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December 05 2011

A photograph of a devotional puja inside a room with a white cloth on the floor. Several seated devotees with palms pressed together face a framed portrait on the right, garlanded with white and pink flowers. The portrait shows a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, seated before a tree trunk, though the portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person. In the foreground a man in an orange kurta kneels with folded hands, and a woman in a maroon and cream sari sits with her back to the camera, wearing a dark bead mala. Offerings on the cloth include bananas, fruit, a lit oil lamp, flower petals, a kalasha-like brass vessel, kumkum and incense sticks. Around six people are visible, mostly women in cream and blue saris, plus men in white shirts seated at the back.

July 22 2013

A photograph of a projection screen showing a video-conference feed of a living room with cream sofas, framed pictures and a decorated altar. Seated on the floor in front are a man with palms pressed together in namaste, a woman in a light blue sari holding a mala, and an older woman in a red-orange sari with glasses. A man in a white shirt sits on the sofa at right, and a woman in white stands behind the altar. A large deity image in orange and gold is partly visible at the left edge of the screen, with flower garlands in the foreground.

A photograph of a pada-pooja ritual in a plain room with pale green walls and built-in shelves. A seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on an orange cushioned seat at right, hands pressed in anjali, eyes closed. Devotees in white and yellow-bordered saris and white shirts kneel on a striped rug, some holding silver plates with kalasha-style pots, flowers and kumkum. A man in a white shirt sits with palms joined, and a young child stands among them. Trays of fruit and sweets sit on a wooden table, and a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" hangs on the wall. Several people are visible, including partially cropped figures at the edges.

Devotees sit on white floor sheets in a small room watching a projected video of a man in an orange-red sash with ornate gold trim, bare-shouldered, with long dark hair and a white forehead mark, seated and speaking with an open hand gesture against a golden halo backdrop. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari, a woman in a white top, a woman in a maroon sari, a man in an orange shirt, a boy in dark clothes and others sit facing the screen. A small altar with brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, flowers and a framed portrait sits at the right beside a red-draped table.

A small living room where a group of devotees sits on a floral-patterned mat for a home satsang or puja. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border sits at right, wearing a rudraksha mala, beside a tray with brass lamps, a plate, flowers and small offerings on a green cloth. Several women in saris (orange, maroon, teal, blue) and children sit with palms pressed together, while a young man in a blue shirt and another in white sit in front, facing the altar. A television and speakers stand on a shelf behind them.

A photograph of a seated group in a pale green room during a devotional gathering. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a red and pink flower garland sits on an orange cushioned throne, hands pressed together in prayer, with long dark hair. Behind them hangs a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" showing a figure in orange with a garland. Devotees sit on the floor in front, some in white, some in saffron-yellow shawls, many with palms joined; several hold lit oil lamps and brass plates with fruit and flowers sit on wooden stands. A child in a white shirt sits at the lower right. The centre of the scene is the seated figure on the throne receiving the gathering.

July 22 2013

July 25 2009

Indoor group puja in a plain white-walled room at an ashram, with participants seated on the floor in prayer. In the foreground, a woman in an orange shawl over white sari with gold border sits with palms pressed together, eyes closed. Beside her, a woman in white with gold-bordered sari and a red bindi also presses her hands in prayer. A woman in a magenta and white shawl holds a folded white cloth and sits cross-legged. Behind them an older woman with long grey hair and a man in white kurta stand or sit in the background. Lit white pillar candles, small tealight candles and a brass bowl of flowers sit on a silver tray in front, with brass ritual items at right.

A photograph of a seated group of devotees in a living room during a pada pooja at a home. They sit on a rug and cushions, many with palms pressed together in prayer, dressed in white shirts, saris and kurtas in red, green, orange and blue. A framed painting of a deity hangs on the purple wall above a garland, and sofas, a glass-topped table and a window are visible. An unidentified figure in a white shirt and face mask stands near the doorway. No clearly identifiable a person figure is present.