A photograph of a blue signboard with white Tamil script reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with a partial Tamil line below ending in a place name. A white bird logo sits at upper left of the lettering, and a smaller partial portrait photo appears at the left edge of the board. Water droplets cover the sign, and a few dark heads are visible at the bottom edge, partly cut off. - Nithyanandapedia

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August 11 2009

A blue roadside signboard for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Chennai Samuthiram, stands before a pale wall with a utility pole behind it. The sign shows a portrait of a smiling woman with a red bindi and an orange garment, labelled as Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Below the photo is the greeting ananda-tudan varaverkirathu and phone numbers. Beside the sign is a white notice board with Tamil text, and a plant sits at the base of the wall. No physical people are visible.

Outdoor photo of a newly inaugurated Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam centre in Tamil Nadu. A large blue signboard with white Tamil lettering is mounted on a white building, partly covered by a saffron-orange cloth draped over its left side. A portrait photograph of a smiling woman with short reddish hair in an orange garment is printed on the board's left portion. Several men in shirts stand in the foreground, including one in a white-and-green striped shirt and an older man with a moustache in the lower right. Schoolboys in white shirts look down from a balcony at upper right, and green trees frame the upper left.

A photographed blue rectangular banner printed with a portrait of a smiling man in a white turban with a red bindi, long dark hair and white-and-red clothing, set beside large white Tamil script on a blue ground. The banner is mounted on a blue plastic chair or stand. The portrait is printed, not a physical person in the scene. Readable Tamil text reads 'Dhyanam ilavasamaaga katrutharappadum' (meditation is taught free of charge).

A photograph of a white vehicle roof with a rectangular sign board in red Tamil lettering reading a printed name, with a framed portrait at left of a smiling man wearing an orange-saffron turban and orange robe with a red bindi. The portrait is printed on the sign, not a physical person. The vehicle has a wire mesh rack and palm trees appear in the background against a bright sky. No physical people are visible in the scene.

A photograph of a blue signboard for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam at Vallakuttai, Vaniyambadi, mounted on a white wall beside a flagpole. The sign shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" wearing a white and red flower garland and an orange robe, with a phone number below and a welcome message in Tamil. In the foreground at lower left, a smiling woman in a white top and a red bindi is partly visible, along with another partly visible person at the edge. A red and gold cloth hangs on a pole at right, with a half-built brick wall behind.