vehicle, two deity murtis are dressed with garlands and flower decorations, and a framed portrait of a woman in orange robes is mounted on the side panel. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with rudraksha malas, press forward, with one man in the centre holding a mobile phone. A woman in white with a red bindi stands near the vehicle, and a woman in orange robes with a white flower garland stands at the vehicle's side. Buses and trees line the street behind them.2011-07-12July 10 20092009-07-10