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January 08 20122012-01-08Night-time outdoor crowd gathered in front of a white tent at a Tamil Nadu ashram event. A very large orange-toned banner portrait on the right shows a smiling man wearing an orange turban with a red bindi, shaded in warm orange. The banner's appearance is a depiction on a poster; no identity is asserted from the face. Dozens of devotees stand close together, many in white shirts and white dhotis, a woman in a yellow-orange sari with a white flower in her hair, and an older woman in a pink-red sari at the left. A red and white banner at left carries Tamil text. Dark night sky, bamboo poles, and strings of decorative red, purple, and green fabric bunting frame the scene.2012-01-08December 29 20102010-12-29November 18 20052005-11-18Night photo of an outdoor festival area at a decorated pandal with white draped canopy, yellow and orange marigold garlands and banana plant. A bald man in an orange saffron robe with hands folded in namaste walks among a crowd; a figure in orange with an orange turban and another in orange stand nearby, and men in white shirts and dhotis and a man in grey shirt move around. Cars are parked in the foreground.2008-12-30Night photograph of an entrance to an outdoor event venue, with a maroon and yellow arch reading "DHYANAPEETAM WELCOMES YOU" over the gate. A large banner on the right shows a smiling man in a white head wrap against a light background, labelled with the date 18.11.2005 and a venue line. Another banner on the left reads "ஆனந்தம் பெற வாருங்கள்" (Come to attain bliss). Glaring floodlights and strings of green lights illuminate a crowd of people standing and walking near the gate, with parked bicycles and a white van at the left edge. A small illuminated sign sits above the arch.2005-11-18January 08 20122012-01-08Night photograph of an outdoor parking area at an event. Several parked cars, including a silver hatchback and a red car, sit on dirt ground under a tree lit by street lamps. A large banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange clothing, beside Tamil and English text reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. A projection screen at left shows a stage image. In the foreground a man in a dark suit stands near the tree, and a crowd gathers in the background to the right.2012-01-08Night photograph of a crowd gathered in front of a large outdoor banner. The banner shows two portraits: a smiling man with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing an orange turban, orange shawl and beaded necklaces, and a smiling man in a white turban. Tamil text sits between them. Crowd members in the foreground include young men in white and checked shirts, a woman in a green sari with braided hair decorated with white and orange flowers, and a man in white kurta with an orange shawl at right. Dark trees surround the scene. Visible text reads a Tamil poem and 'Dhyanam' (meditation) with a Puducherry phone number.2006-10-14Night outdoor event photographed from behind a crowd of onlookers facing a large projection screen showing a saffron-robed figure with a golden turban, flanked by several large banners. Left and right banners show a smiling man in an orange turban, and a central screen displays a similar figure seated in orange. Several people stand in the foreground in white shirts and white dhotis, one bare-chested man wears a white dhoti, and a few cars are parked behind the crowd. Strings of green and yellow lights decorate the right side. The banner on the left reads a Tamil event announcement with a date of April 6, 2012, and the right banner carries a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style logo with Tamil and English text.2012-04-06April 06 20122012-04-06April 17 20112011-04-17