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2008 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities

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An empty school hall with orange-painted walls and a speckled pink and white floor, decorated with tinsel garlands in blue, red and gold strung across the ceiling. Several yellow, white and pastel-coloured paper posters and children's drawings hang along the walls, and a framed portrait of a deity or saint sits on a small table draped in white cloth with a brass lamp, flowers and a garland. Wooden display tables hold handmade craft models and papers, and a white hanging lamp is visible near the ceiling. No people are visible in the room.An exhibition display in an orange-walled room with a barred window. Several hanging paper posters with Tamil script are strung above, one with a small portrait photo. Two wooden tables hold handmade architectural models: a yellow box labelled Nithyananda Vidyalaya, a blue-roofed building, a white temple-like model, and rows of small houses with fence railings, plus a pink-roofed house and a chart on the right. No people are visible.A display in an orange-walled room shows several posters in Tamil script hung above a table of handmade models. Yellow and white posters list bullet-point text, and one red-and-white panel has a small portrait of a man in a dark suit. On the table sit a wooden model house, a yellow and red model school labelled Nithyananda Vidyalaya, a blue-and-pink model temple with a tiered gopuram-like roof, and miniature huts and village scenes with small figures and a model horse-drawn cart. A window with ornate iron grilles is at right.October 09 20082008-10-092009 - Nithyananda Vidyalaya Inauguration At RajapalayamDecember 29 20092009-12-29A photograph of an empty hall prepared for an exhibition, with a long white-draped table lined with framed photographs, marigold garlands and potted palm saplings along its front edge. A large printed backdrop of a temple gopuram with deity figures stands behind the table. A small framed portrait hangs on the left wall beside red curtains, and a coloured tassel decoration hangs from the ceiling. No people are visible in the room.2011-12-11An empty hall with a polished white marble floor, set up with a long row of framed photographs on a white-draped table along the back. Small potted palm plants and yellow flower garlands decorate the table edge. Behind it hangs a large backdrop print of a deity murti in an arched temple setting, with a figure in red and gold seated before a shrine. Tall colourful fabric hangings in red, yellow and blue decorate the pillars and the grey draped ceiling. Red curtains frame the side windows and stacked red chairs stand at the right. No people are visible.2011-12-112006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA woman in a white sari with a saffron-orange shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaskar before a draped altar. On the altar, a framed portrait of a smiling, saffron-robed figure with a rudraksha mala is garlanded with pink and red flowers and yellow marigold strands. A copper kalasha-shaped vessel sits on a steel tray, with brass oil lamps and flowers nearby. A microphone stands at left, and another white-clad woman sits cross-legged at the edge of the frame, tending ritual items. The setting is a tiled veranda with plastic chairs. The portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person.A small room set up as a shrine during a puja. A person's arm at left holds a brass lamp or ritual vessel aloft toward the altar. Centre: a framed portrait labelled "Sri Nithyananda" or similar on the wall shows a seated, saffron-clad figure with rudraksha beads, garlanded with marigolds and green leaves, beside a brass lamp and small brass figures. A red cloth draped behind. To the right, a framed photo of an older white-bearded man with garland sits on a wooden chair. In front, a red-draped platform covered in flowers and garlands holds a fire burning in a metal pit with offerings, brass vessels, a bowl of kumkum and plates of fruit and flowers. Ritual homa or puja in progress.Interior of a whitewashed room with exposed-brick walls and ceiling fans, where several devotees stand facing a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in pink robes. A man in an orange shawl holds a lit flame before the portrait, with a small oil lamp on the table below, while others in white and orange clothing stand by. A display of books and a poster hang nearby, and a small nameplate is mounted on the wall. The photo appears to show an aarti being performed before the framed portrait.2008-10-09