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Outdoor photo at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam centre in Tamil Nadu, showing a red-bordered sign with a portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length dark hair, labelled "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Sanyasini's Training Institute" in English and Tamil. Beside the sign, a brick-ringed fire pit sits on red earth with white kolam-style chalk designs. Three people in saffron-orange robes walk through a wooden gate under green trees, and a white-clad figure stands further back. The person in the foreground wears long saffron robes and has dark hair; the middle figure is bald in saffron robes.

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August 03 20092009-08-03Outdoor scene at a dirt-floored yard beside trees. Several saffron-robed sannyasins walk past a brick fire pit with white chalk kolam designs on the ground. A tall-haired sannyasin in orange cloth is in the foreground, a bald sannyasin in orange beside him, and another in orange further back. A figure in white with an orange shawl holds a beige umbrella on the right, and an orange umbrella stands behind them. Behind them a red-bordered signboard shows a smiling woman with a red bindi, with Tamil and English text. The fire pit and kolam suggest a ritual inauguration setting.2009-08-03August 03 20092009-08-03A photo of a group walking along a red dirt path past a green-leafed garden. In the foreground, a long-haired figure in orange robes and a red blouse walks beside an older man in orange robes, while an attendant in white dhoti and an orange shawl holds up a cream umbrella. Behind them, a man in yellow robes and other men in orange and white walk on. A red-framed board beside the path shows a smiling woman's portrait labelled Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Sanyasini Training Institute, with a tall orange cloth behind it.2009-08-03A dirt path inside a leafy compound, lined with trimmed green shrubs and pink flowering plants. Several young men in saffron-orange dhotis and wraps walk toward the camera, smiling, some holding wooden staffs with small orange flags and carrying bundles. Behind them, an older man in white dhoti and a saffron-orange shawl walks through a green metal gate beside a woven bamboo fence. Trees overhang the scene.2006-08-17A photograph of a group walking along a dirt path between green trees at an outdoor ashram-style setting. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a red-bordered shawl carries a small brass or metal vessel with a green sprig, while another woman in orange gestures beside her. Several people in orange robes and white dhotis or kurtas follow along the path, including a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala on the left and a man in white with a red shawl on the right. A small building with a framed picture stands behind a fence at the left edge, and dappled sunlight falls across the ground.2009-08-03June 15 20092009-06-15July 07 20092009-07-07A photograph of four barefoot men in saffron-orange robes walking single file along a sandy garden path shaded by leafy trees. The front man in the centre wears a large ornate gold-and-beaded necklace and carries a small object in his hand. Flowering pink and purple plants line both sides of the path, with a white building and a stone wall with inscriptions behind them and palm trees beyond. Sunlight casts long shadows across the path. a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the central figure is described by role only as a sannyasi in the procession.2009-06-15January 01 20122012-01-01A photograph of a procession walking along a dirt path between green trees. In the foreground, a bearded man in orange robes walks ahead with a small bundle at his waist, while behind him an older bald man in orange follows. A young man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a red-trimmed orange shawl, raises one hand in greeting while holding a brass kalasha pot with green leaves. Another figure in orange carries a similar pot. Behind them, men in white dhotis and kurtas, and one in a saffron-yellow shawl, walk in a line. Red bricks are stacked on the left beside a small building.2009-08-03December 28 20062006-12-28