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July 11 2006

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A large hall filled with seated devotees for a Dasara celebration at Sripuram Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Many people sit on the floor in white and cream ritual clothes, while several men in front wear saffron-orange robes and beaded necklaces. Small oil lamps and offering plates sit on red cloth mats before them. On the right, a bearded elder in orange and a turban sits on a gold-trimmed throne with a red cushion. A woman in a cream sari stands at left operating a camera on a tripod. Colourful striped hangings and orange drapes decorate the ceiling.2010-10-17July 11 20062006-07-11December 27 20062006-12-27A photograph of a large hall filled with seated devotees on orange and white mats, many in white dhotis and shirts, with several figures at the front wearing orange robes and rudraksha malas. Two orange-clad figures in the foreground sit upright with hands raised, and a small screen on a tripod shows a face. Candles and brass plates with offerings are set before the participants. Colourful cloth-wrapped pillars hang from a white canopy, and a red banner behind shows a portrait of a saffron-turbaned figure. Sunlight streams in from a side window.2010-12-22December 25 20072007-12-25A large hall with a white tented ceiling and colourful cylindrical banners hanging from above, with ceiling fans. Many seated devotees, mostly bald-headed monks and men in white dhotis and orange shawls, sit in rows on orange and blue mats facing forward, several with hands joined in prayer. A few people in orange robes sit at the front, and one person in white takes a photograph with a camera on a tripod at right. Small brass lamps and offerings sit before the rows on green leaves, and a blue-and-white painted backdrop is visible at left. Crowd appears to be hundreds of seated people.2010-09-17A large tented hall with a concrete floor and yellow floor markings holds a crowd of devotees seated on red mats in rows, mostly dressed in white with some saffron and green garments. Colourful painted cylindrical banners hang from the white tent ceiling. At the right, a figure in an orange-red garment sits before a decorated altar with a swastika-marked backdrop and a fire-related ritual setup, while a standing person in white with an orange shawl holds a microphone near the front. A video camera on a tripod films the gathering. Whether the central ritual figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the figure is described by role only.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25October 17 20102010-10-17Photograph of a large indoor pavilion with a white tent-like ceiling and hanging colourful cylindrical banners in yellow, red, blue and orange patterns. Hundreds of people sit on the floor in rows, most dressed in white with some in orange, yellow and green saris, watching toward a decorated stage at right with orange and white drapery. A cameraperson in white stands on a tripod at centre. A drum rests at lower left beside a seated young man. The floor has yellow boundary lines.2007-12-25A covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hosts a group ceremony. Several standing and kneeling devotees in white dhotis and saffron/orange shawls perform a ritual with brass lamps and vessels on low orange stands, and a standing man in white holds an offering. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes fills the floor, and tall striped cloth-wrapped pillars hang from the ceiling. On the left a man in an orange shawl stands near a drum. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the visible people are devotees and priests in white and saffron.2007-08-09December 23 20092009-12-23