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A photograph of a small white and turquoise church facade topped by a white cross and loudspeaker, with a blue-robed Madonna and child statue in a niche above the doorway. Beneath it, a crowd of villagers, mostly women in saris and men in lungis, queues and sits near the entrance. An orange vinyl banner hangs at right, showing a smiling man in an orange turban and robes, with Tamil and English text reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. A folding table holds medicine packets. Palm trees frame the scene under a pale sky.

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A photo of a white church facade with turquoise trim, topped by a white cross and loudspeakers, with a blue-robed Madonna and child statue in a niche above the entrance. Palm trees stand behind it. In front, turquoise wrought-iron gates bear the word ALEXANDER. Several children stand in the foreground, including two girls in embroidered kameez, one in teal and gold and one in red. Behind them, a crowd of villagers sits on red and white plastic chairs under the church porch. A hanging banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and Tamil text, and a clock is mounted on the wall. Several people, including a man in a red shirt, are seated in the courtyard.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of a medical camp under a covered veranda of a whitewashed building with blue pillars and a wall clock. A standing young man in a white t-shirt and blue track pants faces away, while a seated man in a white shirt and checked lungi sits at a long table with boxes of medicine. A man in a red-and-white outfit and several other men and boys sit or stand nearby. A woman in a pink sari sits at right, and a boy in a maroon shirt sits on a wooden bench. Behind them hangs an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with palm trees outside.2012-01-04A photograph of a medical camp held at a blue-painted building with blue gates and palm trees beside it. Several dozen-scale rows of people sit and stand on the steps and in a courtyard: a man in a white shirt sits on a bench at right, a woman in a sari stands near the doorway, and children in colourful clothes are gathered around. Plastic chairs in red, green and white are arranged in the foreground, and a banner or poster hangs on the building wall beside the open doorway.2012-01-04A photograph of a blue-and-white church-style building with a blue gate and a clock on its facade. In front, an orange vinyl banner shows a smiling man in an orange headwrap and orange robe, labelled as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, with the caption Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and the text Thane cyclone Relief Works. Several women in colourful saris and a small child in an orange top stand near the gate, and coconut palms lean behind the building. Because the banner portrait is printed, the depiction is not a physical person present in the scene.2012-01-04A photograph of a medical camp at a whitewashed building with a blue-painted pillar and coconut palms outside. An elderly woman in an orange-and-yellow sari sits at left holding paperwork, beside a toddler in a dark blue top. Several girls and a young boy sit on a bench; one girl wears an orange shawl over a pink skirt. Standing adults in casual clothes and a red-checked sari queue near a table stacked with boxes and medicine packets. A small chalkboard sign hangs on the wall. No ritual or a person figure is visible.2012-01-04A six-panel photo collage of a medical camp in a Tamil village setting. Panels show a stone plaque in Tamil reading a church dedication, a white-walled building with blue trim, and people seated at tables receiving checkups. A man in a white shirt and a bald man in white ritual clothing with a red-orange shawl sit with patients, and a bald man in white clothes and saffron trim attends a seated elderly woman in a red sari. Children in colourful clothes and women in saris wait in line, and plastic chairs, medical supplies and a red-and-white banner are visible.2012-01-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a rural outdoor gathering in front of a brick-and-thatch house with a plant-filled yard. A crowd of roughly two dozen villagers, including children, women in saris and older people, stands and sits around a table, with a man in white clothes at the centre. Behind them a poster or banner hangs on a wall, showing a large portrait and printed text. The scene looks like a community outreach or distribution event.A crowd of villagers queues outside a pale green concrete building beside the sea, many people waiting in line for a medical camp. Men in white shirts and lungis, children in red and checked shirts, and women in saris stand or crouch on the steps. Under a blue tarpaulin at left, a seated medical worker in white attends to a patient. Above them hangs an orange banner printed with a portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and the name Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with Tamil text, a portrait that is printed rather than a physical person. Sunny sky and open water are visible at right.2012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of a relief distribution on a seaside building with green walls and a flat concrete veranda. A large orange banner on the wall shows a portrait labelled "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" with Tamil text beneath. Under the veranda, white-shirted volunteers stand and sit at a table with a blue cloth, while a crowd of villagers, many children in shorts and shirts, women in saris, and men in lungis gather in front, some seated on a red fishing net. The sea is visible at the right edge under a bright sky.2012-01-03Outdoor photo of a rural village relief camp outside a white single-storey building with blue shutters and a blue Tamil signboard on its roof. Many women and girls sit or squat on the dusty ground in front of the building, wearing bright saris in pink, red, orange, blue and purple prints. Some hold plastic bottles and bags, and a woman in a white sari stands near the wall. A thatched hut and palm trees appear at the left edge. No a person is visible.2012-01-06