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February 25 2009 Nithyananda Spurana Convention

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A photograph inside a plain hall with a red carpet and pale pillars, with dark patterned wall hangings behind. A long-haired man in an orange-red robe and red top stands on the left, smiling, with his hands partly extended. Facing him, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds up a garland of yellow and orange flowers. Nearby, a woman in a white sari with a maroon border and green blouse stands with folded hands, and a man in a checked shirt bends low near the floor. On the right, a woman in white holds a brass tray of marigold and red flower garlands, and several seated men in white are visible in the background. a person is the orange-robed figure with long swept-back hair, placed in the left foreground. This appears to be a garland-offering moment in a convention setting.2009-02-25A woman in a red sleeveless top and orange skirt-wrap stands on a red mat, hands raised toward a seated older woman in a cream sari with a maroon border and gold bangles, who presses her palms together. A man in white kneels forward on the floor near a small floral offering. Nearby, a standing man in a checked shirt, a man in an orange-and-white shirt, and a photographer raising a camera watch. Seated men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha-style necklaces, fill the background of a bright hall with barred windows and maroon-and-black wall hangings. The woman in red has long dark hair and appears to be giving a blessing or guiding a ritual gesture. Several people are visible in the scene.2009-02-25A hall with a red floor and a red-and-patterned cloth backdrop shows a long-haired figure in a red top and saffron-orange shawl standing at left, smiling and wearing a garland, with hands at their sides. In the centre, an older man in white shirt and dhoti joins his palms in greeting while an older woman in a cream sari with red border and gold jewellery stands beside him. A woman in white sari is also greeting, and a man in white shirt and dhoti stands at right with hands folded. A photographer in a white shirt and blue trousers takes a picture. Seated devotees in white are visible at right, and a saffron-robed attendant stands at far left. Marigold and flower decorations lie on the floor. The hall is a ceremonial satsang-style gathering; the figure at left is not clearly identified.2009-02-25February 25 2009 Nithyananda Spurana Convention2009-02-25A photograph of an indoor hall with red carpet and pink walls where people perform a ritual honouring a seated figure. A woman in a red-orange sari with a garland stands at left holding a fruit plate, while a man in a white dhoti bends forward to touch the feet of a seated person draped in white cloth on a white-covered seat. Other men in white dhotis, a woman in a green sari, and a man in a checked shirt stand nearby. A cameraman films. Fruit plates, flowers and a vase sit on the floor, and rows of seated devotees in white clothes fill the right side under hanging black and red decorative banners.2009-02-25February 25 2009 Nithyananda Spurana Convention2009-02-25February 25 2009 Nithyananda Spurana Convention2009-02-25A seated figure in orange saffron robes wearing a long yellow and orange marigold garland and long dark hair sits on a red patterned carpet, placing both hands on the head of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who bows forward with palms pressed together. Behind them stand four people watching: an older man in white with a red sacred thread, a man in a black shirt with a pendant, and two women in saris, one in a cream and red sari and one in a green sari, with white hair and a red bindi. The room has cream walls and a wall sconce light, and a red box sits beside the carpet. The orange-robed figure appears to give a blessing to the bowing man.2010-02-17August 11 20092009-08-11February 25 2009 Nithyananda Spurana Convention2009-02-25October 27 20132013-10-27March 07 20132013-03-07