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A photograph of a home shrine entrance decorated with marigold garlands, green leaves and pink flowers strung across the top. A central standing figure wears saffron-orange robes, a white flower garland with red blossoms, and a tilak on the forehead, with hands held together in front. To the left, a person in white robes stands with palms pressed in namaskar. To the right, a woman in a cream sari with a red border and a man in white robes also stand with palms joined. Inside the room are a small altar with a deity murti, framed images, brass lamps and offerings. The shrine has a framed wall picture above.

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January 23 20102010-01-23January 21 20102010-01-21A photograph of a doorway decorated with a flower garland of yellow, orange, purple and red blossoms. A smiling figure in an orange saffron cloth draped over one shoulder wears a long white and red flower garland and has long dark hair and a red bindi. He stands beside an open dark wooden door with an ornate grille, a lit oil lamp glowing near his feet. To the right, a woman in a cream sari with a star pattern and a white flower in her hair stands with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered, smiling. Behind them a shrine area with framed pictures and floral decoration is visible. a person appearance: the long hair, saffron cloth and floral garland match the cues for the page's named teacher, so this is an in_person candidate.2010-02-15A photograph of a home interior with a tiled floor, patterned curtains and a wall switch panel. A man with long dark hair and a red tilak, wearing an orange saffron robe and a white and red flower garland, smiles and gestures with one hand as he walks through a doorway. Beside him a woman in a cream and gold sari with a gold necklace stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Behind them a person in white clothes and another in orange stand in the inner doorway, and green leaves decorate the threshold.2010-02-18A photograph taken indoors in a home room with white walls, a carved wooden doorway garlanded with red roses and white jasmine, and a wooden display cabinet. In the centre a man in an orange-red turban, orange robes and a long rudraksha mala stands smiling with his hands together in front of his chest. To the left a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together, and on the right a woman in a white sari with a long braid decorated with flowers stands with hands joined in greeting. A brass lamp stand and a red-cushioned bench sit nearby. Behind them a person in white with an orange scarf holds a camera near a doorway.2007-08-17A photo taken inside a home prayer room with cream walls and a tiled floor. A man in an orange-red turban, orange robe and a long rudraksha mala stands at centre, facing a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a flower-decorated braid. To the left, a young boy in white clothes and a man in white with a mala stand near the doorway. Behind them is a wooden shrine cabinet framed by a carved wooden arch with garlands, holding small framed deity pictures and a brass lamp. A framed picture of a deity hangs on the wall and a brass oil lamp stands at right. A patterned red rug is on the floor.2007-08-17A photograph inside a home shrine room with a wooden frame and a wall of framed deity pictures and a grid of small religious prints. A smiling man in an orange saffron robe with a white and red flower garland stands at the centre with hands clasped, as an older man in a cream dhoti and shawl with red border stands beside him. Brass oil lamps and small offerings sit on a low table in front. On the left a person in white clothes and another in yellow sari kneel or bend near the floor, and on the right a woman in a blue sari with a patterned shawl sits leaning over the floor. Hanging green leaves decorate the top of the doorway.2010-02-18A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland, palms pressed together in greeting, on a white-draped sofa decorated with orange and white flower garlands. A standing man in orange robes and a standing man in white shirt and cream dhoti stand nearby, and a woman in white sari kneels on the floor with folded hands while a woman in red sari with a red bead necklace smiles and raises a hand at right. Marigold and jasmine garlands hang behind. The seated figure has long swept-back hair and distinctive orange ceremonial attire, but the page does not name him, so identity is uncertain.2009-07-27A photograph of an interior hallway entered through a wooden doorway with an ornate brass-panelled door and a frosted glass door beside it. A floral garland arch of marigolds and white flowers hangs overhead. A man with long hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a white flower garland, walks forward smiling, with bare feet on a tiled floor. Behind him a woman in a white sari with a colourful border holds her hands in namaskar, another woman in a cream sari follows, and two men in white shirts walk nearby. White plastic chairs line the right wall.2010-02-15A man in saffron-orange robes with a white and multicoloured flower garland stands at a home shrine, holding a lit oil lamp toward the altar with his hands while performing aarti. Behind him on the wall is a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" of a young man in a white turban, decorated with garland of flowers. The altar holds a brass lamp, flowers, a brass plate and a framed deity image. To the right, a man in an orange robe stands with palms pressed together, a woman in a cream and gold sari with gold bangles stands with palms joined, and a man in a white shirt and glasses also joins his palms. The room has a wood-beamed ceiling and a tiled floor.2010-02-15A photograph inside a plain home room with cream walls, orange and white striped trim, and framed pictures on a shelf. A man in an orange saffron robe with a long multi-coloured flower garland stands centre, with a red bindi, while a younger man in orange beside him holds a tray of rose petals on an orange-draped low table. An elderly woman in a white sari with pink border presses her palms together at right, and an older man in white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at far right. Other people in white clothes are visible in the doorway behind, and a garlanded framed portrait sits near the wall.2010-01-21A photograph inside a white-walled room at a house visit. A wall-mounted shrine with framed deity pictures is decorated with white and marigold garlands, and flowers and offerings sit at its base. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a marigold garland stands with hands folded in namaste before the shrine. In the foreground, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe with a pink-edged shawl and faces the shrine. On the right, an older man in white shirt and white dhoti folds his hands in prayer beside a silver tray holding a kalasha-style arrangement with flowers. a person: the central figure in saffron-orange with long swept-back hair and a marigold garland is a candidate for a person, though the cues are limited.2010-02-17