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A close-up photograph of a cream-coloured signboard mounted on a building front in Kanchipuram. The board advertises a real estate business. On the left is a printed illustration of a standing deity murti with a tall crown, garlanded with flowers and decorated with ornaments and upraised hands. Red lettering dominates the top, with a street address, a telephone number and two mobile numbers below in blue. Smaller panels at the bottom show a lane plan and a business name. Fluorescent tubes and a red-brick wall are visible at the top edge.

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August 01 20082008-08-01March 03 20072007-03-03November 24 20062006-11-24October 10 20062006-10-10A yellow street or locality sign with a scalloped top edge and dark blue border, painted on a weathered concrete wall beside a slatted wooden panel. A small painted Ganesha figure sits at the top centre of the sign, and the Tamil name is shown in large dark blue letters. Dry twigs lie at the base of the sign.2012-01-07A blue-bordered signboard on bare, dry earth marks a plot-sale site labelled Nithyananda Nagar. The board has white and yellow Tamil lettering on a dark blue panel with a scalloped top and a small bird-like logo. Behind it are open grass, scattered shrubs and tall trees under a partly cloudy sky, with small yellow survey markers in the ground. No people are visible.March 03 20072007-03-03A close photograph of a weathered wooden signboard mounted on a dark, peeling wall of a temple. The board has a deep red and gold background with a shivalinga illustration on the left and a small gilded deity shrine image on the right. The text identifies the shrine as Sri Marakathavalli Mukteeswarar Thirukkoyil, under the Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple. No people are visible; the sign is the sole subject.2009-08-31A blue street banner for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam at Krishna Nagar, shown outdoors against a pale sky with a blue metal frame and a cream building behind. The banner carries a large portrait of a smiling woman with a red bindi, wearing orange clothing and a beaded mala, labelled with a caption reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Below the portrait are Tamil welcome words and phone numbers, and a logo of a white bird appears at the top. Partial heads of people stand at the bottom edge of the frame.2009-08-06A photograph at night of a yellow street banner mounted on two metal poles above concrete walls and a blue door. The banner carries bold blue Tamil lettering and red address text. Behind it are hanging cloths and a few dark shapes, with a motorcycle partly visible at the lower right. No people are clearly visible; only a small head-like shape appears behind the wall at the lower left. The banner is a notice about an orphanage support or charity office at a street address in Rasipuram.2009-08-05A photograph of a temple doorway with a yellow rectangular sign bearing red Tamil script above a dark wooden door frame. Above the sign, carved stone figures in relief decorate the wall, some painted with orange-red pigment. The sign reads a dedication in Tamil. No people are visible in the scene.2012-05-21A printed Tamil banner hangs on a metal frame outdoors, advertising a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam ratha padayatra. On the left is a portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair, orange garment and a red bindi, labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda in Tamil, and in the centre left-to-right are Tamil headlines and the Dhyanapeetam logo. On the right is a deity image of a standing and seated figure decorated with yellow and red garlands and red-and-white garments, captioned Anandeshwarar Anandeshwari. A large red-on-cream slogan reads Kotikkan Darisana Ratha Pada Yatra. No people are physically present in the scene.2009-01-31