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September 15 20092009-09-15A photograph of a shaven-headed? no. A man with long swept-back dark hair in a sleeveless saffron-orange garment pulls a rope upward against a white wall beside a red-orange pipe, a palm frond overhead. Another man in white ritual clothes stands behind him, and a devotee in orange sits at the right edge. In the lower right, a metal tray holds yellow marigold garlands and flower petals. At the left, a cameraman films with a Sony camera. The setting is an outdoor building courtyard with a red tiled roof edge.2009-09-15Outdoor ceremony in front of an orange-painted wall with a signboard reading SRI NITHYANANDA and banana leaves and coconuts hanging above. A long-haired figure in an orange robe and orange dhoti stands at right, hands raised near the head, beside an orange-cushioned chair with a brass oil lamp burning on a wooden tray draped in orange cloth. a person: the figure has long, swept-back dark hair and orange robes, and is receiving a padapuja-style honour from devotees. Around them, a man in white with a yellow shawl rings a bell, a bald man in orange and a bearded man in orange with a rudraksha mala stand near a video camera operator and a still photographer. Women with flowers in their hair sit in the foreground, and a woman in white stands at far right.2010-07-24Outdoor ceremony against an orange-painted wall with a hanging banana bunch and foliage. On the right, a figure with long dark swept-back hair, a gold necklace and an orange robe stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling, beside an orange-cushioned armchair. Nearby, a devotee in orange kneels with palms joined, a man in orange with a mala and a man in white with a yellow shawl stand, and a cameraman in white shoots with a Sony video camera. A low table holds a wooden tray of fruit and flowers, and a woman with white flowers in her hair sits in the foreground. a person is the figure in orange with long hair, gold necklace and namaste, identified by appearance cues only; other people are devotees, priests and camera operators.2010-07-24Outdoor photograph of a flag-hoisting ceremony at a white temple structure with pillars. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and long swept-back dark hair pulls a rope to raise a flag beside a large dark bronze kalasha-topped flagstaff. Beside him a younger man in orange holds the rope, and a woman in orange stands nearby. Other saffron-clad attendants and a few onlookers stand behind. A white-draped altar table holds a brass bell, a small lamp and scattered petals. Green trees fill the background.2009-09-14July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph of a white-painted shrine niche outdoors, with a man in a red sleeveless top and an orange sash, garlanded with white jasmine and red flower strands, reaching up with one hand on the white wall and the other holding a golden vessel to the shrine. Behind him, a woman in orange robes stands near a saffron flag on a pole, and other devotees, including a man in a white shirt and an older woman in a sari, look on. Flowers and a small pot with purple and pink blossoms rest in front of the shrine, and a video camera appears at the right edge.2009-08-08July 28 20082008-07-28August 17 20092009-08-17A figure in saffron-orange robes, wearing a long red and white flower garland and a heavy gold bead necklace, stands outdoors pulling a saffron rope upward with one arm raised toward a tall white flagpole. Long dark hair falls past the shoulders and he looks up smiling. Beside him a second saffron-robed man holds a brass plate of yellow marigold petals. Behind them white-clad devotees with folded hands look upward, and saffron flags fly against a tree canopy. Red rose petals scatter across an orange stone base at the pole's foot, and a table draped with a patterned green cloth holds brass lamps. a person cues: long swept hair, saffron robes, gold necklace and flower garland, though appearance is only partly clear.2010-01-19August 11 20092009-08-11July 28 20082008-07-28