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A large purple roadside banner photographed outdoors announcing a Ratha Utsava festival. Beside the road, a man in a white shirt and dhoti stands partly visible at the lower right, holding green leaves. The banner's left panel shows a portrait of a smiling man in a white head wrap, white cloth draped over the shoulders and a long rudraksha mala, sitting with hands folded; the portrait is labelled as Paramahamsa Nithyananda. A smaller printed poster with a similar white-wrapped portrait sits at the bottom. The banner text in Tamil describes a chariot procession of Sri Anandeshwari and Sri Anandeshwarar in a Shiva temple. Green bushes and a road with vehicles fill the background.

November 21 2005

October 20 2006

A tall vertical street banner stands on a grassy roadside beside a tree-lined road, with a man in white kurta and white dhoti standing smiling beside it. The banner shows a smiling figure with a saffron-orange turban, long dark hair, saffron-orange robes, a long dark rudraksha mala, and bare feet, seated with hands clasped. Its lower blue panel carries Tamil text and a shop name with phone numbers. Pedestrians and vehicles are visible further along the road.

A photograph of a large roadside billboard on a grassy verge beside a dirt road, with power lines overhead and a parked motorcycle at the lower right. The billboard shows two portraits, each labelled with Tamil text: a figure on the left with a saffron head wrap and saffron robe, eyes closed, and a figure on the right in saffron robe and head wrap seated before a waterfall and green landscape. The Tamil headline names Sri Paramahamsa Nithyanandar and the bottom line reads Rathotsava vizha. Two small posters stand on the verge, and the photo is watermarked at the lower right. No physical people are visible in the scene.

An outdoor stall at a conference with a white banner reading ஞானபீடம / தியானபீடம H.O. பெங்களூர் இராகிபுரம் மையம. A tall vertical poster on the right shows a figure in an orange sash-draped robe, orange turban and long rudraksha mala, hands clasped; the figure has swept-back hair and ornate ceremonial adornments. Several framed portraits in white and orange head-wraps hang on the stall's wall, a large map board reads இராகிபுரம் பெங்களூர் தியான பீடம், and a purple cloth backdrop hangs below. A man in white sits at the lower left among marigold garlands, and a bare-armed person in white stands at the far right edge. Strings of small coloured bulbs run across the canopy.

A photograph of a man with long dark hair wearing a white turban, a white dhoti with a gold border, a gold necklace with a pendant and a gold chain, speaking and gesturing with his hands beside a large banner. The banner, which carries Tamil text and small photographs, reads 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda's Visit to the City' (Tamil caption, roughly translated). Several men in white shirts stand around him, one with a hand raised toward the banner, and a man in white with a lanyard stands near the banner. Overhead hang a green decorative garland and a tarpaulin roof. Visible people number about six, including the central figure and the standing onlookers. a person appearance cues are present on the central figure, a probable match based on long hair, white turban and gold ornaments, but the appearance is not clearly certain.

A photograph of a large billboard on a bamboo scaffold in an open dirt field at dusk, with a cloudy sky and tree line behind it. The billboard shows a smiling man in a cream-coloured turban and a dark garment with embroidered trim, set against a blue background. Beneath the portrait is a banner with Tamil text labelled as a poster headline naming Paramahamsa Nithyananda and an event titled Prapancha Shakthi's Miracles. Strings of small pennant flags stretch across the sky, a street lamp stands at the left edge, and a bus sits in the lower-right corner. Two people stand far to the left, mostly in silhouette. The portrait is a printed depiction, so the candidate is not physically present.

A 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.

A large outdoor billboard on a street corner shows a smiling man in an orange-red turban with a red tilak mark, long dark hair, orange robes and a rudraksha mala, set against a pink and purple background. Tamil text fills the right side. A row of small purple triangular flags strings across the top, and a food stall with fruit and sweets sits at left, with a shop facade on the right. No physical people are clearly visible in the foreground.

Street photograph of two large roadside hoardings on a busy Tamil Nadu street, with overhead wires and a shop front below. The right hoarding shows a large portrait of a man in a white turban and white clothing with a red tilak and a red and green flower garland around his neck, with long dark hair visible. The garland and portrait are on a poster advertising a Dhyana Satsang event. The left hoarding is a political poster with a portrait of a man in white and text in green, white and orange. Several people stand and walk along the pavement in front of the shops, and a woman in a white sari is partly visible at the lower left.