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A photograph of a whitewashed building entrance with a grilled metal door at Pancha Muga Dharishna Dhyana Peedam in Tiruvannamalai. A man seen from behind, wearing a white shirt, white dhoti with red border, and an orange cloth draped over his shoulder, stands at the doorway holding a small object in one hand. Above the entrance hangs a green framed poster showing two bearded, long-haired sages, one seated in meditation and one in orange clothing, with Tamil text. A dark signboard beside the door carries Tamil text and dates. Yellow triangular niches and red and yellow painted vertical markings decorate the wall.

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2008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09A courtyard ritual in front of a cream-walled building. A young man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a silver lamp-stand with a flame, offering it to an elderly bare-chested man with white hair and a long white beard, wearing an orange dhoti, rudraksha mala and a wristwatch, his palms joined in prayer. At left, a poster shows a smiling person in a blue robe with a white turban beside a red staircase. A second person's folded hands appear at right edge. Text in Tamil script appears on the wall and a board.2006-10-09Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamMarch 01 20182018-03-01A photograph of an interior courtyard-style room with a corrugated roof and white-washed walls. A man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron shawl stands centre-left on a red-and-white floral-patterned floor, hands pressed together at his chest. A second man in plain white dhoti stands arms folded near a doorway, and a third man in white with an orange shawl stands at right, facing the central figure. On the wall, a blue banner reads Dhyanapeetam with a portrait of a smiling figure in a white head covering, and a poster shows a figure in orange-pink robes with a mala. Two folding chairs and a brass vessel on a shelf are visible.2009-02-05A photograph of a white-walled temple doorway decorated with painted colourful pillars in red, blue, yellow and orange with flower and dove motifs and green leaf garlands above. Two devotees in white stand before the shrine: one in a yellow shawl over white kurta and dhoti with the back turned, and an older man with grey hair in a white kurta holding a mala. Brass lamps, a lit oil lamp and a white cloth sit on the marble floor in front of the dark inner sanctum, where a deity murti is faintly visible.A photograph inside a bare-walled room where a bare-chested figure in orange cloth stands with his back to the camera, reaching up to place a garland of pink and yellow flowers on a framed portrait. The portrait is part of a wall display with a green-and-orange banner reading Gurucakram above a central photo of a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala among trees. A large framed portrait on the right shows a smiling man in a white turban, dark blue ceremonial garment and ornate silver collar. To the left, an older man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together. Below, brass plates hold flowers, fruit and oil lamps, and a sheet of white flowers lies on the floor.2006-02-12A framed green-and-gold signboard mounted on a wall shows two painted or printed portraits of bearded holy men with long matted hair. The left portrait depicts a bare-chested, seated figure in meditation posture on a white cushion, with a faint halo behind his head. The right portrait shows a long-haired, bearded man with a dark shawl. Printed text on the board labels the left portrait as "Brama Maharishi Mamunivar Isakki Sither" and the right as "Pancha Muga Davathiru Mani Sadhu", with a banner reading "Pancha Muga Dharishna Dhyana Peedam, Tiruvannamalai 606 602". No physical people are present; the figures are depicted only in print.A photograph at a white temple entrance decorated with carved stucco. Two people in white clothing stand at the doorway. The figure on the left wears a yellow shawl over white kurta and dhoti and faces inward toward a dark inner shrine holding a deity murti. The man on the right in a white kurta stands outside and holds a small pink object, possibly a figure, looking inward. Brass bells and a lit oil lamp rest on the granite floor, with white cloth on the floor. Painted cloth-wrapped pillars in red, blue, green and yellow frame the doorway, and mango leaves hang above it.January 17 20182018-01-17A figure with long dreadlocked black hair and a saffron-orange cloth draped over the shoulder, bare-chested with rudraksha beads on the upper arm, stands in the foreground seen from behind. Facing them is an older bare-chested man with a grey beard, rudraksha mala around his neck and a gold bracelet, touching his chin in thought. Behind them is a yellow temple-style building with triangular recesses on its walls and a dark doorway, with a small plaque on the right edge.2018-03-0126 డిసెంబరు 2006