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Outdoor photo of an ashram approach road lined with banana plants and coconut palms under a clear blue sky. A silver sedan is parked on sandy ground beside white-painted posts and red-based markers, with a few men in white dhotis and shirts standing near it. In the foreground a man in a light cream kurta and white dhoti stands at left, and a barefoot man in a dark purple shirt and dark trousers walks away down the path. A white cloth-draped structure stands at left and marigolds grow along the edge of the path. Some people are visible on the far side near the car, and the whole scene is a plain outdoor setting with no visible deity, throne or ritual activity.

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December 30 20072007-12-30A photograph of a village street lined with banana plants and palm trees, where a crowd of people walks alongside a silver SUV that has its driver-side door open. A woman in a cream sari with a gold border and a yellow blouse stands at the front left. Several men wear white dhotis and shirts, one in a lavender dhoti, and one in grey with a checked lungi. A person in orange robes stands at the right edge beside the vehicle, and an orange flag is held up in the crowd. A small pink building and a thatched hut appear at the left and right edges.2010-01-20A dirt path lined with tall green banana plants runs through an ashram compound. Several people in white clothing walk along it, including a boy in a white shirt and white trousers at the left foreground carrying a small white bag, a group of three women in white saris and white garments walking in the centre, a child in a blue shirt on the right, and a man in white with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder on the right. White structures and red-painted pillars stand beyond the path, with a tall pole visible at the left and a blue sign in the background. The scene is bright and daytime with trees behind.2007-12-30A photograph of a dusty unpaved road lined with tall coconut palms and red-brick edging, bright blue sky overhead. A few small groups of people walk along the road and gather near a roadside stall with hanging cloth and a parked vehicle; one man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks in the centre. Scrubby dry vegetation and a corrugated-roof structure appear on the left. The scene reads as an ashram access road.2006-12-29December 21 20092009-12-21Outdoor photograph of a dusty red-earth path at an event venue, lined with young banana plants and a row of discarded sandals on the left. A group of devotees walks along the path, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis, with a woman in a red sari and a white-clad older woman in the right foreground. A red tent wall with white canvas edging runs along the left, and vehicles, a bus and a yellow banner edge stand in the background under a hazy sky. No identifiable a person is visible in this scene.2010-01-01Outdoor ashram scene in bright daylight with palm trees and a dirt courtyard. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in plain white dhoti with a red border stands with hands folded in prayer, facing the camera. Behind him, a crowd of about two dozen people, many in white and some in saffron and bright clothing, stand in a line with hands joined. On the right, a priest in white with a folded-hands posture stands beside a red-and-cream shrine with orange and yellow garlands and stone deity sculptures. Overhead hangs an orange cloth canopy, and a white SUV and a painted billboard are visible on the left.2010-11-06December 29 20062006-12-29January 20 20102010-01-20August 18 20062006-08-18A photograph of villagers gathering on a dirt road lined with banana plants and palm trees beside a low concrete wall. Several people in white dhotis and shirts walk forward, with a woman in a yellow sari and another in a magenta sari among them. A silver SUV is parked on the right with a windshield sign reading Nithyananda Paramashivam, and a saffron flag hangs from a banana stalk. On the right edge, figures in orange and saffron robes stand near the vehicle, one with long dark hair, while a few people in white clothing stand beside them.2010-01-20Outdoor photograph on a dirt path between coconut palms and a green rice field, with a silver SUV and a bus parked behind. A man in white kurta and white dhoti with a dark rudraksha-style mala gestures to the left while walking. Beside him a man in a dark shirt and khaki trousers wears a green and maroon patterned shawl. A bearded young man in white kurta and dhoti with a long rudraksha mala and a maroon patterned shawl walks at center. A young woman in a white short-sleeved dress with small print smiles at right. Several other people in white clothes, one in a white shirt, walk behind. A figure in orange stands near the vehicle at left.2005-04-09