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October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27A photograph inside a small room with white walls and a window, showing a devotee in a rust-red sleeveless top and orange wrap standing at a table draped in gold cloth. The devotee holds a brass oil lamp and makes an offering over a tray with small brass dishes and a flower-filled silver plate. To the right, a large framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with red flowers and hangs above a cushioned seat draped in gold and red fabric. Around them, white-clad men in shawls, a few young boys in yellow and white, and a woman in a red sari watch from the doorway and window. A video camera on a tripod sits in the lower right foreground.2008-10-27Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at left in a bare white room with a brick accent wall. The man in front has his hands pressed together in namaskar, facing a framed portrait labelled on the page as Swamiji, shown in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, seated before a tree trunk. The portrait is garlanded with yellow and red flowers and set on a draped table beside a brass oil lamp, a kalasha, a small blue deity murti, and a homa fire pit holding ash and embers. Scattered petals cover the floor mats.2008-11-28A photograph inside a small shrine room with pale tiled walls. On the left, a sannyasi in saffron-orange robes wearing a multi-coloured flower garland stretches an arm toward a brass lamp set on a low altar. In the centre, another saffron-robed figure holds a lit oil lamp aarti, and beside her a woman in a dark top presses her palms together. On the right, a smiling man in a cream shirt and white dhoti holds a pink bowl of flower petals near an open wooden door with metal grille. Behind them a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange garlanded with marigolds sits on a white-draped table with brass vessels, and small children are partly visible at the lower left.2010-01-10Indoor photo in a small tiled room with a wooden cabinet holding brass oil lamps and a framed photo garlanded with yellow marigolds. A man in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, wearing a red, green and white flower garland and with long black hair, stands at left with his hands extended over a shrine. A second person in orange robes holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) at centre, while a woman in a pink-red sari and a man in a cream shirt with glasses stand at right, hands joined in prayer. A pink bowl of flower petals is held at right. A framed portrait on the shrine shows a figure in orange with a bead necklace. The scene reads as puja and aarti at a home shrine.2010-01-10A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" stands on a white-draped table, garlanded with purple flowers at its top. The portrait shows a seated figure in orange robes with a white flower garland, hands in mudra against a banyan-root backdrop. In front are brass plates, a small brass lamp with a lit flame, flower petals, a kalasha-style vessel and offerings. A woman in white with an orange shawl smiles beside the table, and a man in white stands at the left edge. Puja arrangement at an ashram setting.2008-10-09November 25 20092009-11-25A person with long dark hair wearing a red sleeveless top, an orange-red wrap and a garland of pink and white flowers performs aarti in a plain white-walled room. They hold a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a brass bell in the other, facing a framed portrait on the wall of a figure seated on an ornate white throne with a red cushion, arms raised, with a red hibiscus on the frame. Below the portrait is a shelf with flowers, incense, a small brass deity murti and offerings. A tall brass oil lamp stands on the floor beside a white-draped table with a flower garland. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the right edge with hands folded in prayer. a person is the person performing aarti, identified by long hair, a garland and orange-red clothing, though the appearance is only a cue.2009-02-04A photograph of a devotee in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair, seen from behind, holding a lit oil lamp toward a richly decorated wooden palanquin-style seat. The seat is wrapped in orange cloth and heavily garlanded with yellow and red flowers and green leaves. Seated on it is a framed portrait of a smiling figure in orange robes wearing a beaded necklace. A large orange-robed portrait of a smiling figure hangs on the wall behind. Brass lamps, flower-decorated pots, and a red-draped table sit on the red floor. The wall has red Tamil lettering. This appears to be an aarti or puja offering before a garlanded seat.2008-11-122008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad