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A photograph taken through a vehicle window shows a street of tiled-roof houses with a tall roadside poster on a pole. The poster depicts a figure seated in lotus posture on a cushion, wearing an orange-saffron robe, with long dark hair and a green halo-like background. Tamil text runs beneath the figure. Power lines and a tree are visible. The poster is an appearance-based depiction of a seated meditating figure in saffron; no physical person is present.

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A vertical street banner hangs from a utility pole in front of a pink and cream house with a tiled roof edge and a patterned iron gate. The banner shows a portrait of a smiling man with a dark moustache and long hair, wearing an orange-red turban and orange-red robes with a red bindi on his forehead. Below the portrait, a band of printed Tamil text reads a caption and a welcome message. Parked motorbikes and green trees with a wall and white metal gates appear in the background. No people are visible in the scene.2010-01-19A photograph of an outdoor poster mounted on a tree trunk, with palm fronds and a dry field behind it. The poster shows a man seated in lotus posture on a yellow-green background with a radiating halo, wearing orange saffron robes that drape over one shoulder, a red bindi on his forehead and long dark hair. His hands rest in meditation mudra and white and orange roses lie at the base. Below the image are red and blue Tamil lines of text. Small blue-and-white pennant flags hang on a string nearby. The bottom of the poster is covered by a torn white paper panel.2007-01-12A photograph of a street scene in an Indian town showing a large billboard poster on a wooden post. The poster shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and his hands pressed together in greeting; a red tilak mark is on his forehead. Printed beneath him is the caption "Paramahamsa SRI NITHYANANDA SWAMIGAL". Below the billboard are other posters with English and Tamil text and a Tamil signboard. A white multi-storey building, power lines and parked bicycles are visible, and a few people stand at the roadside in the background.A small whitewashed building with a terracotta tiled roof stands on bare dirt ground beside a neighbouring house. A doorway is open, with a few pairs of slippers placed outside on the concrete step. A red rectangular signboard mounted on the wall beside the door shows a framed portrait of a long-haired, bearded man in white clothing, with several lines of Tamil text and phone numbers. No people are visible in the scene.2005-07-09Outdoor photograph of an orange vinyl banner tied to a pole in a village yard. The banner shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" of a smiling man in an orange turban with a red bindi, wearing orange clothing, with Tamil and English headings for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and relief work. Behind it stand a concrete building, a blue-painted house and palm trees; two people are partly visible at the doorway on the right, one in a patterned sari and one small child.2012-01-06August 19 20072007-08-19March 03 20072007-03-03January 12 20072007-01-12October 14 20062006-10-14November 25 20062006-11-25A photograph of an orange vinyl banner hung on a weathered, peeling white wall. The banner shows a framed portrait of a smiling man wearing an orange turban with a red bindi and an orange shawl, and it carries Tamil and English headings for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a blue Tamil line reading thane payal nivaranappanigal. A caption beside the portrait reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda in Tamil script. Part of a person's white-clad arm and a blue plastic chair are visible at the right edge. The banner is printed on orange fabric with a white border.2012-01-02October 20 20062006-10-20