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Night photograph of a flag-hoisting at a street site in Bhavanar Nagar. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron/orange sleeveless garment and pulls an orange rope tied to a tall silver pole, while a bald man in orange stands at left in front of a blue Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam signboard. A cameraman in white shirt films from the right beneath a large colourful patterned cloth canopy. A crowd of around twenty to thirty onlookers stands behind, including a woman in green sari with hands folded in greeting and a young woman in pale green. Small string lights and a plastic-roofed building are visible.

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January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of a flag-hoisting moment at night in a crowded neighbourhood street. A man with long, swept-back dark wavy hair wears an orange saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, and reaches up to tie an orange cloth to a tall pole. Beside him a bald man in orange and red robes with a rudraksha mala assists, his hands on the pole. Around them, villagers press close: a woman in a green sari with gold bangles and a flower in her hair claps with joined palms, a smiling woman in green kneels near the pole, girls and children stand behind, and an older man in a white dhoti sits at left. A video camera operator films above the crowd, and a blue sign with Tamil script hangs on the wall at left.2012-01-04A night photograph of a street crowd gathered beneath a colourful patterned canopy. In the centre, a figure seen from behind with long dark hair raises one arm to pull an orange rope hanging from a pole. Around them, devotees and onlookers watch, some clapping, one older man in a white shirt with raised hands, and a woman in an orange sari. Photographers with cameras and a red-shirted man with a camera stand nearby. A blue banner on the left reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a sign mentions meditation and meditation therapy centre.2012-01-04Night photograph of a crowd gathered under a colourful striped canopy with red, yellow and blue medallion patterns. Beneath it, a long-haired person in an orange saffron garment with rudraksha malas stands in the centre, reaching toward a shaved-headed monk in orange robes. Surrounding them are many devotees, mostly women in sarees of pink, purple, green and red, plus men in white shirts and dark tops. Camera operators with large lenses stand at the right edge. Behind them are orange banners and an orange wall with a printed poster. Banners read Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Tamil script.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Night crowd scene under a yellow and green striped festival canopy with red and blue medallion patterns. A bright vertical light stands in the centre, and a dense crowd of devotees presses around. A bald man in saffron robes stands near the centre-left, and another bald man in white shirt pushes forward at lower left. A woman in orange sari and a man in purple shirt stand among the crowd, and a man in white holds a child at right. A man holds a camera on a pole overhead. A banner with a pale sun design hangs at right.2012-01-04A crowded evening scene under a colourful tent with a yellow, red and green patterned canopy. Saffron-robed sannyasis and men in white shirts and dhotis press together in a dense crowd, with children and women in the foreground. One saffron-clad man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands centre, and a bald saffron-robed monk stands beside him. A man in red shirt photographs the scene with a camera. Banners and posters line the walls, including a portrait labelled with a name and a blue sign reading Nithyanandapeetam. Several people raise hands and phones toward the middle of the crowd.2012-01-04A photograph of a ritual scene under a tented pavilion decorated with striped cylindrical pillars and orange pennants. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron shawl over orange robes and a red flower garland, holds a silver lamp with a flame and a small bell-like object, smiling. Behind him people in white and orange clothes crowd close, one woman in a green sari sits beside a silver kalasha pot on a low table, and a photographer with a camera stands at left. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), with long hair, saffron robes and garland cues, performing an aarti with a lamp at the centre of the gathering.2006-12-30Night-time outdoor crowd scene under a multicoloured patterned canopy with green-and-pink striped edges. At centre, a long-haired figure with dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange robe, rudraksha beads and a ceremonial necklace, is seated and receiving a small cloth-wrapped offering from a devotee in white. Around them, saffron-robed sannyasis, a bald man in orange, and many men in white shirts and dhotis press close. A cameraman in orange and a photographer in a red shirt film the scene, and a woman in a red sari with flowers in her hair stands in front. Banners behind show portraits and Tamil text, and a long white light stands at left.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04