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Outdoor stage under a white tent with red and gold trim, at an inauguration event. A bearded man in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a long white and red-orange flower garland, smiles and holds printed cards toward a second orange-robed man with a topknot and glasses, who holds a similar card. A man in white shirt and trousers with a rudraksha mala stands at right, and another man in white stands behind them. A banner behind reads in Tamil with the date 24 beside a bhoomi pooja inscription, and a portrait on the banner shows a man in white turban. Flower petals and a floral strip line the stage floor.

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November 24 20062006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24A photograph of an outdoor ceremony under a white tent with a red and gold valance. A man in an orange turban and saffron-orange robe with gold-patterned border, wearing a white and multicoloured flower garland, stands smiling while a woman in a yellow-orange sari with red border and a garland of white flowers and pink blooms bends forward toward him. Another woman in white with hair in a bun stands at left. At right a man in a yellow shirt is partly visible. Behind them a banner shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" next to Tamil text, with a bird logo at top left. The man in saffron has distinctive orange turban and garlands, so an appearance-based candidate is present, but the cues are only moderately distinctive, so uncertain.2006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24A photograph under a decorated tent canopy with red and green borders. A man in white shirt and dhoti on the left leans in to drape an orange shawl over a long-haired man in an orange turban, orange robe and a flower garland of yellow, orange and red blossoms, who smiles back. a person: long hair, orange turban and orange robes with a flower garland fit the candidate cues, and the page places him at this event. Behind them a framed portrait labelled "நித்யானந்தா" with the tagline "பரமசிவம்" hangs on a blue backdrop, and a man in white shirt and glasses on the right holds a red cloth. Another man stands at the far left.2006-11-24Outdoor ceremony under a white tent with red and pink fringed valances at a Kanchipuram ashram land inauguration. A bare-chested man in orange cloth stands before a saffron-robed figure with hair in a topknot and glasses, who drapes a long garland of white, yellow and red flowers around his neck. A man in white on the right holds a silver tray with offerings, and another man in white stands at left beside a white-draped table. A banner with Tamil text and a framed photograph of a forest scene is behind them. The saffron-robed person is a sannyasi or priest; the garlanded man's identity is not established from appearance.2006-11-24A photograph of a stage function under a white tent with a red banner bearing the Tamil-script name Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a bird logo. On the left, a person in orange robes and an orange turban places a garland of white and yellow flowers around the neck of a smiling man in a white shirt and white trousers, who wears a maroon and gold-bordered shawl. A young man in white with an orange shawl stands behind, and on the right an orange-robed attendant holds a white plate or tray with a paper. An empty orange-draped chair with a tall back stands at the left edge, and the red-carpeted stage is visible below.2010-02-18November 22 20052005-11-22 +1 copies