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A photo of devotees seated on green mats in a small room, facing a wooden cabinet with a framed portrait garlanded with yellow and red flowers. The portrait shows a man seated in a tree-lit setting, and small framed pictures, books and a lamp sit on the cabinet. Visible people are seen from behind: several women with long braided hair, some wearing saris in pink, purple, brown and blue, and one man in a white shirt and white dhoti at left. Jasmine flowers adorn several braids. The room has white walls and a light-blue door at right.

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2006-HEALING-AND-SERVICES-IN-TAMILNADU2006-HEALING-AND-SERVICES-IN-TAMILNADU +1 copiesA photograph of a small room where a group of people sit on white mats in rows, facing a wall shrine. On the wall above a wooden cabinet hangs a large portrait of a robed figure in pink or lavender garments seated in meditation, with smaller framed pictures beside it and a small oil lamp on the cabinet. A television and a computer desk stand to the left, and a doorway opens on the left. Several people sit cross-legged or kneel with hands folded, including a man in a pink shirt and a woman in a yellow sari near the right, while others wear pink, blue and yellow saris and white clothing. Their backs are toward the camera in the foreground. Six people are visible.2005-07-09A photograph of a seated audience facing a shrine-like altar in an indoor hall with a green floor. In the foreground, devotees sit cross-legged with their backs to the camera, including a man in a white striped shirt and several women in saris and salwar in green, pink, white and brown, some with long braids. At the altar, small deity murtis sit on a tiered blue-and-orange platform decorated with flowers and a kalasha. Behind it, a large painted mural shows a long-haired figure with a rudraksha mala and a shawl, while a person in white sits on a low seat at the right, speaking into a microphone. Several posters hang on the wall at upper right.2009-09-02A photograph of a group of devotees seated on the floor in a narrow hallway, facing a small shrine at the far end. Most wear white or light clothing; several have hair in braids or buns, and one woman in a blue salwar-style outfit sits at right. Some people have hands pressed together in prayer. The shrine, set in an alcove, holds a framed portrait of a figure in white robes garlanded with flowers, flanked by oil lamps, a brass lamp stand, bananas and fruit offerings. The walls are plain white and the lighting is dim and bluish.2005-07-09Devotees sit on mats in a blue-walled room facing a framed portrait draped with a garland and marigold strings, set above a white-covered table with flowers and a brass lamp. The portrait shows a smiling man in a cream turban and dark blue embroidered jacket, labelled with a Tamil caption reading the name in the sign below. Around a dozen people are seen from behind or in profile: a man in white at left with folded hands, a woman in a purple sari, women in blue, pink, red and white saris with long braided hair, and a woman at right in a pink-and-white sari. A glass display cabinet stands at the right wall.2005-07-09October 26 20112011-10-26A indoor puja in a plain blue-washed room in the evening. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala sits on the floor at the front, holding a lit oil lamp and a small object. Before him, a flower-decorated altar holds a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda", showing a figure with long hair and orange garments, draped in a white flower garland, plus small brass lamps and marigold and rose petals. Around the altar, devotees sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in namaskar; the women wear saris in purple, blue, green and pink, with long braids decorated with white flowers, and the men wear white shirts. Most people are seen from behind.2005-07-09October 25 20062006-10-252001 - Glimpses From Various Programs2001-01-01Indoor photo of a group of devotees seated on the floor and on chairs in a plain room with pale walls and a dark door. Many women wear saris in pink, green, purple, blue and orange, with gold necklaces and beaded malas. Children sit in front, including a boy in a white shirt and khaki shorts and a girl in an orange dress. A woman in a white sari with a red border sits with eyes closed at the right, beside brass lamps, brass vessels, kalasha-like pots, red and yellow flowers and a small bell on a low wooden table with a white cloth. A standing woman in red garments watches from behind. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2005-07-09 +1 copiesA seated satsang gathering in a plain hall with pink walls and red curtains. At the centre front, a brass oil lamp burns on a striped floor mat before a gold ornate throne with a framed portrait on its back showing a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala. A woman in white sits near the throne. Many women and girls, in white, orange, red, teal and yellow salwar or saris, sit cross-legged on mats facing the throne, several with hair in long braids. Chairs line the back wall.2011-02-27