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A street photograph of a pedestrian overpass spanning a wide road in a Tamil city, with a large blue banner across its railing reading in Tamil 'Dhyana Satsangam' and promoting an arogya yoga programme. Below it hangs a white strip with more Tamil text naming a sponsor and a venue. Two vertical banners on lampposts show a robed figure with long hair and a bearded figure in saffron-orange with a head covering; both are printed images, not people. On the overpass and road a few small figures are visible, including a cyclist riding below and people near the railing, with palm trees, power lines and a grey sky behind.

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November 25 20062006-11-25A street scene in a busy Indian town. A long blue and cream banner hangs from a steel footbridge over a road, showing three portrait photographs of a man with a shaved head wearing orange or saffron robes, with Tamil text. A tall vertical banner on a pole beside the road shows a figure in orange and white robes. Auto-rickshaws, motorcycles and a bus travel along the road, with a row of shops on the right. No people are clearly standing in the foreground apart from distant pedestrians and riders.2006-11-25November 25 20062006-11-25A street photograph of a busy road beneath a pedestrian footbridge with a blue metal roof. A large yellow banner is strung across the bridge, showing three portrait photographs of men and a blue heading reading Dhyana Satsangam. Below the portraits is Tamil text naming a local political figure. Traffic includes green city buses, a silver hatchback and a man in a striped shirt cycling with a large woven basket. A smaller vertical banner hangs on a lamp post along the roadside, and a trailing cluster of yellow barriers lines the pavement.2006-11-25A street scene in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, under a metal footbridge draped with a blue banner. The banner shows portraits of saffron-robed figures and Tamil text announcing a dhyana satsang. Below it a cream banner names a local guest, Thiru K.M. Kadhar Moideen M.A., M.P. A yellow-and-black Sunbeam School bus with a ladder on its side is at left. A tall vertical banner shows a saffron-robed figure with long hair. Motorcycles and yellow auto-rickshaws move along the road, and a few pedestrians walk nearby. Overcast sky.2006-11-25A busy urban road in Tamil Nadu on a hazy day, with a green-and-white bus, auto-rickshaws, and motorcycles. In the foreground, a man in a checked shirt and a young man with a white plastic bag look toward the camera. A pedestrian overpass spans the road, carrying a horizontal banner with Tamil text and portraits. A large roadside hoarding on the left shows a grid of framed portrait photos of men and women with Tamil text. Yellow metal barriers line the right side of the road beside palm trees and street lamps.2006-11-25November 25 20062006-11-25Street 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 20062006-11-25A 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 in a small Tamil Nadu town showing a roadside lined with palm trees and low shop buildings. A large yellow and pink banner stretches across the road with Tamil text and a figure in orange robes with a red head covering. Two more tall banners on poles show similar saffron-robed figures, one beside a flag pole flying saffron, white and green flags. Motorcyclists and a cyclist pass, and a small group of people stands on the right near a loudspeaker set. Tall orange-robed banner figures feature prominently; the people on the street are ordinary passersby and attendees.2006-11-25November 25 20062006-11-25