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A printed Tamil banner, photographed indoors under two black stage lights, announces the Maha Kumbabishekam of Ananda Theshwarar temple on 01.01.2007 at Dhyanapeetam, Pidathi, Pennagaram. The left side shows a close-up of a smiling man in an orange turban and green garland, hands pressed together in namaste; his face is printed rather than physically present. The upper right shows a photo of a small stone shrine with a deity murti inside it, set against trees. Red-and-gold decorative borders frame the poster.

Outdoor street scene at dusk beside a decorated float with a large framed banner. The banner shows a portrait of a smiling man with an orange-and-red turban, a green shawl and a mala, alongside a small inset photo and Tamil text. A crowd of devotees gathers under leafy trees, with palms and yellow hanging decorations overhead. Several women wear saris in green, yellow, blue and black, a man in white dhoti stands in the middle, and a girl in a green dress and a boy in yellow kurta are at right. A saffron-robed sannyasi stands at left near the float. Cables and string lights cross above the trees, and a carved ornament sits on the float's top left.

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Night-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.

Outdoor temple ceremony under a corrugated roof at a Sri Anandeshwar Temple site. A man with long dark hair and bare shoulders, wearing a saffron-orange cloth, stands on a raised brick platform facing a row of brass and silver kalasha pots decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a lit oil lamp. Behind him, people in white dhotis and saris and a figure in orange move around a gilded deity murti and a banner hung overhead. The banner shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" in orange headwear with green leaves, and advertises a Maha kumbabhisheka on 1st January 2007. Devotees in white stand nearby, and a man in white stands at left.

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A crowd of devotees surrounds a raised white-draped seat on a stage with an orange and white backdrop bearing a large smiling portrait of a woman with a bindi. Seated on the white seat is a figure in an orange-saffron turban and orange garments with a red-orange sash and a beaded necklace, appearing to be a central honoured figure receiving devotees. Standing behind the seat to the right is a man in orange-saffron robes. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris and salwar, and a woman in a light peach-orange sari bow forward and hand items toward the seat. Coloured tinsel decorates the top of the canopy and a fan hangs at the left edge.

A photograph inside a white-walled hall at an event with many devotees. A large banner portrait behind the stage shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange garment with ornate gold-toned necklaces, and a Tamil caption printed beneath it. In the centre, a person in an orange turban, orange shawl and a white flower garland sits on a white-covered seat on a raised white platform. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl kneels to the right, and a devotee in white bends forward near the seat. Around them, women in saris of orange, pink, purple and yellow, and girls with hair braids and flowers, stand or sit closely. Two white cooler units stand on the floor, and a smaller framed portrait sits on a table at right.

A crowd gathers on a decorated stage at an outdoor event under a canopy of multicoloured tinsel streamers in red, green, blue, silver and pink. A large black-and-white portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair fills the backdrop, labelled by no visible caption. A figure in saffron-orange robes with an orange turban and a beaded necklace stands at centre on the stage, surrounded by devotees in white shirts and saris, some in orange and yellow saffron-toned saris holding a child. A man in saffron robes stands to the right, and a cameraman in white with an orange scarf films the scene. Bare-chested men in white dhotis, one with a blue cloth over the shoulder, stand in the foreground near drummers.