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September 15 20132013-09-15Night-time outdoor procession on a paved courtyard with a crowd of devotees. At left, a bare-chested drummer wearing an orange dhoti and sacred ash markings plays a large drum, and a man in a white shirt beats a drum at lower left. A musician in a white shirt with a red-and-gold shawl plays a long brass horn-like wind instrument at lower centre. Women in orange, maroon and red saris, one in a gold and blue silk sari with flower garlands in her hair, and young girls in frocks gather around. Older women and men in white stand in the background. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is present.2013-09-15Photo 11712979December 20 20102010-12-202008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09December 13 20162016-12-13Outdoor procession during a Hindu festival in a sandy compound. A tall ornate palanquin or ratha carrying a deity murti decorated with garlands and flowers is at center, shaded by a striped red-and-green canopy. Several men in saffron/orange robes walk near it; one bearded man in orange at center carries a long golden staff. Many devotees in white shirts and white dhotis or white saris with gold borders surround the procession, a few holding fruit and a drum being played at lower left. A tall golden trident stands on the right. A banner at top left reads Nithyananda Gurukul. Some people wear rudraksha malas. Over a hundred people are visible, many partially shown.2008-12-23November 21 20132013-11-21January 02 20162016-01-02June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05Evening procession under an open corrugated-roof pavilion with hanging green leaf strings and palm fronds overhead. A central figure in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a red-and-orange floral garland, walks barefoot holding a silver ceremonial parasol-umbrella, flanked by attendants in orange and red robes. Behind them a silver-topped ceremonial staff and devotional banners are carried. On the left, drummers in white dhotis play large drums while a line of white-clad men and women in white and coloured saris and salwar stand watching. The paved floor is lit by dusk light with a small fire-bed or offering area in the foreground. Around 20-30 people are visible.2013-07-22