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Photograph of a bare-walled hall with a red-brown floor where devotees perform puja before a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, garlanded with white flowers and set on a magenta cloth. A woman in an orange top with a white flower garland stands at left holding a lit oil lamp toward the altar. Two other women stand nearby, one in a yellow sari at left edge, one in a pink polka-dot sari with hands folded in prayer at right. The altar on a white cloth holds brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, flowers, fruit and a thali. Orange flower decorations and paper garlands hang on the walls.

A woman with long dark hair kneels on a red-tinged concrete floor in a bare, grey-walled room, wearing a white sari with orange and green woven borders. She leans forward to light or tend a small brass lamp placed before a framed black-and-white portrait garlanded with white flower strands on a white-draped stand. To the right stands a brass tray with an ornate brass oil lamp, an orange-and-white flower garland, and a brass kalasha-style vessel, with more brass pots and a bell nearby. The scene appears to be a home or ashram puja setting with flowers and oil lamps as offerings.

A photograph inside a plain whitewashed shrine room where a standing devotee in an orange robe and red sleeveless top holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame toward an ornate golden peetha throne. The throne carries a framed portrait of a seated figure in orange robes with a beaded necklace, draped in magenta and orange cloth and garlanded with marigolds. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, and trays of flowers and fruit sit on the floor below. A large black-and-white photograph hangs on the wall behind, and a small framed picture rests on a golden swing with flower garlands at right. A second orange-robed person stands at the left edge with hands folded in prayer.

A woman kneels on a bare concrete floor in a plain, unfinished room with grey block walls and barred windows. She wears a white sari with an orange and green border and a dark bracelet, and lights or offers a small oil lamp on a tray in front of a framed black-and-white photograph garlanded with white and orange flowers. To the right stands a brass lamp with a white flower garland and a table draped in white cloth holding an orange flower garland, brass vessels and a bell. The image carries a copyright overlay.

Interior of a decorated room with a raised altar platform draped in red cloth, brass kalashas and pots with flowers, and garlands of flowers and tinsel strung from the ceiling. In the foreground a person in orange robes with long dark hair stands with back to the camera, facing the altar. On the lower right, a white-draped seated figure sits near the altar. A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" in Tamil script, garlanded with white and orange flowers, sits on the altar steps beside brass lamps and a brass vessel. The walls show a peacock-patterned hanging.

July 26 2008

A photograph of a small indoor room with plain white walls. On a white-draped table with an orange cloth sit oil lamps, flower petals and a flower arrangement in front of a framed portrait garlanded with white flowers. The framed portrait shows a seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, in front of a tree. To the left, a bald priest in white dhoti and shawl with a sandalwood mark on his forehead and a rudraksha mala sits on the floor near the table. A wooden chair stands at right and a wall calendar hangs at top right.

A devotee in an orange dhoti and red-orange shawl, with long dark hair, holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame toward an ornate golden throne (peetha) draped in magenta cloth. A framed painting of a figure in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala sits on the throne, and a garlanded small seated murti in orange cloth rests before it. Brass lamps, a kalasha, flower garlands and plates of offerings surround the setup, with a large black-and-white portrait on the wall behind. A second person in orange stands at the left edge with hands folded in namaskar. The aarti is performed as a puja in a plain white hall.

January 03 2012

July 29 2008

A photograph of a devotee in white ritual clothes with a yellow shawl sitting cross-legged on a red patterned rug, palms pressed together in namaskar before a microphone on a stand. Behind him on a draped white table stands a framed portrait labelled "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA", showing a saffron-robed figure seated in meditation, adorned with a white and multicoloured garland. In front of the table lie brass puja vessels, a small bell, a lit oil lamp and a tray with offerings, indicating a puja or satsang. The backdrop is a dark red curtain and a white wall.

2010-09-05 +1 copies

A seated man in white ceremonial clothes with a yellow shawl performs a puja on a red mat, holding a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a small brass vessel in the other. Brass plates, an orange and flowers are arranged before him. Beside him stands a microphone on a stand. To the right, a framed portrait labelled "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA" shows a figure in orange robes seated before a tree, garlanded with white and red flower garlands on a small draped white table. The stage has a dark red curtain behind it.