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A roadside billboard in a dusty Tamil street advertises a Dhyana Satsangam with a person in Vellore on 19.11.2005, headed by the words Prapancha Shakthin Arputhangal. The billboard shows a portrait of a smiling young man in a white turban labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda". A neighbouring hoarding shows a bearded older man in an orange-yellow turban. In the foreground a man in a red shirt stands beside a bicycle rickshaw, and another man sits on a bicycle beside a fruit cart with produce and bottles. A tree and a utility pole frame the scene.

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November 20 20052005-11-20Street scene in an Indian town: a large pink-and-white roadside billboard on a pole advertises a Tamil-language Dhyana Satsangam event, with a portrait of a man wearing a white head wrap and a red-highlighted banner. The billboard is labelled with a portrait captioned Paramahamsa Nithyananda and the event details. Nearby, a man on a bicycle wearing a white shirt and white dhoti rides past, and another cyclist is at the right. Concrete parapet walls along the road carry several colourful posters, and trees, shops and signboards line the roadside under a blue sky.2005-11-19Street scene in a South Indian town: a large roadside hoarding on a pole displays a pink and white Tamil-language poster with a portrait of a bearded man in a white head wrap, captioned as Paramahamsa Nithyananda, announcing a Dhyana Satsangam event. Posters are pasted along a concrete bridge railing in the foreground. A man in a light blue shirt walks along the road, cyclists ride past, and roadside shops with signboards line the right side under tall trees. Printed name attributed to the hoarding caption, not to any physical person in the scene.2005-11-19November 25 20062006-11-25November 19 20052005-11-19November 25 20062006-11-25A street scene in an Indian town shows a large red roadside hoarding advertising a Dhyana Satsangam, with a portrait of a man in white turban and white clothing with a beaded necklace, set against palm trees. In front, a man in an orange-red turban and light shirt stands near handcart bundles and piles of cloth. Pedestrians and a motorcycle pass along the road, and more hoardings are visible behind.2006-11-25A street photograph of two large roadside hoardings in front of a multi-storey building with a balustrade. The left hoarding shows a smiling man in an orange turban, orange garment and gold beaded necklace, labelled with Tamil text and the Chennai Dhyanapeetam Ashram. The right hoarding shows a red mountain with temple towers, two deity figures, a white-clad woman in prayer, and a robed figure with hands folded, advertising a Dhyana Sathsangam. Several people walk along the street: a woman in a white sari with yellow border, a woman in orange and white, an elderly man in white, and other men in white dhotis, some near rickshaw carts. The sky is overcast with wires overhead.2007-01-12Street scene with two roadside billboards hung on a wall beneath trees and utility wires. The left red-and-yellow billboard shows a man in a white head wrap and white clothing with a beaded necklace, beside Tamil text announcing a Dhyana Satsang meditation event and a Vaastu consultancy sponsor panel. The right billboard shows a row of smiling men in suits and white shirts above a large portrait of a moustached man, with a bottom row of small portraits and Tamil slogans. In the foreground, yellow auto-rickshaws, parked bicycles and motorcycles, and a man in a white shirt on the right. The billboards are the most visible subjects; the photograph is taken through a hazy windscreen.2006-11-25November 25 20062006-11-25January 12 20072007-01-12A photograph of two large hoardings mounted on a wooden scaffold in a street, with a green utility pole between them and a hill behind. The left hoarding shows a devotee-style portrait of a robed figure draped in a thick garland of red, yellow and white flowers, with a caption reading the name Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swami. The right hoarding shows a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head wrap with rudraksha beads, hands pressed together in greeting, beside the printed name Paramahamsa a person Swami. Two seated people sit at left: a woman in a red sari and an older man in white, plus a partly visible person at the lower right edge. Small saffron and green flags are visible at the top.2003-11-09