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January 23 2014

Looking up at an ornate temple-style gopuram entrance decorated with painted deities in arched niches and colourful floral motifs. A banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha with a portrait of a woman in red and gold sari with hands raised in blessing. An orange cloth canopy hangs over the doorway, with a blue cloth draped at the right side and small lanterns hanging beneath. No people are visible.

A pink-painted temple-like structure with a tiered sikhara-style roof stands at a street junction. A large blue banner on its façade shows Shiva with matted hair and a crescent, beside figures in a boat and a seated sage, captioned in Hindi as Shri Panchayati Shri Anand Akhada Mahanirvani. Below, a smaller blue banner shows a turbaned figure in red robes with a child, labelled as a welcome and honour banner. A red flag flutters at right and a sign reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda on a stall. No people are clearly visible in front of the structure beyond small partial figures at the lower edge.

February 07 2013

Photograph of a large ornate temple-style gateway at an outdoor fair, with a painted tiered gopuram-like top filled with colourful deity and figure sculptures in a central arch. Below the arch hangs a banner reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta" with a portrait of a smiling figure in saffron-orange clothing and a second Devanagari line. A bright orange cloth canopy forms the entrance. A thatched roof hut, a railway bridge carrying freight wagons and small banners stand nearby, with a few people visible at the lower right.

May 08 2016

A street-level photograph outside a colourful multi-tiered temple gopuram with painted deity murti panels above a stone entrance. In the centre foreground a man with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala stands holding a silver trident, wearing a rust-red robe with gold-trimmed edges and palms raised in greeting. To his left a shaved-headed man in rust-red dhoti and bare chest stands on the tiled plaza, and to his right another man in a rust-red robe with a zebra-striped cloth over his shoulder stands near a shop front. Behind them a woman in a blue jacket and an orange-clad figure walk toward stone steps, and a black dog is visible. Shops with colourful ritual goods, prayer flags and garlands line the street. The central figure's appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity from the visible cues alone.

A photograph of a pink-and-orange temple-style gateway facade bearing a large blue banner painted with Shiva's face with trident and cobra, a group of figures in a boat, a bearded seated sadhu in orange robes, a shivling-type shrine, and a white temple spire. The banner text reads Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani. A smaller strip below carries Om and Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani text. No physical people are visible in the scene; the sadhu is a painted depiction.

Photograph of a brightly painted Hindu temple gopuram or tower facing a clear blue sky, with many tiers of colourful stucco figures in red, yellow, green and blue. Several deity sculptures stand in niches, including a multi-armed figure in the centre holding objects, and a coiled multi-headed serpent form on the right, with a reclining figure beneath it.

A photograph of a South Indian temple courtyard seen through metal crowd-control railings. A tall, colourfully sculpted gopuram tower with painted deities and figures rises in the background beside a smaller domed shrine tower. Grey stone pillars and a corrugated metal roof frame the scene, and wooden poles brace the structure overhead. Two people stand near the railings: one in dark clothing and one in an orange sari or wrap.

January 23 2014

Outdoor scene at a busy Kumbh Mela-style festival area under clear blue sky, with a steel railway truss bridge on a brick pier at left. Crowds walk along a paved path. Many devotees wear saffron and orange robes; a few sadhus in orange with shaved heads walk among them. Several women carry large bundles of bedding and cloth on their heads, one in orange sari and another in a red shawl. A bright orange canopy and a temple-style entrance with a colourful gopuram topped with figures stand at right, its signboard reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha beside a portrait. Large billboards with printed images line the background. a person is not clearly visible among the people here.