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A blue banner hangs from a tree over a dirt path, with a crowd of people's heads visible along the bottom edge. The banner carries a small portrait of a bald, bare-chested man seated in meditation, labelled with Tamil text, alongside three emblems and a large red word. Its message reads as a public health and environment campaign in Tamil, with a handwritten notice pasted on the lower half. The banner is a graphic object, and the visible people are only partly in frame, shown from the heads down.

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A photograph of a blue outdoor banner hung from a pole among green trees, with a few people's heads visible at the bottom edge. The banner is a Tamil-language notice from a government employment and training office in Tiruvannamalai, with a small framed portrait of a bald, bare-chested seated man with a white cloth in the top left corner. Red and white logos sit in the middle of the banner, and a handwritten-style sticker gives the date 01-08-2008. The lower part of the banner shows the text of a health and fitness-style programme.2008-08-01October 16 20062006-10-16August 03 20092009-08-03A large group of schoolboys sits cross-legged on bare dirt under shade trees, in an outdoor school or community setting. Most wear khaki or olive uniform shirts and trousers, while some wear white shirts, blue uniform shirts, yellow and red checked shirts. Several hold notebooks or books on their laps. Behind them a blue banner with white and yellow printed text is mounted on a pole, beside a yellow sign and a metal fence. Dappled sunlight falls across the ground and the boys' faces. No speaker or dais is clearly visible in this frame, and no individual can be confidently identified as a person.2008-08-01A photograph of a blue signboard with white Tamil lettering, partly draped with a white cloth, mounted on a metal post and decorated with a garland of white and red flowers. The board reads a Tamil name for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, the town name Tiruppathur, a Tamil welcome line, and phone numbers. Green tree foliage forms the backdrop. At the lower left edge a figure in orange clothing is partly visible, and parked motorbikes and cars sit along the street below.2009-08-03August 06 20092009-08-06A 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.2007-01-12August 06 20092009-08-06Outdoor photo at a street-side centre inauguration: a large blue signboard reads in Tamil "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Chengam" with a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" showing a smiling woman in orange with beads, framed by white and red flower garlands. Beneath it a banner says "Varuga! Varuga!!" (Come! Come!!). On the right, a man in an orange robe and white flower garland stands before the sign, pulling a cloth covering to unveil it. A crowd of men, women and children in white shirts, saris and striped clothing watches, and a banana leaf hangs in the foreground.2009-08-06Outdoor photo of a newly inaugurated Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam centre in Tamil Nadu. A large blue signboard with white Tamil lettering is mounted on a white building, partly covered by a saffron-orange cloth draped over its left side. A portrait photograph of a smiling woman with short reddish hair in an orange garment is printed on the board's left portion. Several men in shirts stand in the foreground, including one in a white-and-green striped shirt and an older man with a moustache in the lower right. Schoolboys in white shirts look down from a balcony at upper right, and green trees frame the upper left.2009-08-03August 08 20092009-08-08September 20 20062006-09-20