A photograph of a tented gathering with colourful striped and geometric fabric hangings. Behind her an older man in white clothes stands bowing with a red cloth in hand. On the right, a man in a white shirt and glasses and a woman in a lavender sari stand with palms pressed together in greeting. Other people are partly visible at the edges, and a white-draped table holds items in the background. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a tented gathering with colourful striped and geometric fabric hangings. Behind her an older man in white clothes stands bowing with a red cloth in hand. On the right, a man in a white shirt and glasses and a woman in a lavender sari stand with palms pressed together in greeting. Other people are partly visible at the edges, and a white-draped table holds items in the background.

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January 12 2007

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A photograph in an open-sided thatched pavilion with wooden posts. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with long dark curly hair leans forward, placing a white flower garland with red blossoms around the neck of a young girl in white. Beside them, a man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala bends forward, hands together, while another man in white with an orange shawl bows and holds his palms out. Behind, a girl in white stands and several women in saris and devotees in white watch. An older man in white with an orange shawl and glasses stands at left. Two more garlands of white flowers and red roses lie on the floor.

A photograph inside a tent with colourful geometric patterned hangings in purple, green, pink and blue. A long-haired figure in an orange saffron robe, wearing a pink flower garland and a red tilak on the forehead, sits on an orange cushion and extends a hand toward a kneeling older woman in a teal and orange silk sari with a white flower in her hair. She leans forward with hands folded. Around them, standing people in white clothes: a young man in white with a yellow scarf at left, a woman in white in the foreground, an older man in white with glasses and a beaded necklace, and a young woman in a white dress. Pink and red flower petals and a metal plate with offerings sit on the floor, and a small oil lamp is visible near the seat. The setting appears to be a satsang or darshan gathering.

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January 12 2007

A seated man in an orange saffron robe and white dhoti receives honour outdoors under a thatched canopy with a white cloth backdrop. He wears long dark swept-back hair, a flower crown and a thick garland of white jasmine and red blossoms. Another man in white shirt and dhoti sprinkles pink petals over him with raised hands, while a third man in white offers yellow flowers at his feet. A grey-haired woman in a red blouse and white sari stands at left with hands joined in prayer. Brass plates of flowers sit on green leaves on the ground, with palm trees and a hill under a cloudy sky behind. The man in orange has distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and a garland, consistent with a probable Swamiji presence.