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Outdoor photo of a rural road lined with palm trees and a dirt track strewn with cut grass, leading to a tall blue arched gateway hung with banners. The banners show portraits of two men: one with a white turban and one with a saffron-orange head wrap. Women in saris walk in front, one at left in a pink-orange sari carrying a brass vessel with flowers, two in red and white saris at centre. Behind them a procession of people in white clothes, and a figure in orange at right. Motorcycles are parked at the sides and blue-white festoon garlands strung across the trees. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks at lower right. The banners carry Tamil and Hindi-style greetings reading 'Welcome! Welcome!', with a banner line naming Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

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January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12June 19 20142014-06-19A street procession passes under a tall bamboo arch hung with a black banner printed in Tamil and red-and-white lettering, with large portrait prints of a bearded man in white head-wrap and white robes along both side panels. Musicians in white shirts and red-and-white uniforms with vests play a trumpet and a drum, while a man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks in the foreground. Strings of bunting and flags stretch across the street, with shops, a palm tree and a parked car behind. The portrait prints are depictions on banners and cannot be confirmed as a person by appearance, so their identity is unsure.2007-01-12A photograph of a festival entrance arch built from bamboo, palm fronds and banana plants, with flags and white bunting strung overhead. A pink banner across the arch shows a bearded, white-turbaned man beside Tamil text naming Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Periyaseerakapadi. To the right, a tall green poster shows a smiling figure in orange robes with a red-orange head covering. Many people in white dhotis and sarees and checked shirts walk through a sunlit dirt ground, and a uniformed man in a cap stands at right.2006-09-14Outdoor photo of a crowd on a dirt road lined with palm trees under bright sunlight. A red arched gateway stands in the background, with Tamil text on its crossbar. Two red banners flank the gate, each bearing a portrait and printed text. In the centre, a bare-chested sannyasi in orange cloth and an orange turban walks barefoot with a rudraksha mala, alongside a woman in an orange sari carrying a brass plate of flowers and a garland-wearing man in orange. Nearby, women in orange and white saris and a girl in a pink dress join the procession. Men in white shirts, dhotis and orange shawls, and others in casual clothes, move through the crowd, and a man with a camera stands at right.2014-06-19A street photo of a bamboo gateway arch decorated with large black banners printed with portraits of a smiling man wearing an orange-saffron head wrap and orange garments, flanked by flowers, with a banner text in Tamil and a red-saffron flag. The banner reads a welcome message in Tamil and Tamil script beneath the portraits. Along the dusty road, several men walk and stand, some in white dhotis and shirts, and a few small groups are visible; a parked orange car and a red SUV are at right, with string bunting and palm trees beyond the arch. Printed portraits on the banners are not physical people.2007-01-12November 25 20062006-11-25January 12 20072007-01-12June 19 20142014-06-19Outdoor street scene at a roadside inauguration arch made of thatch, palm fronds and hanging fruit bunches, with bunting strung across it. A large banner on the left shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and saffron robe, captioned as a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda", with the event details beneath. A group of people stands along the road in white and coloured saris and dhotis, with children in front, while a man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at a decorated table with flower garlands and a tray of offerings near the arch. Tables with white cloths and banana-leaf or flower arrangements line the background, with a small orange flag at left and palm trees behind.2010-02-18A street photograph of a bamboo entrance arch decorated with large orange-and-black banners showing a man in orange robes and an orange turban, smiling, repeated on the side pillars. Upper banner text reads a welcome message to Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Below, people walk along a palm-lined road, a man in a checked shirt and a boy in shorts pass by, and an orange car is parked at right. Shops with hanging cloth and signs line the left side, and strings of blue-and-white bunting cross the road.2007-01-12