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January 01 2008

August 19 2007

Photograph of an evening event space decorated with hanging palm-leaf strands with cut leaf shapes. On the left, a standing life-size printed poster shows a smiling man with shaved head and beard wearing saffron-orange robes, hands held together in greeting, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. Above, a blue framed banner reads Dhyanapeetam with a smiling portrait of a bearded man in a white turban, with the Tamil word for meditation below. A small black speaker sits on the floor in front, a handwritten Tamil sign hangs to the side, and a white door stands in the blue wall.

A decorated ceremonial gateway of green and yellow fabric triangles arches over a street, framed by banana leaves and bunches of bananas, with a loudspeaker horn on a pole at the top. Large printed portraits flank the entrance: on the left a man in a cream turban and black ornate embroidered garment, on the right a man in a cream turban and white robe, each portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda". Smaller framed portraits stand at the base. Several people walk through the gate and a motorcycle and bicycle pass by, with a rickshaw and a metal gate visible beyond. Four people are visible.

A street entrance to a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam venue, framed by a banana-leaf and banana-stalk arch decorated with yellow flowers, strings of marigold-like blossoms and small pink and blue paper flags. Beneath the arch hangs a large green, red and white banner showing a smiling man in a white turban and a blue embellished garment, with Tamil text. Behind it, men in white and light-coloured clothing sit or stand at a table draped in white cloth. A second red banner on a pole shows a similar portrait with Tamil text, and a loudspeaker is mounted nearby. A kolam design is drawn on the ground beneath the arch, and a thatched-roof building stands behind.

October 13 2006

A printed banner for Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam meditation and meditation therapy centre, with Tamil text and a large portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban with long dark hair, hands pressed together in greeting, wearing a beaded necklace in front of a leafy tree. The portrait is labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda in Tamil script. The banner lists a date of 08-10-2006, evening hours of 4.30 to 6.00, Puducherry branch and T.V. Nagar and Ambalam contact numbers, and a red floral border. No physical people are visible; the only person shown is in the printed portrait.

January 12 2007

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October 14 2006

A photograph of a thatched-roof building with a white arched doorway, where a figure in saffron-orange robes wearing a long garland of white and red flowers steps down from the entrance. Two men in white shirts and dhotis with rudraksha malas flank him, and a person in white behind holds a camera. Potted saplings, flowering plants and a small chalkboard sit beside the path, and a red and orange banner with Tamil text hangs on the roof. Swamiji (probable): the saffron robe, long dark hair and flower garland match the page's description of the figure, with the rudraksha malas on the attendants, so the central figure is in_person.

A photograph of a festival entrance arch built from bamboo, palm fronds and banana plants, with flags and white bunting strung overhead. A pink banner across the arch shows a bearded, white-turbaned man beside Tamil text naming Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Periyaseerakapadi. To the right, a tall green poster shows a smiling figure in orange robes with a red-orange head covering. Many people in white dhotis and sarees and checked shirts walk through a sunlit dirt ground, and a uniformed man in a cap stands at right.