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A photograph of a relief distribution outside a yellow-walled building with a striped blue, pink and white awning. A long queue of women and children in colourful saris, including green, yellow and blue, waits in dusty ground. A man in a blue shirt stands on the left near the awning, and a boy in a pink shirt stands at the right edge. To the left hangs an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Works, with a portrait of a smiling saffron-robed sannyasi with long hair. The banner portrait is a depiction, and no clearly identifiable in-person candidate is present.

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A photograph of a cyclone relief distribution outside a yellow-walled building with a striped blue, white and purple awning. A large orange banner on the left shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam name, with the Tamil caption for Thane Cyclone Relief Works. A man in a light shirt stands on a ladder at the banner's edge while a row of women in saris and children queue at the doorway, some carrying children on their hips. A red bicycle leans against a tree at left. Only a few people are visible, though the queue extends beyond the frame.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of a rural relief distribution point in a village, with a bright purple and teal striped awning over a yellow-washed porch. A man in a light blue shirt and checked shorts stands on a step, reaching up to fix something, while a man in a white shirt and light trousers stands beside a red bicycle. A crowd of women and children waits in front of the building, including a woman in a pink-and-red sari and a woman in a green sari. On the left, a large orange banner shows a smiling figure in an orange-saffron turban and robe, with Tamil script above and below and the words Thane Cyclone Relief Works printed in English. The banner is hung from a pole on a dusty ground with dry grass.2012-01-07A photograph of villagers seated on blue plastic chairs under a covered veranda during Thane cyclone relief work. Hanging above them is an orange banner with a portrait of a smiling bald-headed man in an orange head wrap and orange robe, labelled as a portrait captioned Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Works. Most seated people are women in colourful saris and salwar, with a man in an olive shirt in the lower left and a girl in a white dress at right. The portrait is a printed depiction, not a physical person in the scene.2012-01-02January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution in a village street beside a pale green concrete house and palm trees. A white vehicle with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Cyclone Relief Efforts supplies food. A man in a teal cap and a man in white stand on the vehicle passing steel vessels down. Women in saris, including one in a green sari, and children hold out steel plates and bowls to receive food. A boy in a red shirt and a boy in a yellow shirt stand nearby. The banner carries a small portrait of a smiling woman in orange clothing, not a clearly identified figure.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoors in a village street after a cyclone, a woman in a blue and turquoise sari walks past a tent canopy carrying a steel tumbler. Behind her, several women in saris and children in shorts gather near a purple-painted wall and debris, with coconut palms and a green vehicle beyond. On the right, an orange vertical banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes, labelled with a Tamil caption reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda, with Tamil and English text reading Thane. The scene is cyclone relief distribution.2012-01-07A street-level photograph outside a yellow-washed school building with an open metal-grilled doorway. An orange banner hangs over the entrance showing a smiling saffron-robed figure with long hair beside the words Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a line reading Thane cyclone relief in English. Below it, a blue sign reads a school name in Tamil and English. Several people stand and walk on the pavement: a woman in an orange sari, women in pink and blue saris, a girl in red, a boy in a pink shirt looking at a phone, and younger children in a light top and a yellow shirt. A yellow auto-rickshaw is parked at right.2012-01-04A photograph of a white relief van with an orange banner on its side showing a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe, with Tamil and English text reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane cyclone Relief Work. A person in a green cap and purple top leans from the van handing items down. Women in saris, including a red sari, a yellow sari and a white-and-orange sari, reach toward the van while a woman carries a small child on her hip. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands at right. Blue-green houses with a red tiled roof form the background, under bright daylight with tree shadows on the dirt road.2012-01-06Cyclone relief distribution on a dusty road beside palm trees. A truck with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a Tamil line below it has volunteers in white caps and shirts handing out supplies from its bed. A crowd of women in colourful saris, including one in pink and green and another in blue and black, press toward the truck with plates and containers while boys in checked shirts stand at the front. A green minibus is parked to the right and a small child in red stands at the far right edge.2012-01-07