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June 07 20042004-06-07June 07 20042004-06-07Street-side photograph of a large cream billboard advertising a meditation programme, mounted above a shopfront with a Nilgiris 1905 sign and other small shop signs. The billboard shows a smiling man in an orange turban with an orange robe, a rudraksha-style gold necklace and ornate beads, and a bold red mark on his forehead; his face is painted with yellow-orange markings. He is depicted as a printed poster figure, not a physical person in the scene. Tamil text and phone numbers fill the billboard. A small figure sits at the bottom edge near a white container on the pavement; a banana plant with fruit stands at the left. The photo bears a 24 10 2006 date stamp.2006-10-24November 25 20062006-11-25October 06 20042004-10-06A photograph of a street scene in an Indian town showing a large billboard poster on a wooden post. The poster shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and his hands pressed together in greeting; a red tilak mark is on his forehead. Printed beneath him is the caption "Paramahamsa SRI NITHYANANDA SWAMIGAL". Below the billboard are other posters with English and Tamil text and a Tamil signboard. A white multi-storey building, power lines and parked bicycles are visible, and a few people stand at the roadside in the background.October 16 20062006-10-16A printed banner for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam meditation and meditation therapy centre, with Tamil text and a large portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban with long dark hair, hands pressed together in greeting, wearing a beaded necklace in front of a leafy tree. The portrait is labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda in Tamil script. The banner lists a date of 08-10-2006, evening hours of 4.30 to 6.00, Puducherry branch and T.V. Nagar and Ambalam contact numbers, and a red floral border. No physical people are visible; the only person shown is in the printed portrait.2007-01-12Street photograph of two large roadside hoardings on a busy Tamil Nadu street, with overhead wires and a shop front below. The right hoarding shows a large portrait of a man in a white turban and white clothing with a red tilak and a red and green flower garland around his neck, with long dark hair visible. The garland and portrait are on a poster advertising a Dhyana Satsang event. The left hoarding is a political poster with a portrait of a man in white and text in green, white and orange. Several people stand and walk along the pavement in front of the shops, and a woman in a white sari is partly visible at the lower left.2005-11-21Street scene with two roadside billboards hung on a wall beneath trees and utility wires. The left red-and-yellow billboard shows a man in a white head wrap and white clothing with a beaded necklace, beside Tamil text announcing a Dhyana Satsang meditation event and a Vaastu consultancy sponsor panel. The right billboard shows a row of smiling men in suits and white shirts above a large portrait of a moustached man, with a bottom row of small portraits and Tamil slogans. In the foreground, yellow auto-rickshaws, parked bicycles and motorcycles, and a man in a white shirt on the right. The billboards are the most visible subjects; the photograph is taken through a hazy windscreen.2006-11-25A photograph of a man with long dark hair wearing a white turban, a white dhoti with a gold border, a gold necklace with a pendant and a gold chain, speaking and gesturing with his hands beside a large banner. The banner, which carries Tamil text and small photographs, reads 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda's Visit to the City' (Tamil caption, roughly translated). Several men in white shirts stand around him, one with a hand raised toward the banner, and a man in white with a lanyard stands near the banner. Overhead hang a green decorative garland and a tarpaulin roof. Visible people number about six, including the central figure and the standing onlookers. a person appearance cues are present on the central figure, a probable match based on long hair, white turban and gold ornaments, but the appearance is not clearly certain.2005-12-09June 07 20042004-06-07