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August 01 2008

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A blue-bordered signboard on bare, dry earth marks a plot-sale site labelled Nithyananda Nagar. The board has white and yellow Tamil lettering on a dark blue panel with a scalloped top and a small bird-like logo. Behind it are open grass, scattered shrubs and tall trees under a partly cloudy sky, with small yellow survey markers in the ground. No people are visible.March 03 20072007-03-03A photograph of an open dirt plot of land with sparse grass and small survey stakes marking plot boundaries. A blue rectangular sign with white and Tamil lettering stands in the middle of the plot on a metal post, reading a development name and contact details. Behind the plot, a row of dense green trees and shrubs lines the horizon under a partly cloudy blue sky, with an overhead utility wire running across the top. No people are visible.A dusty dirt road runs along an open plot of cleared, flat land dotted with white survey pegs and a few small brick markers. A tall blue utility pole and a sign stand at the right edge. The blue sign with white and purple trim reads in Tamil and English, naming the layout Nithyananda Nagar. Scattered trees and a hazy row of distant vegetation line the horizon under a partly cloudy sky. No people are visible.A photograph of open, flat land under a partly cloudy sky, with a dirt track in the foreground. A blue and white signboard on the left reads Nithyananda Nagar, a site-plot development sign with contact numbers. Beyond the land are scattered trees and a palm tree, and small white-and-purple marker posts sit along the plots. No people are visible.A photograph of open, cleared land under a partly cloudy sky. Dirt tracks run through flat ground marked with rows of white stakes and small concrete markers, forming plot boundaries. A tall blue pole with a wire stands at right, and a blue signboard reads Dhyanananda Nagar with contact phone numbers. A row of trees lines the distant horizon, and a small red flag flies at left. No people are visible.A close-up photograph of a cream-coloured signboard mounted on a building front in Kanchipuram. The board advertises a real estate business. On the left is a printed illustration of a standing deity murti with a tall crown, garlanded with flowers and decorated with ornaments and upraised hands. Red lettering dominates the top, with a street address, a telephone number and two mobile numbers below in blue. Smaller panels at the bottom show a lane plan and a business name. Fluorescent tubes and a red-brick wall are visible at the top edge.2006-11-24A night photograph of a weathered painted roadside signboard with yellow and black frame posts, showing a painted mountain and a hand-drawn map with an arrow. The board carries Tamil text listing works and figures, with rust stains and a tree branch overhead. Beside it on the right hangs a printed portrait poster of an older bald man with white beard, but no physical people are visible in the scene.2008-01-02An outdoor photograph of a large blue rectangular information board mounted on two green metal posts amid dense green trees and shrubs, with boulders at the lower left. The board carries multi-line text in Tamil in white, orange and yellow lettering, with a headline in orange near the top and a phone number in the lower section. No people are visible in the scene, and the sign is the main subject against the surrounding forest foliage.2008-08-03A large outdoor roadside billboard with an orange and red background stands beside trees, a low hill and a chain-link fence. On the left, a sepia portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange shawl with a red bindi. The billboard text announces the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam at Nithyanandapuri, Girivalapaathai, Thiruvannamalai, as the city of Paramahamsa Nithyananda's advent on planet earth, with contact numbers and a website. No physical people are visible.2011-09-26September 17 20072007-09-17A photograph of an empty open field under a partly cloudy sky, with a gravel and dirt access road running along the right side. Two yellow signboards with Tamil script stand near the left, one large and one smaller, marking the entrance to the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam land. White painted posts with purple bands mark plot boundaries across the grass, and a tall bare utility pole stands on the right with a row of trees and palms along the horizon. No people are visible.