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October 02 2006

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A stage event with many seated children in white and colourful clothes on the floor facing a raised platform. A white banner reads Nithyananda Gurukul in English and Tamil. On the platform, a man in a saffron wrap sits in front of a microphone while a boy in a white shirt stands before him, and a man in white kneels nearby beside a brass tray of flowers. Two men in white stand at the back, one holding a camera. Colourful hanging banners decorate the wall, and a white-covered cloth lies on the platform.

October 02 2006

A homa fire ritual in a room with a white brick fire pit at right, decorated with green leaves. Seated on a blue mat, a central figure in white clothes and an orange shawl presides as a man in white pours offerings and dishes of oil lamps line the mat. Several children in white or red clothes sit around the pit. Behind, a man in saffron wears a long beard and sits on a raised seat, and a long-haired figure in orange clothing sits nearby. A banner on the wall reads Nithyananda Gurukul with a portrait of a man in a white turban and gold necklace labelled Nithyananda Gurukul. Several more people in white and orange sit along the back wall.

A seated man in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair and a white flower garland sits on a white-draped seat with hands folded in namaste before a shrine. Behind him, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure and a deity murti are decorated with marigold garlands and green cloth. Around him, a group of devotees in white clothes and orange-bordered shawls sit on the floor; a young man at left holds a microphone, and a woman in white holds a lit oil lamp. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel and offering plates sit on a table.

December 29 2006

Indoor ritual in a plain room with pale yellow walls. A man in white dhoti and white kurta with long swept-back hair stands at center holding a brass plate of yellow flowers, offering it to a seated child. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged at left, with a younger assistant in white beside him, next to a spread of brass lamps, fruit, and food offerings. Behind the altar, a framed portrait of a seated figure in orange robes is garlanded with marigolds and flanked by brass deity murti and kalasha-like vessels. Around twelve white-clad children sit on mats on the floor, several with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads, watching the offering.

November 12 2008

June 20 2008

Indoor evening gathering in a hall with white walls and a sheeted ceiling. A woman in an orange sari with a red-orange necklace stands at a microphone before an orange and white draped backdrop decorated with patterned panels and tall striped pillars. Around her, a large seated audience in white clothes sits on red mats and a bare floor, many men in white shirts and dhotis in the foreground, with women in colourful saris to the right. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at the far back by the stage. The scene reads as a satsang or discourse, with the speaker at the centre. Roughly forty to fifty people are visible.

February 06 2007

August 12 2008

A seated puja gathering in an indoor hall with maroon curtains. A figure in an orange saffron robe with long hair, a garland and a bead necklace sits on a white-draped seat in front of a decorated altar, hands joined in prayer. A portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a garland hangs on the altar, which is adorned with marigold garlands, a kalasha-like brass vessel, oil lamps and fruit offerings. Around him, about a dozen devotees in white clothes sit on the floor with hands folded; a man in white at left holds a microphone. Brass vessels and flower offerings are arranged on the floor at right.