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A photograph of a yellow-walled community centre interior with a navy notice board covered in pinned Tamil-language flyers and framed colour photographs of temples. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a pink flower garland and an orange sleeveless top, stands in the foreground facing the board with her hand raised near her face. Behind her a woman in white sits at a reception counter, and a few other people stand in the background near a doorway. A large Tamil-language poster in the lower left shows a smiling woman in orange and a chariot procession with phone numbers printed on it. Framed photographs on the upper wall show temple gopurams and deity murti.

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Photograph of an indoor office or reception area with yellow walls and a blue notice board covered in printed flyers and framed photos of temples and deity murti. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a sleeveless orange top and a pink flower garland around her neck, stands at the board looking at the notices. At the right, a woman in white sits behind a wooden reception desk beside a computer monitor, and framed portraits hang on the wall behind her. The floor is grey speckled tile.2009-01-10A photograph of an indoor notice board with a blue felt backing on a yellow wall. A woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange top, stands at left with her back to the camera, facing the board. Below the board sits a small brass tray with scattered petals on a yellow ledge. Several printed posters and flyers are pinned up, including a red-and-white leaflet, a pink-and-white sheet, a poster with a deity image and a portrait, and handwritten notices. A partially visible person in white clothing appears at the lower left edge. Printed text is in Tamil and English.2009-01-10A photograph inside a building with yellow walls where a person in an orange-saffron sari with long dark hair walks through a doorway toward a blue notice board. The board is covered with posters and handwritten notices, including a poster with a portrait and a deity image, and a white sheet listing an ASP programme date and location. A man in white partly visible at the left edge. A small yellow shelf below the board holds a metal tray with offerings.2009-01-10A photograph of a person in a bare room with rough plaster walls and an exposed brick window frame, standing in front of a white board covered with small colour photographs and newspaper clippings. The standing figure has long dark wavy hair and wears an orange sleeveless robe with a gold border, and a dark rudraksha-style mala hangs at the chest. Nearby, a potted plant sits on the floor. The photographs show people in orange robes, temple scenes and a rural hilltop. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, and the page places him at this event, so the identification is appearance-based.2008-08-03A photograph inside a small shrine room where a shaved-headed man in an orange turban and orange-saffron dhoti, draped with a thick garland of red roses and white flowers, stands facing a wall altar. The altar is decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flower strands around framed portraits of saints and gurus, with a small brass lamp and incense sticks in front. Several women in white and orange saris and a man in white stand behind him, watching. Framed photographs of a seated saint and a figure in orange robes appear on the altar wall, along with a sai-style portrait.2006-11-24June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesA woman in an orange saffron sari with long dark wavy hair stands in a bare concrete room, viewed from the side, looking at a white display board covered with printed photographs and newspaper clippings. Several photos show people in orange robes, a mountain, a temple gopuram and outdoor gatherings. A person partly visible at the left edge also watches the board. The board's top header is partially legible, and a small printed caption appears above the photos.2008-08-03A photograph inside a room where a priest in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe stands with his back partly to the camera, holding a lit oil lamp before a wall shrine. The shrine is hung with yellow and white marigold garlands and red-and-purple flower strands and shows many framed photographs of saints and gurus, including a central saffron-robed figure. Several white-clad devotees and a man in orange stand behind him, observing. A metal cabinet and a small brass lamp sit nearby. Incense sticks and offerings rest on a ledge below the photographs.2006-11-24A photograph inside a room decorated with framed portraits on a white wall, draped with yellow and maroon marigold garlands. Framed pictures include a saint in orange robes, a seated figure in white, and a bearded elder, with small offerings and a brass lantern on a shelf below. On the right, a man with shaved head in an orange turban, orange robe and a red and white flower garland stands facing the wall, with a woman in white and a woman in a pink-patterned kurta beside him. Another man in an orange vest stands at the right edge. Several people in white are visible in the background through the doorway.2006-11-24A photograph of a small shrine room where a man in an orange turban and bare-shouldered orange cloth stands before a wall altar hung with yellow and red flower garlands. He holds a lit oil lamp toward the framed portraits and images on the altar. Behind him, several men in white kurtas with orange shawls stand with hands folded or arms crossed, and a woman in a light dress looks on from the doorway. The altar holds framed photographs of saints and devotees, a brass lamp, flowers and a small bell. A cream wall and a window with a gold curtain frame the scene.2006-11-24Indoor photo of a ritual at a hall with unfinished concrete walls and a tiled floor. A standing man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, wearing a long garland of pink and yellow flowers, stands before a white-draped table holding three framed portraits, each with a garland. Behind him, a white-clad priest holds a flower-filled plate and another man stands near. On the left, a man in white clothes with a rudraksha mala and a second man in orange robes stand near an information board in Tamil with an orange border. Rose petals are scattered on the floor.2011-09-09A photograph of a doorway decorated with a garland of white flowers, orange marigolds and green leaves. On the left wall hangs a printed banner for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam showing a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" of a long-haired figure in orange robe with rudraksha mala, beneath Tamil slogans about meditation and meditation therapy centre. Through the open doorway, two people in white dhoti and shirt stand inside a room, partly visible.2014-06-23