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October 05 20112011-10-05October 05 20112011-10-05Indoor photo of a raised stage in a hall with a large banner printed with a smiling man in an orange turban and a Tamil-titled Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam logo. A small deity murti dressed in gold with flower garlands sits before the banner, flanked by brass oil lamps and tall striped cloth banners. A beige armchair stands on the stage beside a framed portrait of a person in orange robes. In the foreground, a woman in white with folded hands sits near flower offerings and brass vessels, and a girl in white kneels in prayer on the floor.2011-10-05October 05 20112011-10-05Indoor ritual scene in a hall with a raised platform. A large banner behind shows a smiling man in an orange turban, labelled with Tamil text and the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam name. On the platform, a seated deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange flowers sits on a throne, flanked by brass oil lamps. A framed photograph of a figure in orange robes with garland is nearby. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shawl sits on the floor holding a lit oil lamp over a flower-decorated tray, while a woman in a white sari sits with hands folded in prayer. Brick-like arrangements of offerings and brass plates surround them, and a partly visible girl sits at the lower edge. This appears to be a puja or aarti.2011-10-05October 05 20112011-10-05Devotional worship before a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace, garlanded with marigold and yellow flowers, set on a carved wooden altar with a kalasha-like vessel and offerings of fruit, coconuts and flower petals. A woman in a white sari with an orange border holds a brass oil lamp (aarti) toward the altar while two women in white with orange shawls stand with hands folded in prayer at the lower edge. Behind the altar is a large painted backdrop of temple architecture and trees.2011-10-26February 16 20072007-02-16February 24 20072007-02-24A stage set as a temple shrine with a painted temple backdrop and forest imagery. A seated figure in saffron robe and a rudraksha mala sits on a gold throne with a red cushion beneath a saffron canopy, flanked by two deity murti decorated with garlands. Several people in white and saffron sit cross-legged on the orange-draped stage facing the throne, one holding hands in anjali. At left a man in white dhoti with a microphone sits before a stand; at right a woman in a light sari with raised palms sits beside a fan. Kalasha-style brass vessels and lamps are arranged on the mat.2010-11-24A seated figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a red and gold ornate throne on a raised stage, backed by a large printed temple backdrop with carved pillars and a deity murti. Before him, several people sit on orange and red mats in white and yellow traditional clothing, some with their hands folded in prayer, others with cymbals and small brass vessels in front of them. A floor setup with orange offerings and oil lamps lies in the foreground. A woman in white stands at the left edge beside navy curtains, and a standing fan sits at right. The setting appears to be a satsang or puja gathering.2010-10-21A covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hosts a group ceremony. Several standing and kneeling devotees in white dhotis and saffron/orange shawls perform a ritual with brass lamps and vessels on low orange stands, and a standing man in white holds an offering. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes fills the floor, and tall striped cloth-wrapped pillars hang from the ceiling. On the left a man in an orange shawl stands near a drum. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the visible people are devotees and priests in white and saffron.2007-08-09