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A street photograph of two large roadside hoardings in front of a multi-storey building with a balustrade. The left hoarding shows a smiling man in an orange turban, orange garment and gold beaded necklace, labelled with Tamil text and the Chennai Dhyanapeetam Ashram. The right hoarding shows a red mountain with temple towers, two deity figures, a white-clad woman in prayer, and a robed figure with hands folded, advertising a Dhyana Sathsangam. Several people walk along the street: a woman in a white sari with yellow border, a woman in orange and white, an elderly man in white, and other men in white dhotis, some near rickshaw carts. The sky is overcast with wires overhead.

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January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12A street scene in an Indian town with two large hoardings mounted over a roadside. The left poster shows a man in an orange turban and orange robe with a beaded necklace, looking upward, beside Tamil text. The right poster shows a saffron-toned background with a red hill, temple gopurams, a deity figure with a crown and a woman in orange draped clothing with hands folded. Pedestrians, cyclists and a yellow traffic police barrier stand in the foreground, and shops with a Reliance Mobile sign line the street.2007-01-12A street scene in a busy Indian town where a group of people in white clothing walk along the roadside past large outdoor banners. The biggest banner shows a man in an orange turban, orange robe and beaded necklace, with a Tamil-language event poster beneath him. A second banner on the right shows a temple tower, a red mountain and a robed figure. A rider on a motorcycle in the foreground wears a white shirt, and a cart with a blue frame sits at left beside a small roadside shrine with a red roof. Power lines and old shopfronts fill the background.2007-01-12A photograph of two large hoardings mounted on a wooden scaffold in a street, with a green utility pole between them and a hill behind. The left hoarding shows a devotee-style portrait of a robed figure draped in a thick garland of red, yellow and white flowers, with a caption reading the name Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swami. The right hoarding shows a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head wrap with rudraksha beads, hands pressed together in greeting, beside the printed name Paramahamsa a person Swami. Two seated people sit at left: a woman in a red sari and an older man in white, plus a partly visible person at the lower right edge. Small saffron and green flags are visible at the top.2003-11-09January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12November 25 20062006-11-25Two stacked banners hang on a cloth wall backdrop. The upper banner, in red and black Tamil text, advertises Sri Anandeswarar temple maha kumbabhishekam at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi, Bengaluru, with a portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda and a photo of deity murtis adorned with garlands. The lower banner shows a large portrait of a figure in a saffron turban and dark shawl, labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda, with Tamil text for a 30th birth day celebration, Dhyana Satsang, and an event on 12-01-07 at 5 pm in Thiruvannamalai. No physical people are visible in the scene.2006-11-25Outdoor street scene at an ashram gate with a large orange roadside banner and a diamond-shaped kite-style sign. Both show a smiling woman with a saffron-orange turban and orange garment, in a depiction; the banner's printed caption names Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and the Swamiji portrait labelled on the banner is printed, not physical. In front, a crowd of people in everyday clothing walks past a parked truck and a colourful auto-rickshaw, including a woman in a red sari and men in white shirts and dhotis. Speakers and scaffolding stand at left under a grey sky with trees and a hill behind.2013-01-06Street photograph of a procession walking along a busy road in Tiruvannamalai. Several people in white ritual clothing walk in a group, some with white and cream shawls, a few women in saris. On the left a motorcyclist in a yellow-and-white shirt rides past. Behind them stand large colourful hoardings: one shows several smiling political figures under a sunrise, another shows a smiling man in a pale shirt, and on the right a banner shows a man in a saffron/orange turban and ornate orange garment with a mala, above Tamil text. A small blue and white roadside shrine structure stands in the middle of the street.2007-01-12