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Photo of a group of about seven men standing together at an open-fronted roadside stall beneath a corrugated metal roof. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and dark trousers holds out a small packet or card, while a man in a light blue shirt with a white dhoti-style cloth and a man in a grey uniform with epaulettes and a red badge stand beside him. Behind them a large white banner with red lettering and a pink-and-blue logo is hung, and a framed photo of a smiling woman in orange clothing is displayed above it. Yellow signboards with Tamil text and a small framed deity picture hang on the left wall. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.

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A photograph of a group of men gathered in front of a Nithyananda Youth Foundation banner at a social service event. A young man in a white shirt with a beaded necklace stands at left, extending a small paper or card to a uniformed man in a grey shirt with dark epaulettes and a red badge, who holds a pen and notebook. Around them stand older men in white and pale shirts, some with white vibhuti marks on their foreheads and grey moustaches. Behind them hangs a large banner with a photograph of a smiling woman in orange clothing with a red bindi and a rudraksha-style necklace, along with red lettering reading NITHYANANDA YOUTH FOUNDATION and blue text reading Salem District 144 Social Services. Tin roofing and a yellow sign with Tamil text form the background. No a person candidate is visibly present, only a printed portrait on the banner.2009-11-01A photograph of a group of men standing under a metal-roofed temple entrance, several holding small orange-covered cards or packets in their hands. A large banner behind them reads Nithyananda Youth Foundation and Salem Day 144 Social Services, with the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam logo at the top right. The banner includes a portrait of a smiling woman in orange robes with rudraksha beads, labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda. A man in a white shirt faces away from the camera in the foreground, while on the left a man in a grey uniform with epaulettes stands beside older men with white and grey moustaches. Yellow signboards in Tamil script are visible above and to the right, and one man wears white vibhuti marks on his forehead. Six to twenty visible people are present.2009-11-01A photograph of a street-side social service handover under a corrugated metal roof. A young man in a white shirt and beaded necklace hands a black torch light to a uniformed security guard in grey with epaulettes and a red badge. Around them stand older men in white and light shirts, one with a white forehead mark, while a large banner behind shows a smiling woman in orange robes and a rudraksha mala, captioned as a portrait labelled Nithyananda Youth Foundation, with the text Salem Day 144 Social Services. Yellow and white signboards and religious calendar prints hang on the wall behind.2009-11-01A photograph of a group of men standing outdoors before a large red-and-white banner reading NITHYANANDA YOUTH FOUNDATION, with a portrait of a smiling woman in orange robes and a rudraksha-style bead on the banner's left. The banner also reads Salem 144 Social Services and Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Nine men stand close together: a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala on the far left, a man in a light blue shirt, an older man in a light blue shirt holding a torch-light box, a man in a grey uniform with a black belt holding a torch, and an older man in white with glasses holding packets. Several men hold torch-light boxes and small packets aloft. A metal pillar and shop signs stand behind them, and a date stamp in the corner reads 1-11-2009.2009-11-01A street-side outdoor scene where several men gather to receive small blue and white boxes labelled STAR LIGHT and PRAJNA, handed out by a man in a white shirt in the foreground. An older man in a pale light-blue shirt, bare-chested under it, holds a box, while a man in a checked shirt with a tilak mark looks down at one. On the right, a uniformed man in grey stands beside them. Behind them hangs a large banner with a smiling woman in an orange saffron top and a rudraksha mala beside text reading PARAMSA NITHYANANDA, and a yellow banner advertising a chariot festival. A framed portrait of a deity hangs nearby. Several people are in the background.2009-11-01A street-side photograph of a group of men gathered at a social service outreach. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt holds out a hand toward a man in a pale blue shirt, whose eyes are lowered as he stands among several onlookers. A man with glasses and a moustache in a light shirt stands at right, and others in white and checked shirts crowd the frame. Behind them hangs a banner with a large printed portrait of a smiling woman in orange robes wearing a beaded necklace, labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Shop signage and a framed deity picture appear in the upper left.2009-11-01A photograph of a group of men standing in a covered outdoor space with corrugated metal roofing, holding a large white banner. The banner shows a portrait of a smiling woman in orange robes and rudraksha beads, labelled "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA" beneath, with the headline "NITHYANANDA YOUTH FOUNDATION" in red letters and "Salem Day 144 Social Services" in a purple cloud. Several men stand in a row: a man in a grey uniform with a "SECURITY" belt, men in white shirts and dhotis, and a man in a checked shirt with hands folded in namaste. Some men have a vibhuti or kumkum mark on the forehead. Behind them are colourful religious picture panels and a partial sign in Tamil. The date stamp "1.11.2009" appears at the bottom right.2009-11-01Five men stand indoors in a plain room with a white wall and a concrete floor, at a free eye camp. On the right, a banner reads 'Nithyananda Yoga Foundation presents FREE EYE CAMP' beside a framed portrait of a woman with long hair. A tall man in a white shirt and maroon-grey trousers on the left, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers, hand an orange-covered booklet across to a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red-and-brown beaded necklace, who holds it. Two other men in white shirts stand beside him, one holding a small pamphlet. A white-draped table and plastic chairs sit at the back, with a Tamil-language banner on the left.2009-10-22A photograph of five men standing in an indoor hall with a chalkboard and white wall behind them. On the right, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti hands a small orange-covered booklet to a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, who holds it with both hands. The man on the left wears a white shirt, dark trousers and a belt. Behind them a large banner shows a woman's portrait and the words Nithyananda Youth Foundation presents Free Eye Camp, with Tamil text on a white board. A small brass lamp stands on a white-draped table with plastic chairs, and a man in white at the far right wears glasses and a white shirt.2009-10-22A photograph at a Nithyananda Youth Foundation free eye camp event. Three men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in front of a large white banner reading "Nithyananda Youth Foundation Presents FREE EYE CAMP" with partial text "A Part of NYF 365" and "365 Days Mega Project". A portrait on the banner shows a smiling woman in orange clothing with a red bindi, labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda". The man on the right, wearing glasses and a gold bracelet, holds up a small printed card showing a figure in an orange and red headdress. Another man stands at left, and a girl in an orange and black dress with a white flower in her hair stands at the right edge. No a person candidate is physically present in the scene.A photo of three men standing in a bare-walled hall exchanging a book. The man on the right wearing a dark checked shirt and blue-and-white checked lungi hands over a small book, while the middle man in an orange-and-red plaid shirt and grey trousers and the man on the left in a light blue shirt and jeans receive it. A woman in a sari and another man in white shirt and dark trousers stand in the background. A banner on the wall reads Nithyananda Youth with a portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda, showing a smiling woman in orange, and the text FREE MED and A Part of NY. A white-draped table with books is behind them.2009-09-01A group of nine people stand in a plain room with a blue wall and corrugated roof, arranged in a line on a floor decorated with a colourful rangoli and a yellow line. In the centre, an older woman in a white sari and a white-clad man on the left hold a small object between them while a man in a pink-and-white checked shirt and grey trousers reaches in to receive it. Most others wear white shirts or kurtas with rudraksha-style necklaces, and two women wear saris, one cream with a dark border and one green. A wall calendar and a framed photo of a multi-panel display are visible behind them, with a green and green-striped cushion on a table. No person's identity is stated; the scene appears to show a presentation or exchange among devotees.2009-08-19