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January 23 2014

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A photograph of an outdoor signboard mounted on a white pillar beneath a shaded roof. The board has a dark blue background with a white border and long rows of white Bengali script describing a Shivaratri-time episode. Above the board, a black silhouette of a mythic creature is painted on the wall. Green trees, leaves and palm fronds surround the sign, and a pale sky shows through the branches. No people are visible.2008-06-09October 27 20062006-10-27January 19 20142014-01-19 +1 copiesA large maroon banner over the gateway of Swami Svat Prakash Ashram, Rani Gali, Bhuptawala, Haridwar. It carries blue and white Devanagari headings and the names of the founder and supreme head, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Shri Shri 1008 Swami Atmanandpuri Ji Maharaj (Jire Wale). Two framed portraits flank the text: on the left a white-robed figure in a turban garlanded with orange and red flowers, and on the right a smiling man with a shaved head, orange robe and rudraksha mala, with a hand raised in a blessing gesture. Flower decorations surround the portraits, and a phone number is printed in the lower section. The brick gate and wall are visible below, and the banner is a printed graphic, not a group of people.2014-03-13A white rectangular signboard with red bold lettering stands on a fence line near lush green trees and shrubs. The sign reads Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal-Haridwar, established 1901, with the same name and location given in Hindi. Barbed wire runs along the fence in front of the sign, and a road curves through the greenery behind it. No people are visible.2008-07-10Photograph of a brick gateway arch over an entrance, carrying a maroon and yellow banner for Swami Svatah Prakash Ashram in Rani Gali, Bhoopatwala, Haridwar. The banner lists the founder and head as Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Shri 1008 Swami Atmanandpuri Ji Maharaj (Jeere Wale). Two framed portraits flank the text: on the left, a man in orange robes with a red and white garland and marked forehead seated against a red backdrop; on the right, a bearded man in orange robes with flowers around his frame. No physical people are visible in the scene. Behind the gate are a multi-storey building with red and white walls, iron railings and a tree under a clear blue sky.2014-03-13A photograph of a large blue roadside sign draped with yellow marigold garlands and flower bouquets in red, purple and yellow, mounted on a brown post outdoors under a pale sky with green trees behind it. The sign bears a portrait of a smiling man in orange and saffron head wrap and robes, labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda, with Kannada and English text welcoming visitors to Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Mysore. A small bottom corner of the sign shows the Maharaja Institute of Technology Mysore logo. Yellow marigold strands hang below the sign and the post is decorated with red and purple flowers.2010-01-29July 01 20082008-07-01A large outdoor signboard on green metal posts stands above a grey concrete block wall, with palm trees and a clear sky behind it. The white board reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with its logo at top left, and the sign is topped by a second heading in Telugu script. Two framed portraits sit side by side: on the left, a smiling man in an orange turban is labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda in English and Telugu; on the right, a deity murti adorned with a red and white garland is labelled Sri Ananda Rajarajeshwari. Smaller red text reads Regd. Charitable Trust and Welcome, with address lines beneath.2012-04-02A large blue roadside signboard on a metal frame reads Dhyanapeetam in Kannada and English, with a white bird-in-egg style logo at top. A white arrow points right toward the ashram, and a contact line lists phone and fax numbers with the website www.nithyananda.org. Behind it stand a paved road, dry scrubby brown ground with low shrubs, palm trees on the left, and a plain pale-beige building with a flat roof on the right. No people are visible.2007-04-20March 16 20142014-03-16A group of devotees sits on the red-and-white temple veranda under a small pink-roofed pavilion hung with bells, surrounded by trees. Many wear orange shawls, and several are in white outfits. At the right, a robed figure in orange sits cross-legged on the stone floor facing the group, with a rudraksha mala visible. A visible bronze bell hangs overhead, and a painted panel with Sanskrit-style text is on the temple wall. A blue flag hangs on the left. Appearance is insufficient to confirm the seated figure's identity, so only the role is given.2008-07-01 +1 copies