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2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad

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July 17 20082008-07-17 +1 copiesDevotees sit on a polished floor in a temple hall facing a small shrine with a deity murti under decorative arches. Several seated people wear shirts, a salwar kameez and a pink saree; a boy in an orange shirt and checked lungi sits near the front. Two CRT monitors stand on a table showing a screen, and portrait prints hang on the wall above colourful striped bunting. A banner at upper right reads Gurupurnima Celebration, and a framed portrait sits at the right edge. No clearly identifiable a person figure is present in person.Interior of a temple hall with white pillars and blue-and-maroon draped hangings, where devotees sit on the polished floor facing a central seat. A banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Anandeshwar Temple Hyderabad and Gurupurnima Celebration hangs above. Behind the seated figure is a framed portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Seated devotees in white shirts, a woman in a magenta sari, and a child in orange sit facing the seat, with a golden stepped pyramid structure on the right and a small image of a deity at left. Several framed photographs decorate the upper walls. +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall during a Gurupurnima celebration, with a banner reading Gurupurnima Celebration hung above the entrance. Devotees sit on the polished floor facing a seated figure on a raised dais near a golden peetha with a tiered golden structure at right. The seated figure wears a saffron-coloured garment. Several devotees wear white or orange clothes, a woman in a pink top sits centre-front, and children in orange and striped shirts sit or stand at right. Ornate red, white and yellow pillars with decorative bands line the hall, with framed portraits on the walls and a television set at left. +1 copiesA photograph inside a white temple shrine with a gold-framed niche holding a deity murti, dressed with red and gold garments and flower garlands. A man in white dhoti and an orange-trimmed cloth lifts a lit aarti lamp toward the deity while a younger boy in white kneels beside brass lamps and puja vessels on a mat. A row of women and girls in colourful saris and salwar kameez with long braids sits on the floor in the foreground, facing the shrine. A dark stone statue stands at the right and a small television monitor sits on a side stand. Patterned banners in red, green, yellow and blue hang on the pillars.A photograph of devotees seated on a polished reddish-brown stone floor inside a white temple hall, facing a shrine. Several people sit in rows with their backs to the camera, including a man in a striped red and white shirt in the foreground, men in white shirts, and a man in a light olive kurta with bare feet. A woman in a pink sari sits at the right. Two tall orange-robed attendant figures flank the central shrine, which holds a lit deity murti in an illuminated niche with oil lamps. A small wooden seat sits on a red rug at right. Visible people number about fifteen, and no identifiable a person figure is clearly present.A photograph inside a temple shrine room where a priest in white dhoti and an orange-bordered shawl stands before a deity murti in an ornate golden niche, holding a lamp during worship. Seated devotees on a red-and-cream mat watch from the foreground, including women in red, black, blue and pink saris and several girls with braided hair, along with a young boy in a yellow shirt tending a flame. Striped yellow, blue and red banners hang on the pillars, framed photographs hang on the wall above, and a small television sits on a stand to the right.November 24 20072007-11-24Interior of a temple hall at night, viewed from behind a crowd of seated devotees on the floor. In the centre, a shrine is lit with strings of lights and framed by red curtains and garlands, with several deity murtis and figures in orange or gold clothing. A large bronze bell hangs from the ceiling at the upper right. Devotees in saris and white shirts sit facing the shrine, and a few stand at the right edge. A framed painting of a seated figure in orange sits on a red-draped stand at the right, and a framed image is visible on the left wall. The scene appears to be a puja or darshan in progress.September 03 20082008-09-03A photograph inside a white marble temple hall where a priest in a white dhoti and orange shawl stands before a deity shrine, holding a lit flame in his hands. Two stone dvarapala guardian statues with dark bodies, gold and purple garments and green-yellow headdresses flank the shrine entrance. Seated devotees on mats watch the puja, including a woman in a blue sari near the front, a man in a white shirt and a man in white at the left. A small television sits at left and a green curtain hangs at top right. The priest's appearance does not clearly match any known identity, so no candidate is named.Indoor temple ritual photographed from the back of the hall. A man in a white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl stands at the centre, arms outstretched toward a shrine. At left, a man in orange clothing raises one arm. Seated devotees on mats face the shrine, including a woman in a blue top and women in saris with hair tied back. A small deity murti with garlands sits in an arched niche, with a framed portrait on the right, and brass lamps, plates and kalasha-style vessels on the floor. A television sits near a wall with framed pictures, and colourful striped pillars line the hall.