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A photograph of an ashram entrance on a dusty dirt road with thatched huts and a rocky hill behind. A green metal gate is hung with a colourful banner reading "Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Ayurveda College & Hospital" with a "Welcomes You" message and printed portraits of two saints, one with a white beard in orange robes and one with long dark hair and a beard. A second orange signboard with Tamil text stands on the right. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt walks through the gate, and a few other people in white clothes stand or walk on the road. A white minibus and a bicycle are parked nearby, with orange flags on poles above the huts.

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A large printed banner hangs on a black iron gate in front of a straw-covered mound. The banner has an orange, yellow and green gradient with the heading "Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Ayurveda College & Hospital" in red letters, along with gerbera flowers and a "Welcomes You" message at the bottom. Two framed portrait photos appear on it: on the left, a bald man in orange robes holds a staff, and on the right, a bearded man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace stands with his hands together. Small circular inset images appear in the top corners, and the banner gives the address Chennai-Bangalore National Highway, Nazarethpet, Poonamalle. No people are physically present in the scene.2008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03A photograph of a large colourful banner hung on a green iron gate at the entrance of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Ayurveda College & Hospital. The banner has a yellow-to-green gradient background with red and white headline lettering and pink Welcome You text at the bottom. Two portrait photographs show a white-haired, bald elder in orange robes holding a staff on the left and a bearded man in orange robes with a red tilak on the right, along with small framed portraits of religious figures in the top corners. Red and orange gerbera flowers decorate the lower corners. Behind the gate is a thatched structure and other printed notices hang on the left. No people are physically present in the scene.2008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03Outdoor entrance to an ashram site on a dusty dirt path, flanked by thatched palm-roofed gate structures and wooden poles. Four men walk toward the camera: two in white shirts and dark trousers, one in a yellow sleeveless top and maroon lungi, and one in a white shirt and dark trousers carrying a small object. Behind them, a few people in white dhotis and shirts stand near a red shrine-like structure with a yellow-and-white emblem. A forested hill rises in the background. On the left, a large blue-and-white banner advertises a shrine of 1008 lingams with a portrait of a woman in red; on the right, a yellow-and-green banner shows a college and hospital with two portrait images and a Welcomes You message.2008-08-03A photograph of a dirt-path entrance to an ashram compound beneath a thatched palm-leaf gateway. A fabric banner strung across the top reads "NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETA" with multicoloured triangular pennants. Beside the gate hangs a yellow and red poster reading "Welcome" in English. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, one in a khaki shirt, stand talking on the path, and a man in white stands at right. Behind the structure rise green forested hills, with small orange flags on poles and a white tiled-roof building in the distance.2008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03A photograph of a group of about seven young men standing on a dirt path before green iron gates, holding up a long blue banner. The banner shows a portrait of a figure with an orange turban, orange robe and beaded necklaces, with rays of light behind; the portrait is a printed banner image and is labelled with Tamil text and the Nithyananda Youth Foundation name. Several men wear white shirts and white dhotis, one in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at right in a white dhoti, and an orange-clad figure stands in the centre. A sign on the right gate reads Mission Restricted. Trees and a pale morning sky fill the background.2006-12-25Photograph at the entrance of the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam ashram in Tiruvannamalai, under a thatched palm-leaf arch hung with a red banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and strings of multicoloured triangular flags. Beyond the gate a dirt path leads toward a wooded hill, with a red monument at the centre. Several young men in white dhotis and shirts stand in the foreground, one in an orange-saffron shawl over a white shirt carrying a dark bag, another in a white shawl grinning. Devotees in white and saffron walk along the path near the gate. A banner on the left carries Tamil text, and a yellow-and-green banner on the right shows painted figures. The scene reads as an ashram gathering with no identifiable Swamiji figure visible.2008-08-03A photograph of a dirt path entering a palm-lined ashram compound through green metal gates. A man in a white shirt and white trousers walks toward the camera, passing a white golf-cart style vehicle parked to the right. Further down the path a figure in orange robes carries a bag. Thatched-roof buildings, yellow shrubs and coconut palms line the path under an overcast sky. A sign on the right gate reads in Kannada and English, with a blue sign on the left gate.2009-08-25Outdoor photo of an open dusty ground at a rustic ashram compound with thatched-roof pavilions and bamboo framing, decorated with saffron-orange flags on tall poles. Several dozen people walk and stand about in white dhotis and kurtas, with a figure in a saffron-orange robe at centre, and women in saris. A thatched stall structure stands to the right with a small signboard and a small shrine-like canopy to the left. White display boards line the background under a pale sky.2008-08-03