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Outdoor courtyard under a corrugated metal awning at a school-like compound. A bald older man in white clothes stands at right beside a metal stand, facing a seated group of children and women on a striped woven rug and blue plastic chairs. Some wear orange and white saris; a girl in an orange top sits in front. A yellow-draped table at left holds flowers, red roses, fruit and wrapped items. Strings of pink tinsel and paper pinwheels decorate the pillars and a banner reading Nithyananda Gurukul. A large boulder and green trees sit behind. The white-clad standing man is not visually matched to any named candidate.

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Outdoor covered veranda at an ashram courtyard with a corrugated metal roof and colourful paper pinwheels and streamers. Women and girls sit on a striped rug and blue plastic chairs in front of a low table draped with a yellow cloth holding flower garlands, red flowers, plates and offerings. Several women wear white saris and orange garments. A standing older man in white clothing faces the seated group at right. A sound speaker sits on a stool and a potted plant stands near the foreground. A banner hangs on the right wall with script text.2008-11-14November 14 20082008-11-14Outdoor children's day celebration under a corrugated metal roof at a school courtyard with sandy ground. Along the left and foreground, a crowd of women and girls in white, pink and orange saris and orange shawls sit and stand, some holding small children. A man in an orange shirt stands near a speaker. On the right, a man with short grey hair in a white shirt and dark trousers stands smiling beside a striped banner. Coloured streamers, paper pinwheels, a red and gold garland, and bunting decorate the scene, with a large boulder behind the courtyard. A printed white banner on the right shows partial Tamil-style lettering and a caption reading Nithyananda Gurukul.2008-11-14A photograph of a children's day event at a school courtyard with a corrugated roof. Many people sit on a raised platform and on the ground in rows, mostly women and girls wearing saffron-orange shawls and dupattas, white, pink, green and yellow saris and salwar kameez. A woman in a white sari and orange shawl sits centrally on the platform. A young man in an orange shirt stands beside a speaker box at right. Colourful streamers hang from a pole at left and balloons are tied to posts. Orange marigold flowers grow in pots along a brick border in the foreground.2008-11-14Outdoor photograph of a children's celebration on the covered veranda of a whitewashed building with a corrugated roof and red-painted lower wall. Colourful balloons, paper streamers and garlands decorate the pillars and entrance. Young men in white dhotis sit on a striped mat and steps at the left, some wearing orange shawls and one with a yellow shawl. Many children sit on the veranda and along the mat, and others stand in a line on the sandy ground at right, pressing their palms together. A man in a white shirt and white trousers stands near the centre of the veranda. Blue plastic chairs are set out, and marigold plants grow in a raised bed in the foreground. A large banner with a framed portrait hangs on the building at upper right.2008-11-14November 14 20082008-11-14November 14 20082008-11-14Photograph taken from inside a covered open-sided pavilion looking out over a dirt sports ground marked with white lines. A man in white clothes and a white shawl stands at the front beside a blue plastic chair, a microphone on a stand, and a vase of red flowers on a small table. A large cushioned seat is draped with an orange cloth, with a red patterned rug on the floor. A banner hanging across the top shows a portrait of a smiling man in a light head wrap beside the words Nithyananda Gurukul. Several seated children and adults sit at the left edge, and a tray of flower garlands is on a table at the left. Colourful balloons and streamers decorate the roof, and small white tents appear in the background.2008-11-14Outdoor children's day event at the Nithyananda Gurukul, with a white banner reading "Nithyananda Gurukul" and a Nithyananda Foundation logo hanging over a covered veranda. A man in white shirt and trousers stands at left holding a microphone and speaking. Dozens of children and some adults sit in rows along a raised platform and steps, many in orange and saffron clothing, white kurtas and colourful dresses. Streamers, paper pinwheels and garlands decorate the veranda pillars, and flower pots line the brick edging of a dirt courtyard. A small altar with an orange cloth and a flower arrangement is visible at left.2008-11-14November 14 20082008-11-14Outdoor children's day celebration at a Nithyananda Gurukul building with a corrugated roof, decorated with colourful balloons, tinsel and paper streamers. A banner reads Nithyananda Gurukul above a portrait of a smiling man in a white turban and white clothing. Seated on a raised platform in orange robes are a sannyasi with a microphone and another orange-robed person. A standing man in a white shirt and white trousers speaks into a microphone near the steps. Children sit on mats at left and women in orange and white saris sit on striped mats at right, with flowers and a decorated table beside them.2008-11-14November 14 20082008-11-14