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A dusty roadside scene beside a thatched-roof building with white-washed walls. A large hoarding on two wooden posts shows a portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair and a white head wrap, dressed in a blue top, beside Tamil text. Two schoolgirls in white blouses and blue skirts sit on a low wall at right, and a boy in a white shirt sits beside them. A tall striped pole stands at the right edge. Another printed portrait and text on the hoarding appear in the background. The portrait is printed, not a physical person in the scene.

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2006 - Visit to Namakkal Ashram New Land and EnergizingA photograph of a small blue-walled building with a corrugated roof and a lattice-screen front. Hanging on the lattice is a large blue banner showing a smiling man with long hair and a white head wrap, labelled with Tamil text and a small printed name caption. Two men stand in the doorway, one in a striped shirt and white dhoti, the other in a white shirt and dhoti, and a red plastic chair sits in the foreground. The banner is a printed depiction on a screen, so the people counted are the two men. An orange cloth is visible inside the doorway.2005-07-09April 10 20082008-04-10A roadside billboard on a rough dirt verge beside a leafy tree, bougainvillea and a thatched hut. The billboard advertises a Tamil Bhagavad Gita dhyana satsang with a close-up photograph of a smiling man wearing a golden-yellow turban with a peacock-feather ornament, earrings, beaded necklaces and a blue garment. Two wooden benches sit in front and bamboo scaffolding stands at right. The man is pictured on the poster, not physically present, and no clear identification is made from appearance.2011-09-26November 21 20052005-11-21April 17 20112011-04-17Outdoor photograph of an orange vinyl banner tied to a pole in a village yard. The banner shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" of a smiling man in an orange turban with a red bindi, wearing orange clothing, with Tamil and English headings for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and relief work. Behind it stand a concrete building, a blue-painted house and palm trees; two people are partly visible at the doorway on the right, one in a patterned sari and one small child.2012-01-062006 - Visit to Namakkal Ashram New Land and EnergizingA photograph taken through a vehicle window shows a street of tiled-roof houses with a tall roadside poster on a pole. The poster depicts a figure seated in lotus posture on a cushion, wearing an orange-saffron robe, with long dark hair and a green halo-like background. Tamil text runs beneath the figure. Power lines and a tree are visible. The poster is an appearance-based depiction of a seated meditating figure in saffron; no physical person is present.2007-01-12October 20 20062006-10-20A street-side photo of a small brick and corrugated-roof structure with a blue-painted wall behind it. A signboard on a blue pole is garlanded with yellow and orange marigold strands and shows a framed portrait of a smiling woman in orange clothing above Tamil text and phone numbers, labelled as Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Several young men in white shirts and white trousers stand with palms pressed together in prayer at left and centre, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border stands with hands folded in front of the signboard. At lower right a woman in white is seated with a small offering of fruit and flowers on a tray, and a blue-and-gold deity image is mounted on the wall beside the board.Outdoor ashram inauguration site with a large Tamil-language banner on a wooden frame, showing a portrait of a man with long dark hair beside a deity image and a date-time notice. Thatched-roof pavilions with colourful bunting and tiered finials stand at left, red flags flutter overhead, and a rocky green hill rises behind. Rows of parked motorcycles fill the foreground, with a few people in white clothes and smaller posters with portraits near the right.2008-04-19