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June 18 2012

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July 24 20122012-07-24A photograph of a white truck parked among thatched huts and palm trees, with a crowd of villagers standing nearby. The truck bed carries a long orange banner printed with a portrait of a smiling figure wearing an orange turban and orange clothing, above Tamil text and the English words Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Orange flags are fixed to a wooden pole on the truck. Several people in casual shirts and sarongs stand at the left, and a child is partly visible in the foreground. The banner portrait is a printed depiction, not a person physically present.2012-01-04A whitewashed rural building with a thatched roof and a gabled front under an overcast sky. A round framed portrait is mounted in the gable, showing a figure with saffron-orange clothing and a turban-like head covering, with a pale background. The walls are plain corrugated sheeting and a small doorway with a step is visible at the right. Sandy ground surrounds the structure, with palm fronds and a utility wire overhead and other white buildings in the distance. No people are clearly visible in the scene.2007-07-03A photograph of a white vehicle roof with a rectangular sign board in red Tamil lettering reading a printed name, with a framed portrait at left of a smiling man wearing an orange-saffron turban and orange robe with a red bindi. The portrait is printed on the sign, not a physical person. The vehicle has a wire mesh rack and palm trees appear in the background against a bright sky. No physical people are visible in the scene.2012-01-07A dusty open ground in front of a long thatched-roof hall with a signboard reading Divya Anandapeetam. Several people in saffron orange robes walk across the sand, including a woman with long hair and an orange sash, while men in white dhotis and shirts stand at the left edge. Parked white and silver vans and an SUV sit nearby, and roadside banners show a bhagavad gita satsang schedule and a portrait of a smiling saffron-clad figure. Tall flagpoles with orange flags line the hall roof under a pale sky.2010-01-18 +1 copiesApril 17 20112011-04-17A photograph of a thatched-roof ashram building with a sandy courtyard in front. Several banners and printed posters are displayed on bamboo frames and fences, including a white banner with a blue-framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure and a red-and-white poster with a portrait of a figure in orange clothing. A small figure in white stands near the building entrance. Red flags are visible on the roof edge, and a green leafy decoration hangs on a bamboo frame. The banners carry Tamil text and a small figure in a yellow-orange printed poster on the right. A person in the background is the only physical human visible.2008-08-03March 03 20072007-03-03A 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.2011-09-26October 19 20082008-10-19September 23 20062006-09-23A large outdoor billboard with an orange and white design stands in a dry, open lot below a hillside. Two portrait photographs of a smiling man wearing an orange turban with a red tilak appear on the billboard, which reads "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" with a Tamil heading and the website names. In the foreground, a circular sunburst-shaped frame of orange fabric petals surrounds another portrait of the same kind, mounted on wooden poles. The portraits are printed images, not physical people, and a fence with green shrubs and string lights runs along the lot.2012-06-03