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A roadside billboard on a divided road in a tropical setting with palm trees, a motorbike rider, and white cars passing a black-and-red banner. The banner shows a smiling man on the left wearing an orange-red turban and orange garments, with dark hair past his shoulders, beside Tamil text reading a Bhagavad Gita discourse and meditation satsang announcement. Black-and-white striped kerbs line the road and a green roadside stall with a blue tarpaulin stands at right. The printed portrait is a depiction, and the orange turban and hair are the visible cues; its caption is not legible enough to attribute a name.

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A large roadside billboard on a tree-lined street with a black background and striped kerb in the foreground. On the left, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron turban and orange robes, with a red tilak on his forehead; the portrait is captioned as printed text, and he is only a printed image, not a physical person. The billboard carries Tamil headline and event text in white, yellow and red on black, with a blue-flowered border motif and a yellow oval. Palm trees, a utility pole, a street light and a camera post stand beside it, with a painted wall and a parked silver car at left. The scene has no physical people.2010-01-19A roadside outdoor billboard on a street with black-and-white kerbs, palm trees and utility poles behind it. The left panel shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange clothing, labelled as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. The right panel is black with orange and white Tamil lettering announcing a Bhagavad Gita satsang, with a discourse and meditation event listed for Saturday 23 January 2010 at 5:30 pm, and the words 'Anaivarum' and 'Anumathi Illai' appear in yellow and white. No physical people are visible beyond the billboard portrait.2010-01-19November 10 20112011-11-10A street photograph in daylight showing a tall vertical banner mounted on a utility pole beside a gated house. The banner shows a smiling man in an orange-saffron turban with long dark hair falling behind his shoulders, wearing orange robes; the banner carries a printed name and a Tamil greeting. Trees and a parked silver car stand behind, with motorbikes parked inside a brown metal gate. No people are visible in the scene. The banner's printed portrait shows a probable Swamiji by saffron turban, long hair and orange robes, presented as a depiction on print.2010-01-19Street scene in a South Indian town: a large roadside hoarding on a pole displays a pink and white Tamil-language poster with a portrait of a bearded man in a white head wrap, captioned as Paramahamsa Nithyananda, announcing a Dhyana Satsangam event. Posters are pasted along a concrete bridge railing in the foreground. A man in a light blue shirt walks along the road, cyclists ride past, and roadside shops with signboards line the right side under tall trees. Printed name attributed to the hoarding caption, not to any physical person in the scene.2005-11-19November 21 20052005-11-21A street scene in a residential lane lined with trees and a parked silver car. A tall vertical poster hangs on a utility pole beside a pink house with a balcony and iron gate, where several motorbikes are parked. The poster shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange clothing, with a red mark on his forehead, under a Tamil caption reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda and a greeting. The poster is a printed portrait labelled with a name, so the man is depicted, not physically present. No physical people are visible in the street.2010-01-19A roadside photograph taken from a vehicle window showing street banners and flags in a village. A large white banner in the foreground, with red border and red and green Tamil lettering, shows a portrait of a seated figure in orange robes and beads, labelled with the printed name "Paramahamsa Nithyanandar" and the Tamil words for welcome. Behind it, a black and orange banner with a portrait of a figure in an orange head wrap and the Tamil title for Bhagavad Gita meditation satsang lists dates and venue. Strings of orange triangular flags hang overhead. A motorcyclist rides on the dirt road past a turquoise house with a red tiled roof, palm fronds and thatched roofs appear in the background.2010-01-20October 20 20062006-10-20Street scene in an Indian town: a large pink-and-white roadside billboard on a pole advertises a Tamil-language Dhyana Satsangam event, with a portrait of a man wearing a white head wrap and a red-highlighted banner. The billboard is labelled with a portrait captioned Paramahamsa Nithyananda and the event details. Nearby, a man on a bicycle wearing a white shirt and white dhoti rides past, and another cyclist is at the right. Concrete parapet walls along the road carry several colourful posters, and trees, shops and signboards line the roadside under a blue sky.2005-11-19A photograph of a white vehicle roof with a rectangular sign board in red Tamil lettering reading a printed name, with a framed portrait at left of a smiling man wearing an orange-saffron turban and orange robe with a red bindi. The portrait is printed on the sign, not a physical person. The vehicle has a wire mesh rack and palm trees appear in the background against a bright sky. No physical people are visible in the scene.2012-01-07Photograph of the rear of a silver-grey van draped with a large orange banner. The banner shows a smiling portrait of a man in an orange turban and orange robe, labelled in Tamil and English as Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Works. A cyclist in a red shirt rides along a dusty roadside lined with green trees. The van is parked on the road shoulder beside the cyclist and the trees.2012-01-04