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September 25 2006

A photograph of an indoor hall with a speckled floor and white pillars. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless robe, rudraksha mala beads and a shawl-like wrap, stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Around him, women in white and cream saree and white attire smile, one holding a small child. An older bald man in a striped shirt kneels low on the floor before him. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand nearby, and a man with a satchel bag stands at right. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights are visible, and a garlanded object appears in the background. Six to twenty people are visible.

Indoor photo in a plain hall with pillars, tube lights, a wall clock and a few red and blue plastic chairs. A person in white lies prostrate face-down on the floor at the centre, forehead touching the ground. Beside them a figure in a saffron-orange sari with bare shoulders stands with palms pressed together, smiling. An elderly bearded man on the left wears an orange dhoti, bare chest and white vibhuti markings and holds a green fan. Two women in white saris stand nearby, one with a mala around her neck. A young man in white with an orange shawl holds a gold-coloured ceremonial chain, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala and tilak stands on the right. Several more people in white stand in the background.

A photograph of a temple entrance area with a stone shrine and a dark signboard reading Dhyanapeetam. A man in saffron robes with a large garland of red, pink and yellow flowers stands barefoot on a stone platform, smiling, while a woman in a white sari bends down to touch the platform near his feet. Beside her, a man in a white shirt and a younger man in orange robes look on, and a woman in white stands at the left edge. On the right, a shrine holds seated figures in orange and red robes, one with an orange turban, decorated with marigold garlands, and a brass lamp stands nearby. The people are dressed in white and saffron, and a stone carved wall panel is visible on the right.

A covered veranda with a granite pillar wrapped in marigold garlands and a banana plant behind it. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe stands on a metal plate, wearing a long white jasmine garland and a red-and-white flower garland with a rudraksha mala, smiling. A man in white kurta bows low, touching the feet of the standing figure, with loose white jasmine petals on the floor. Three people stand to the left with hands joined in namaste: a woman in a teal sari, a woman in a white top and blue skirt, and an older man in a striped shirt. At right, a bald priest in white dhoti with a gold necklace and an orange-bordered shawl stands near another saffron-clad attendant. The scene appears to be a padapuja-style honouring. a person: the standing figure has long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala, though this is an appearance-based label only.

February 14 2008

2008-02-14 +1 copies

Photograph inside a small whitewashed room decorated with red and pink flower garlands strung along the walls and a framed image with a red-and-gold top. A person in an orange-saffron turban, orange robe and a long rudraksha mala stands centrally, smiling, with a young attendant in orange beside them. Several people stand or kneel with hands folded in namaste, including a man in white shirt and white dhoti, a woman in a maroon blouse with a white patterned sari, a man in a pink checked shirt, and a woman in orange-and-white sari. A red and white floor cloth lies below. The scene reads as a devotional welcome or darshan.

A photograph of a central figure in orange robes wearing a long garland of white and red flowers and a small yellow-and-gold flower tassel, smiling as an older bald man in a white shirt bends forward and reaches toward him. Nearby, a woman with short grey hair and glasses in a white sari with a red-and-white shawl watches, and other people in orange robes and white dhotis with yellow shoulder cloths stand in a row under a colourful ceremonial canopy hung with yellow flower garlands and green coconuts. A woman in orange holds a basket of oranges at right. Printed caption in the lower right reads a and the Nithyanandapedia source. a person candidate is the smiling figure in orange with the flower garland, shown in person; the identification is based on appearance cues only and is uncertain

2010-01-02 +1 copies

January 10 2009

Indoor scene in a hall with pillars and string lights at top right. A central figure in an orange saffron wrap and matching orange turban stands smiling, wearing a long multicolour flower garland and a gold necklace with pendant; long dark hair is visible. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and shirts and women in white and cream saris stand with hands folded. On the right, a man in white bends low to touch the floor near a stone step. Stainless steel tables sit in the foreground. Appearance-based a person in the orange robe, garland and gold necklace, shown standing among devotees.

A photograph of a satsang hall with a man in a yellow dhoti-style garment and yellow shawl, long dark swept-back hair, pearl and rudraksha necklaces and red-brown beaded bands on his arms, standing and gently touching the head of a bowing man in an orange shirt and cream checked dhoti. Behind them stand devotees in white dhotis and shirts, one man in a pink-orange shirt with a forehead tilak, and an older bearded man in glasses. A small white banner with orange tassels hangs from the ceiling. Swamiji (probable): the standing man in yellow has long swept-back hair and rudraksha malas with ceremonial necklaces, so the in-person candidate is marked probable.

February 07 2008