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A large outdoor roadside billboard with an orange and red background stands beside trees, a low hill and a chain-link fence. On the left, a sepia portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange shawl with a red bindi. The billboard text announces the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam at Nithyanandapuri, Girivalapaathai, Thiruvannamalai, as the city of Paramahamsa Nithyananda's advent on planet earth, with contact numbers and a website. No physical people are visible.

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A large outdoor billboard with an orange and white design stands in a dry, open lot below a hillside. Two portrait photographs of a smiling man wearing an orange turban with a red tilak appear on the billboard, which reads "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" with a Tamil heading and the website names. In the foreground, a circular sunburst-shaped frame of orange fabric petals surrounds another portrait of the same kind, mounted on wooden poles. The portraits are printed images, not physical people, and a fence with green shrubs and string lights runs along the lot.2012-06-03Outdoor photograph at the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam site in Tiruvannamalai, with a large orange-red roadside billboard showing a smiling man in an orange turban and orange clothing beside printed Tamil and English text. A round circular board with radiating orange petals and a portrait labelled with a small sign stands in front of the billboard. Behind them rises a rocky green hill, and a red stage with a backdrop image sits on the right. No people are visible in the foreground beyond a distant figure at the edge.2012-06-03January 08 20122012-01-08March 03 20072007-03-03A photograph of an orange vinyl banner hung on a weathered, peeling white wall. The banner shows a framed portrait of a smiling man wearing an orange turban with a red bindi and an orange shawl, and it carries Tamil and English headings for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a blue Tamil line reading thane payal nivaranappanigal. A caption beside the portrait reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda in Tamil script. Part of a person's white-clad arm and a blue plastic chair are visible at the right edge. The banner is printed on orange fabric with a white border.2012-01-02A large outdoor hoarding in front of a red brick compound wall, with a rocky hill rising behind it under a pale sky and strings of small lights above. The billboard shows a smiling man in a red turban with a jewelled ornament, a dark wrap, a gold necklace and a garland, resting on a red and cream cushioned seat. The hoarding is labelled as Nithyananda Peetham, Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam, with an address in Girivalapathai. This is a printed portrait on a sign, not a physical person; the portrait is shown on a sign, so the person depicted is not physically present. Spotlights stand on poles on either side of the sign.2017-05-10September 26 20112011-09-26A large outdoor signboard in front of a rocky hill with string lights stretched across it and floodlights on poles. The sign is maroon and cream, with a portrait on the left showing a smiling man in a maroon turban with a crest, a dark embroidered shawl over maroon clothing, gold necklaces and armbands, reclining on a red and gold cushioned seat. The text panel carries Tamil and English name and location lines, a phone number and a copyright line in the corner. No physical people are present in the scene.2017-05-10Large outdoor billboard mounted on a red brick wall, showing a smiling man in a red-orange turban with a jeweled ornament, a rudraksha-style beaded mala, a gold-and-beaded necklace and an armband, seated on a gold-and-red throne with a red cushion. The printed Tamil and English text announces Nithyananda Peetham, Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam, and the wall has floodlights above. The sign reads as an institutional banner, and the seated figure appears to be a depiction on the billboard, with appearance cues that are only partly distinctive.2017-05-10March 03 20072007-03-03January 03 20122012-01-03August 19 20072007-08-19