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A large outdoor banner from Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam announcing Anandotsava 2010, Anandeshwara Devalaya Brahmotsava, Tuesday Acharyas' Day, 29th December 2009. A framed portrait at upper left, labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda", shows a smiling woman with a red bindi and a beaded necklace in front of an orange background. The banner is a printed event schedule with columns for time, event, venue and who can attend, listing morning aarti, panchaarati, Kalpataru meditation camp, Acharya meet, Guru Gita homa, cultural programme and acharya ordainment. Green plants and a small statue appear at the bottom of the frame, and other banners stand at the edges. No physical people are present in the scene.

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December 29 20092009-12-29December 06 20082008-12-06February 23 20092009-02-23Evening photograph of a group of saffron-clad sannyasis standing on a sandy ground outside an event area. A man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange robe stands in the centre, gesturing with an open hand toward an older white-bearded man in pale orange robes on the right. Other robed men in orange and rust-brown stand around them, some with beards and malas, and white-clad volunteers with lanyards stand in the background. Behind them, a banner reads Ananda Utsava 2010 with dates and a Bidadi venue listing, and a notice board is mounted on the wall. a person appears as the central figure in orange with long hair and rudraksha mala, interacting with the group.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A printed Telugu poster mounted on a dark board, announcing a Maha Kumbhabhishekam at Anandeshwari Devalayam at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham. A black-and-white portrait labelled as Paramahamsa Nithyananda shows a smiling man in a white head covering and white garment with a rudraksha mala. Beside it, a line drawing of a deity murti in an arched shrine shows a seated figure with a kalasha-like crown and a staff. Dates and homa names are listed: Ganapathi Homam, Saptahomam, Sri Vidya Homam, Chandi Homam. Contact details and the Nithyanandagiri address appear at the bottom. No physical people are visible.2006-09-26Evening cultural performance on a raised stage with a turquoise draped front. Dancers in colourful traditional costumes and headdresses perform before a seated audience in the foreground. A large banner behind shows a smiling man in an orange turban and an orange robe, captioned Anandotsava 2010, with the Anandeshvara Devi Divya Brahmotsava subtitle. The dancers include a figure in green and a figure in a white and maroon costume bowing, with others in blue and red saris. A musician sits at the left edge of the stage. The banner portrait is a printed depiction, not a physical person present. Approximately ten performers and a dozen or more seated audience members are visible.2009-12-30An outdoor roadside billboard with an orange and cream background. On the left, a portrait of a smiling man wearing a white turban and white shawl is labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" on the sign. On the right, a circular inset shows a deity murti of Sri Anandeshwar draped in red and orange flower garlands, with a silver kalasha-like vessel before it. Below the central text is a red arrow reading "Welcomes you 1K.M" with phone, fax, email and website details. Metal posts and a sky with clouds frame the sign, with shrubs and a low building behind it.2005-12-31December 27 20092009-12-27October 09 20082008-10-09Printed materials on a white table draped with a green gold-bordered cloth: a 2011 calendar sheet showing a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes above a wall calendar, with a small temple deity image at top right, and a booklet titled Anandotsava with the same smiling figure in orange turban and orange robe on the cover. Two more orange-and-white leaflets lie beside them, and a terracotta-coloured wall is visible at the top. No physical people are present; the figure appears only in printed images.2010-10-18 +2 copiesA photograph of an outdoor welcome banner tied to a bamboo pole in a dusty compound lined with banana plants. The banner shows a portrait of a long-haired man in an orange-red robe with a beaded rudraksha mala and a red dot on his forehead, labelled with a printed Kannada caption naming Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Behind it, two men in white clothes stand on white steps before a decorated white building with colourful panels and green draping. The banner's portrait is a printed depiction, not a physical person present in the scene.