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A photograph of a green street banner strung across a village road, with tall saffron-coloured flags along the roadside and palm trees behind. The banner has a central oval portrait of a smiling woman in an orange-saffron garment with rudraksha beads, set beside a temple gopuram illustration and rows of lit oil lamps. Smaller framed images show a deity form on the left and a painted couple in ornate garments with a deity figure on the right. Two vertical banners at the edges show a bare-chested man with hands folded in prayer, rudraksha beads and a saffron wrap, and a figure with a gold crown. Several people stand far off in the street below.

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November 25 20092009-11-25A 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.2007-01-12A 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.2007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12December 20 20112011-12-20A large outdoor banner with a photographic portrait of a smiling figure in orange clothing and rudraksha beads, with a red bindi, shown at left. Confetti falls near the top. A saffron cloth is being pulled from the banner's right edge. Several people in white shirts and white dhotis stand in front of the banner, one raising an arm and pointing toward the sign. A man in white and an elderly man at the lower left watch. The banner carries Tamil text and a logo for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with a sponsor box for Pachaiamman Silks at the bottom. Strings of white flowers decorate the banner's top edge.2009-07-10October 20 20062006-10-20November 25 20062006-11-25December 20 20112011-12-20March 21 20042004-03-21A photograph of a large roadside billboard on a grassy verge beside a dirt road, with power lines overhead and a parked motorcycle at the lower right. The billboard shows two portraits, each labelled with Tamil text: a figure on the left with a saffron head wrap and saffron robe, eyes closed, and a figure on the right in saffron robe and head wrap seated before a waterfall and green landscape. The Tamil headline names Sri Paramahamsa Nithyanandar and the bottom line reads Rathotsava vizha. Two small posters stand on the verge, and the photo is watermarked at the lower right. No physical people are visible in the scene.2006-10-20June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copies