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A photograph of the entrance to a temple with a tiled, ornate gopuram-style roof and carved stone pillars on its facade. A tall white metal gate with four panels, each with a decorative round medallion, closes the compound. Above the gate is a blue-and-white lettered name board. To the left a red-and-white painted wall carries a poster showing a smiling man in a dark jacket beside printed Tamil and English text. Trees and a dirt road are in the foreground. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a gated entrance to a campus with a red-and-cream gate arch and wrought-iron gates decorated with red circular ornaments. A blue sign reads Pondicherry University, Directorate of Distance Education, Puducherry Spot Admission Centre. Below it a white banner advertises Nithyananda Global Community Initiatives, showing a woman's portrait. Palm trees, a paved driveway and a small figure in a dark shirt beside the gate are visible.2009-10-29A photograph of an empty outdoor courtyard beside a whitewashed wall at the Ulavara Pani temple area. Red and white striped low walls or kerbs run across sandy ground, with a concrete slab and a stone-paved path along the left edge. Two palm trees stand against the wall, and a blue tiled panel and a wooden-framed door with a metal grille are set into the wall at the back. No people or deities are visible.2009-08-31A close photograph of a weathered wooden signboard mounted on a dark, peeling wall of a temple. The board has a deep red and gold background with a shivalinga illustration on the left and a small gilded deity shrine image on the right. The text identifies the shrine as Sri Marakathavalli Mukteeswarar Thirukkoyil, under the Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple. No people are visible; the sign is the sole subject.2009-08-31Photograph of an empty dirt courtyard beside a single-storey yellow school building with a row of pillars and a blue signboard in Tamil script on the right. A white banner hangs from the pillar reading Nithyananda Youth Foundation Presents FREE MEDITATION FOR STUDENTS with a small image of a saffron-clad figure. Bare trees, a palm tree and a distant hill line the sunny scene. No people are visible.May 30 20122012-05-30 +1 copiesA temple gateway of a Mangalambika/Mangalaiyamman shrine with a colourful tiered gopuram-style roof crowned by painted deity figures and lions. A printed banner above the entrance reads a Tamil dedication to Arulmigu Mangalaiyamman Thirukkoyil. Standing female figures in green and red flank the doorway. To the right a black board carries a yellow poster with a small photo of a bald man in white, with Tamil text. In the foreground a crowd of about ten people sits and stands, including older women in saris, a woman in blue, and men in shirts. No deity is named in this frame beyond the temple banner.2006-11-01Outdoor photo of a village building with blue and white painted signboards in Tamil script beside a green-trimmed doorway, under a large leafy tree. A bicycle and a parked motorcycle stand on sandy ground. On the right, a large printed banner on a wire fence shows a portrait of a smiling figure in orange robes and beaded necklaces, captioned with a Tamil slogan and a Nithyananda Youth Foundation logo. The banner is labelled as a free eye camp notice. The portrait is a depiction on a banner, and no physical people are visible.Street scene in a dusty village yard on a sunny day. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and khaki trousers rides a bicycle with a front basket, moving left. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and shirts stand near a low building with a blue and white banner and red pillars. A second bicycle is parked by a cream-coloured wall, beside a framed poster and a banner showing a portrait of a woman in a red garment. A large tree shades the right side, and a tall white water tank stands behind the building.August 08 20092009-08-08A street procession passes under an ornate multi-tiered temple gopuram gateway painted in bright blue, pink and yellow with sculpted figures. On the right, a wooden ratha float carrying a decorated deity murti in red and pink garments with a crown and garlands stands beside a uniformed police officer in khaki. Marchers in white dhotis and orange-saffron flags walk behind a large framed portrait of a smiling woman carried on a board. A second uniformed officer stands in the road directing traffic. Printed sign panels on the float show Tamil script.A photograph of the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam building in Salem, a white whitewashed compound wall with vertical red-and-white stripes and a small ochre-and-white gopuram-style tower with sculpted figures on its roof. A roadside sign in the foreground reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in English and Tamil, with a portrait photo on the sign showing a long-haired figure with a white garment and beads, plus address and phone details, and an arrow pointing down a dirt-and-gravel road. A stone retaining wall lies to the left, a low white outbuilding with a thatched roof sits at the left edge, a motorcycle is parked at the right, and green trees and distant hills appear under a cloudy sky. No people are visible in the scene.Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa Sarvajnapeetham +2 copies