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Close-up photograph of a yellow cloth banner with large dark red embroidered or stitched Devanagari lettering arranged in several lines. The fabric is creased and has small reddish stains. The lettering is too partial to read fully. No people are visible, and the image is cropped tightly to the banner's surface.

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Close-up photograph of a yellow cloth banner with large dark red embroidered Devanagari lettering stitched in rows across the fabric. The cloth is slightly wrinkled and has faint red stains. No people are visible in the frame; the view shows only the lettering and fabric texture.September 14 20152015-09-14A street procession carries a maroon banner reading in Hindi 'नित्यानंद ध्यानपीठम्' and 'महानिर्वाणी अखाडा के महामंडलेश्वर' with the name 'परमहंस नित्यानंद स्वामीजी' in yellow, flanked by two printed portraits of a saffron-robed figure with a turban and garland. Three men hold the banner: at left a man in white dhoti with a red shawl and orange-red garland; at centre a barefoot man in white dhoti; at right a man in white dhoti with a gold necklace and red shawl. Behind them devotees wave red flags and a decorated palanquin or deity murti appears under a red canopy, with uniformed police officers nearby and a crowd lining a pink-walled street.2015-09-15June 27 20162016-06-27December 31 20152015-12-31February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering, with a large white banner held aloft by a crowd of devotees in saffron and orange robes and ochre-streaked faces. The banner shows a portrait labelled "Jagadguru Sri Sri Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with a bird logo, and reads "Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta" in Hindi and English. Saffron flags are raised behind it and many people in white and orange clothing fill the foreground. A man with long dark hair and a moustache stands near the centre of the banner, wearing a dark top. Warm street lights glow in the background.2013-02-10September 18 20152015-09-18Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with a large crowd of devotees carrying a long white banner reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta" in English and Hindi, held on bamboo poles. A portrait on the banner shows a smiling figure with hands folded in namaste, wearing a red-orange garment, with a red bindi. Many participants wear saffron/orange cloth and hold orange flags; some wear white dhotis and have painted white or ochre faces and forehead markings. A man at left in white robes and red cloth holds a golden staff. Warm sodium streetlights glow in the background.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10 +1 copiesJune 27 20162016-06-27Close-up photo of a bright red cloth printed densely with black script in multiple scripts, including repeated Nithyanandoham and a person lettering and mantra-like symbols. Hands hold and drape the red fabric at the top of the frame, with a rudraksha mala visible near the upper edge. At the right, an ornate gold and red deity murti or decorated figure stands beside a metal rod. No people's faces are visible; the scene is a textile detail at a ritual setting.2016-05-02