Outdoor event under a canopy with a multicoloured fringed valance. A long-haired figure in orange-saffron robes with a beaded necklace and pink garland gestures and smiles while speaking with a group of men in white shirts and dhotis. A shaven-headed monk in orange robes stands at right. A brown banner with Tamil script hangs behind them, and a stage backdrop is visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor event under a canopy with a multicoloured fringed valance. A long-haired figure in orange-saffron robes with a beaded necklace and pink garland gestures and smiles while speaking with a group of men in white shirts and dhotis. A shaven-headed monk in orange robes stands at right. A brown banner with Tamil script hangs behind them, and a stage backdrop is visible.

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Outdoor stage event under a colourful canopy with red, green, yellow and purple triangular bunting. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, gestures with open hands while speaking to three men in white shirts and white dhotis. A shaven-headed monk in orange stands at right beside a white cloth bundle. Behind them a banner with Tamil script lists lines including 1008 lingam. A camera operator stands at lower left and a tripod-mounted camera is visible.

Outdoor event stage under a tent with a row of colourful triangular bunting in red, green, yellow and blue. A woman with long dark hair in a deep orange sari shakes hands with a smiling man in white dhoti and shirt, while other men in white and a man in light blue shirt and glasses stand nearby. Behind them a large banner in Tamil script reads about a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with 1008 Linga consecration. A cameraman in plaid shirt films in the lower right corner.

A photograph of a stage event under a striped bunting of red, yellow, green and purple. A man in a white shirt and white trousers with a red-and-gold bordered shawl smiles and touches his chest. Beside him a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, also wearing a gold-bordered shawl, is being draped or adorned by a figure in a long orange robe with an orange sleeveless top. On the left, a bearded man in orange robes stands near a striped pillar. On the right, an older man with white hair wears a pink shirt and watch. A beige air cooler and blue plastic chairs sit at the side, and a maroon banner with Tamil script is behind the stage.

Outdoor stage event under a canopy strung with multicoloured triangular bunting in red, green, blue and yellow. A man in white dhoti and shirt bows deeply, his head lowered toward the hands of a smiling woman in a saffron-orange sari with long dark hair who leans forward, her arms extended. Behind them a second man in white stands beside an elderly bald man in white, and another person in orange garments stands at right. A tall banner in Tamil script hangs behind the stage. Offering or honouring a guest seems to be the activity; no a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.

Outdoor stage event under a decorated canopy with multicoloured bunting. A standing woman in an orange saffron sari with a white-bordered shawl and beaded necklaces smiles and is greeted by a man in white shirt and dhoti who faces away from the camera. Seated men in white dhotis and shirts sit on blue plastic chairs, and two men in orange robes with rudraksha malas sit at the left and rear. A white draped sofa and footstool sit on a red carpeted stage. Behind them a banner in Tamil reads the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam temple inauguration with 1008 lingam consecration. Not clearly identifiable as a person.

January 23 2011

A photograph of a crowd gathered outdoors at a camp or community event. A central man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and an orange saffron garment with a dark rudraksha mala is smiling and gesturing with one hand while speaking to the people around him. Men in white shirts and light trousers, a man in a grey shirt with glasses, and a man in a cream shirt holding a small booklet surround him. Two men in orange shawls stand at the left and lower right. Behind them, tents, a signboard and onlookers are visible. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), in orange saffron with rudraksha mala and long hair, speaking with devotees.

Outdoor ceremony under a large orange and purple canopy trimmed with colourful bunting and hanging bananas. In the foreground a woman with long dark hair wears an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, smiling and gesturing with raised hands. Beside her a man in white dhoti and shirt wears a maroon and gold shawl and gestures with his hands. A man in white shirt on the left holds a small object, and a man in a checked shirt holding a camera stands at right. Several other men in white attend in the background near a decorated palanquin.

A woman in an orange sari with a pink flower garland stands at the right, turned toward a stage table draped in white. Beside her, men in white shirts and white dhotis stand near a banner of coloured triangular flags. Behind the table hangs a large framed black-and-white portrait of a smiling man with long hair, labelled in Tamil and Sanskrit script as Paramahamsa Nithyananda. The brown banner beside it carries Tamil text referring to a dhyanapeetham inauguration.

An outdoor gathering under a canopy strung with colourful triangular bunting in red, yellow, green and purple. A long-haired figure seen from behind wears an orange sleeveless garment and a thick red flower garland, seated facing a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who is smiling broadly and gesturing with his hands. Nearby, another man in white shirt and white dhoti with a saffron-orange shawl, and a bald man in white with a golden-brown shawl, smile and stand among the crowd. Large sleeves of white garments appear at the right edge.

April 19 2008

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Outdoor stage event under a colourful bunting canopy with red, yellow, green and blue pennants. A bald, bespectacled man in white shirt and white dhoti receives a large garland of white flowers and red roses from a woman in an orange sari with gold border, her arm extended toward him. Two men in white shirts and dhotis stand at left, one with a rudraksha-style cord around his neck. Behind the stage a brown banner with Tamil script reads 'நித்யானந்த தியானபீடம் துவக்க' and '1008 லிங்க பிரதிஷ்டை விழா', with a white draped table in the foreground.

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