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Outdoor photo of devotees gathered under a decorated canopy with a patterned red and orange cloth and a marigold-garland banner. Tamil text reads "நித்யானந்த தியான பீடம்" and "தங்களை வரவேற்கிறது" with a dove logo. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left, a bespectacled man in a white shirt and dhoti at right, and a woman in a cream sari with an orange border and pink shoulder cloth in the foreground holds up a small object near her face. A sign labelled KALPATARU lists dates in July and August 2009.

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August 03 20092009-08-03Outdoor 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.2008-04-19Outdoor ceremony under a colourful canopy strung with multicolour pennants and a green-and-pink cloth, with banana plants at the left edge. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis stand with their backs to the camera, facing a raised platform beneath the canopy. A woman in orange clothing stands at the left, and another person in orange appears near the platform. A large printed banner with Tamil text hangs on the right side beside a portrait. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance in this view.2008-04-19Outdoor 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.2008-04-19Outdoor 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.2008-04-19Article - November 26 20062006-11-26A 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.2008-04-19A photograph taken under a green and pink canopy strung with multicoloured triangular pennants, with banana plants and bunches of green bananas at the left edge. A group of about ten men in white shirts and white dhotis stand facing a person at right who wears a long orange sari-style garment and has long dark hair; this figure is facing the men and gesturing with an open hand. Several men wear spectacles, and one in a light blue shirt stands at left. The setting appears to be an outdoor open-air gathering. A person in orange with long swept-back hair is visible and shows distinctive orange clothing, but the figure's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the a person field is set to unsure.2008-04-19Crowded outdoor event under a large multicoloured canopy with red, green, blue and orange patterned fabric. A central young man with long curly hair wears white robes, an orange saffron shawl and a beaded necklace, with arms crossed, appearing as a person candidate by his long swept hair and saffron shawl cues. Around him stand and sit devotees and onlookers in white and pale shirts, one man in a blue turban, and a man in a grey shirt. A partly visible Tamil banner hangs in the background. Indoor-style pendant lights and greenery are visible at left.2006-09-23August 03 20082008-08-03April 19 20082008-04-19An outdoor exhibition stall at a spiritual conference, under a thatched canopy. A man in a white collared shirt and a man in a pink checked shirt stand at a blue-draped table reading printed leaflets. A young man in white kurta and a man in a white shirt with an ID badge hand out literature beside a chakra chart showing a blue human figure with coloured energy centres. On the right, a woman in a cream sari with a gold border and blue blouse, hair in a braid with a flower, receives a pamphlet, and an elderly man in a lavender shirt with a lanyard stands nearby. Banners above show photographs of saffron-robed figures, temples and mountains, and a hanging blue-and-white poster reads Purana. Several other visitors are visible in the background.2005-12-09