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June 19 20132013-06-19A line of women and children stands on a polished floor holding silver trays and bowls of offerings: fruit, sweets, flower garlands and a bowl of purple grapes. Women wear silk saris in teal, maroon and green with gold necklaces and jasmine flowers in their hair. A girl in a striped skirt holds a tray with two white and orange flower garlands, and a boy in a red shirt carries a red-covered book. Adults in white and blue stand behind, and a young child in a striped shirt reaches for a sweet. Red curtains and a gilded backdrop are visible behind them.2013-06-19A line of women in silk saris stands in a hall holding metal trays of offerings. In front, a woman in a teal and gold sari holds a tray of purple grapes, a woman in a green and gold sari holds a tray of red flowers, and a woman in a cream and purple sari holds a tray of red fruit. A woman in a gold and orange sari holds green and purple grapes, and a woman in a brown and orange sari wears white flower garlands in her hair. Behind them, men in white shirts and other devotees watch. Small children stand at the left edge, one holding a pink sweet. A photo credit overlay reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam and a source line appears on the image2013-06-19June 19 20132013-06-19June 19 20132013-06-19Night procession of women in saris carrying offering trays across a paved courtyard toward a temple shrine. Foreground: a woman in a red-and-white shawl and a girl in a turquoise dress with a flower in her hair carry trays of sweets and flowers; a woman in a purple sari holds a tray with a lit lamp and fruit; a woman in a red sari carries yellow fruit. Behind them, several people in saffron robes and white dhotis stand near a stone fire pit with a red deity shrine in the background. Garlands, kumkum-coloured offerings and brass plates are visible.2013-09-15September 15 20132013-09-15Photo of a ritual hall where two saffron-robed priests walk down a central aisle between rows of seated devotees. The seated women wear white saris with gold borders, a red sari and green blouses, and many have flower garlands in their hair. Before them are plantain-leaf plates with fruit, flowers, red kumkum and small lamps. Standing figures in orange and white dhotis, some holding instruments, line the edges, and a shrine with a deity murti sits at the back.2014-06-29A indoor hall with a white tiled floor and a grey fabric ceiling canopy shows a long line of women and a few children queuing for meals. Several women wear saris in yellow, pink, teal, orange and red, with white and orange flowers in their hair. A young woman in a cream sari holds a plate and a boy in a pink checked shirt and an orange shirt carries plates, while others hold palm-leaf or steel plates. Background visitors stand near walls and a wall-mounted screen.2014-10-12A photograph of a seated group of women and girls in a hall with red curtains, sitting on the floor in rows facing forward. The front row includes a young woman in a white and gold-bordered dhoti-style set and another in a green saree with orange border, both with eyes closed in meditation. Around them are brass lamps, small bowls, a steel container and flowers on the tiled floor. Several older women stand or sit along the back, one in an orange saree. A standing woman in white at the left edge and a woman in a white top at the right edge are also visible.2011-09-24 +1 copiesA line of devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris and dhotis, stands in a whitewashed hall for an offering. Behind them a tall stack of brass and steel bowls and plates is arranged on red cloth, topped by a pair of golden paduka sandals. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari and a woman in white hold their hands together, and a small child in white stands at left. Several people wear rudraksha or beaded necklaces, and a young child in a striped top is held by a woman in an orange and white sari at right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd.2016-07-19December 23 20162016-12-23