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A man in flowing saffron-orange robes sits on the steps of an ornate gold-painted ratha, a decorated procession chariot with gilded carved columns, arched panels and a raised seat. He has long, swept-back dark hair and a bare, relaxed posture, his hands resting on his knee. To his right stands a tall red-and-orange banner portrait labelled PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, showing a figure in an orange turban and rudraksha-style adornment. Along the lower chariot panel is a black information board with photographs and text about spiritual healing, meditation camps, satsangs and free medical camps. Trees and a fence stand behind, with a black drape on the left and a yellow banner reading OF PEOPLE at the left edge. Several smaller portraits are attached to the chariot base.

2006-12-19 +2 copies

December 19 2006

2006-12-19 +1 copies

November 24 2006

Outdoor ceremony under a large decorated canopy with gold and maroon patterned fabric and triangular pennants. On a raised stage draped in gold curtains, a man in an orange robe and orange headwear stands centre-left beside another man in white with an orange shawl, who holds a red-cloth-covered tray. A second person in orange sits or stands near a table with marigold garlands, a kalasha-like vessel and flowers. Yellow marigold garlands hang along the stage edge. A framed picture labelled "Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda" hangs at right. Men in white shirts assist on the stage, and a cameraman in white stands at left. A dense crowd of devotees fills the foreground, with women in saris and braided hair, several with flowers in their hair. A speaker sits at lower left.

2006-12-13 +1 copies

November 28 2009

Inside a tented stall with a purple cloth backdrop and red-and-white canopy, three large photo collage banners hang on the wall reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with panels showing temple events, processions and crowds. On the right, a standing person in an orange saffron robe with an orange head wrap looks toward the banners, next to a wooden display frame on a blue table. Seated on mats at the front, two women and a child in colourful clothing rest near a red bottle, and a person in white stands at the back.

A photograph of a tented exhibition at an event. A man in orange-saffron robes, with a saffron turban and long swept-back hair, wears a long rudraksha mala and stands at the right edge looking at display boards. Probable Swamiji by visible cues: saffron turban, long hair and rudraksha mala. He is viewing white display boards of photographs labelled Dhyanapeetam Tiruvannamalai, Ananda Rathaurchavam, showing crowds of devotees in white and a decorated temple chariot. Another board reads Sri Ramana Arunachalam Ashram. Red drapes and bunting frame the tent. A younger man in a white shirt stands behind him at the far right.

December 25 2006

A large hall stage during the Nithyananda Spurana Program (LBP level 2) at a convention in Pahang, Malaysia. A large banner behind the stage shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" wearing a white garment and a long beaded necklace, with the title text. On the left, a woman in orange robes sits on a white chair beside a microphone on a stand. Three women in orange robes sit on a row of chairs on the right of the stage, and one of them holds a microphone. Rows of seated audience members in white clothes fill the foreground, with men and women in white garments visible.

January 04 2012

2012-01-04 +2 copies

A photograph of an orange vinyl banner hung on a weathered, peeling white wall. The banner shows a framed portrait of a smiling man wearing an orange turban with a red bindi and an orange shawl, and it carries Tamil and English headings for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a blue Tamil line reading thane payal nivaranappanigal. A caption beside the portrait reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda in Tamil script. Part of a person's white-clad arm and a blue plastic chair are visible at the right edge. The banner is printed on orange fabric with a white border.