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Photo of a yellow building facade with an orange banner hanging above the open doorway reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in English and Tamil, with a smiling portrait of a man in an orange turban and orange robe and the words Thane cyclone Relief Works below. Two children walk on the pavement in front: a boy in a red shirt and a girl in a yellow top with a long braid. Inside the doorway, a few people in white and pale clothing stand near a chair. A blue sign board and a motorcycle are visible at the edges.

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January 04 20122012-01-04A street-level photograph outside a yellow-washed school building with an open metal-grilled doorway. An orange banner hangs over the entrance showing a smiling saffron-robed figure with long hair beside the words Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a line reading Thane cyclone relief in English. Below it, a blue sign reads a school name in Tamil and English. Several people stand and walk on the pavement: a woman in an orange sari, women in pink and blue saris, a girl in red, a boy in a pink shirt looking at a phone, and younger children in a light top and a yellow shirt. A yellow auto-rickshaw is parked at right.2012-01-04A street-level photograph of a yellowing two-storey building with a grilled ornate wooden entrance door. An orange vinyl banner hangs across the facade, showing a smiling man with a saffron-orange turban and a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" at the banner's left corner; the banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane cyclone Relief. Below, a blue sign reads relief and medical camp text. A man in a striped shirt stands at the left, two men in white shirts and white trousers talk near the doorway, a man works inside the open door, a child with plaits stands at the lower left, and motorcycles and an auto-rickshaw are parked in front.2012-01-04Photo of a weathered single-storey building with a terracotta tiled roof and blue-and-pink painted columns, outside which hangs a large orange banner. The banner shows a smiling man wearing an orange turban and orange robes, with text for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane cyclone relief works. A parked red motorcycle sits in front, a bicycle stands at left, a young girl in a red dress leans by a pillar, and a man in a yellow shirt and checked lungi stands at the open doorway.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Photograph of a cream-coloured pickup truck parked on a village street, its side fitted with a large orange banner. The banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe in a portrait, with the printed name Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and the caption Thane cyclone Releif Works. Several villagers gather at the truck: a young girl in a floral dress holds a plate of food, and women in saris, including one in pink, stand nearby with plates of food. Behind them is an orange building with blue decorative trim.2012-01-06A photograph of an orange vinyl banner hung on a blue metal gate in front of a plain concrete building. The banner shows a large portrait of a smiling man with a tilted orange turban, a red tilak mark on his forehead, long dark hair and an orange garment; the portrait is labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" in Tamil text. Beside the portrait are the bilingual lines "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" and "Thane Cyclone Relief Works". On the right, a young girl with hair tied in red ribbons, wearing a red and blue dress, stands on red earth holding a metal bowl with food. The portrait is a depiction on a banner, and no in-person candidate is physically present.2012-01-07Outdoor photograph of cyclone relief distribution in a village street. An orange banner on the side of a white van shows a portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes, captioned Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane cyclone Releif Work. Beside it, a man in a white shirt and a man in a white dhoti with a bare upper body hand out packaged food to a crowd of villagers, including women in blue and a woman in a sari, and children on bicycles reaching for packets. A concrete building with a dilapidated facade stands behind them.2012-01-03A photograph of a building entrance with a large orange banner hung between two pillars. The banner shows a portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange clothing, with Tamil and English text reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane cyclone Relief Works. A dark red motorcycle with a rear carrier is parked on the dirt ground in front. Through the open blue doorway, a few people are visible inside a hall. The banner portrait is a printed depiction, labelled by the banner's caption as Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and the portrait is the only Swamiji candidate in the scene.2012-01-04A photograph of a white truck parked on a village street with a large orange banner on its side. The banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange clothing, labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" in small print, beside Tamil and English text reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" and "Thane cyclone relief works". A young girl in a floral dress holds a paper plate of food in the foreground. Behind her, several villagers, including a boy in shorts and an older woman in a red-orange sari holding plates, gather near a painted orange temple-style building with ornate blue decorations.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor 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.2012-01-06