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February 06 20092009-02-06February 06 20092009-02-06A crowded indoor event where many people gather around a tall vertical banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with www.dhanapeetam.org and Just 6 years, its panel of text and figures in English. The banner's photo shows a woman in orange clothing. A man in an orange-red turban and orange robe, with a rudraksha mala, points toward the banner. A man in a striped orange shirt with glasses leans in beside a woman in a green sari holding a bag. On the left, a cameraman films and a woman holds a phone. An elderly person in an orange shawl stands in the foreground, and a bald person in white stands at the lower right. A left-hand panel shows a photo of a large group of people in red and white uniforms.2009-02-06Indoor exhibition hall at a Hindu spiritual service fair, with booths labelled Seva Bharathi and framed photos on walls. A man in a saffron-orange robe and an orange turban stands at center, one arm raised toward a vertical banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. A cluster of devotees and onlookers, mostly men in shirts and women in saris, crowds around him, and a cameraman with a video camera is at right. An elderly bald man in a long saffron shawl stands near the front. Garlands of red and white flowers hang at upper left beside a mango-leaf plant, and a photo of uniformed children is mounted on the left wall.2009-02-06February 06 20092009-02-06Crowded outdoor night scene in front of a yellow-walled building with a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam banner and a blue sign reading Nithyanandam. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha mala beads and a dark bead necklace, smiles while handing out a folded pink cloth to the crowd. He is the probable Swamiji, with long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala as qualifying cues. Around him, a bald saffron-clad devotee in orange robe and rudraksha mala holds bundled clothes, while men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris, one in teal, press forward. Several people raise cameras and phones, and an orange cloth is held nearby.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04February 06 20092009-02-06A photo inside a open-sided thatched hall with a concrete floor. A seated woman in orange robes and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace sits on a brown patterned sofa-style seat in the centre, holding a small object, with flower garlands and pink flowers before her. Two men in orange robes kneel and stand nearby; one kneeling figure in orange has a shaved head. A man in orange with long hair and beard stands to the left gesturing, while men in white dhotis and saffron shawls stand and sit around, one in a white cap. Trays of flowers and a banana-leaf offering lie on the floor. Behind them are display boards with photos of a fruit-and-flower offering, a temple hill, and a red banner with a smiling man in an orange turban. Printed English and Tamil text is visible on the boards.2011-01-16August 03 20082008-08-03A photograph of a public event in a hall with a large framed portrait behind a white-draped seat. Standing centre is a figure in an orange turban and orange shawl over a saffron robe, with a red-and-white forehead mark and beaded necklaces. Beside him, a younger man in an orange robe stands near a white-draped seat with fruit on a tray. In the foreground a man in a grey-striped shirt has a white and red forehead mark, and a man in a light blue checked shirt is bending forward. A woman in a white sari with a gold border sits at left, and a man in a white shirt stands at right beside a child in a striped top. Tamil text in red and white is on a banner at right. The image shows about 15 visible people in total, with more partially visible at the bottom edge. Whether the turbaned figure is a person cannot be confirmed from the image.2008-07-29 +1 copies