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Outdoor street scene at a busy roadside with a crowd of people walking past a blue three-wheeled ice cream vendor van with menu boards. On the right, a large billboard shows a smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and robes with the printed Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam name and Tamil text. In the foreground, men in white shirts and white dhotis and a woman in a red sari walk among scattered litter under a bright sky.

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Outdoor street scene at an ashram gate with a large orange roadside banner and a diamond-shaped kite-style sign. Both show a smiling woman with a saffron-orange turban and orange garment, in a depiction; the banner's printed caption names Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and the Swamiji portrait labelled on the banner is printed, not physical. In front, a crowd of people in everyday clothing walks past a parked truck and a colourful auto-rickshaw, including a woman in a red sari and men in white shirts and dhotis. Speakers and scaffolding stand at left under a grey sky with trees and a hill behind.2013-01-06Outdoor photo on a roadside after a cyclone, with a leafless broken tree branch overhead and scrubby vegetation and a concrete wall behind. A group of villagers, mostly women and girls, walk along the road carrying metal bowls and food. A woman in a red-and-white sari leads, a girl in a pink dress and a girl in a yellow dress follow, and a woman in a pink sari and a man in a white shirt and dhoti walk nearby. On the right, a vehicle carries a large orange banner printed with a portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes, with Tamil script beneath. The banner appears to be a printed portrait, not a physical person.2012-01-07April 17 20112011-04-17November 27 20122012-11-27July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a street scene in a village courtyard with a small pickup truck decorated with painted flowers and a large orange banner printed with a portrait and Tamil text, labelled with the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam name. Several children and a few adults gather around the truck's rear, and a man in a blue striped shirt and shorts films the scene with a video camera. On the left, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with red border stands with arms folded near the edge of the frame. Two old concrete buildings with signboards in Tamil and a palm tree stand behind, under a pale sky. An orange flag is tied to the truck.2012-01-06January 06 20132013-01-06Outdoor festival scene on a paved ground beside a tent with coloured bunting and palm fronds. Several men crowd in the foreground, including a man in a cream polo shirt at centre and another in a checked shirt at left, several with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads. Behind them are banners with portrait photos of a shaved-headed man in saffron, with Tamil text, and a number of other people walk and stand in the background. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible in person; the banner portraits are depictions.2012-11-27A photograph at an outdoor relief camp with tarpaulin shelters and palm trees. In the foreground a yellow and green three-wheeler vehicle is parked, with a green roof sign reading Tamil text and an orange saffron flag mounted on a pole. A framed printed portrait of a smiling man wearing an orange turban is taped to the windscreen. Several men in white shirts, dhotis and lungis stand watching beside a wire fence. A large printed banner with a portrait is displayed at the right edge.2012-01-06A busy roadside scene during a festival crowd on a tree-lined street, with many people walking along both sides of the road in white dhotis and shirts, saris and salwar kameez. A large red roadside banner on a bamboo scaffold shows a smiling figure wearing an orange-saffron head wrap and orange robe with a red tilak; the banner carries Tamil text. A red fire-engine-style vehicle and blue-roofed buses stand on the right, and a stall with a painted banner sits at the left edge.2010-12-29January 06 20122012-01-06A white and yellow utility van with a yellow front bumper and grille drives along a dirt track lined with palm trees. A large banner on the van's roof reads 'Nithyananda' in red Tamil script with a smaller line of Tamil text above, flanked by portrait printings of a smiling figure in saffron on the left and a deity image on the right. Three people stand on the roof rack wearing white hair caps and light coloured clothing, and two people sit in the front seats, one driving. A small crowd of onlookers in casual clothing stands at the roadside.2012-01-07