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April 15 2022

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Photo of a temple-room puja inside a small shrine hall with a whitewashed wall and pink-painted door. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with white sacred marks on his arms and chest holds a lit oil lamp toward a framed portrait on an easel. The portrait is labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" and shows a figure seated in meditation with a rudraksha mala. Two seated girls in orange-red dresses sit on mats; one at left and one at centre with a marked forehead. Brass plates of flowers, banana leaves and offerings sit on the floor, and a brass lamp burns in front. Two large painted dvarapala-style guardian figures in green, red and gold flank the shrine doorway, and a golden throne-like niche and red-cloth altar stand behind.2024-01-11January 24 20062006-01-24December 02 20172017-12-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a Varalakshmi Puja in a temple hall. At left, a priest in orange robes stands at a raised platform holding a lit oil lamp aloft toward a shrine. Two dark stone or metal dvarapala-style guardian figures flank a central shrine decorated with pink and white flowers and green leaves. Seated devotees fill the foreground, mostly women with long braided hair, wearing yellow, peach, teal, green and pink saris and salwars with flowers in their hair. A framed portrait on the right shows a seated figure with garlands on a red cushioned seat. Brass pooja vessels and offerings sit before the shrine. No specific a person appearance is identifiable here.2008-08-15Indoor temple-style hall where a priest in orange robes stands at left holding a lit flame on a long lamp-like torch, facing a small shrine. Two dark stone guardian figures flank a central altar with garlands, flowers and offerings. A framed portrait of a bejewelled figure with long hair and a garland sits on a stand at right, labelled as a printed picture. About a dozen seated devotees, mostly women in colourful saris and salwars with flowers in their braided hair, sit on the floor in rows at the front, hands joined in prayer. Brass vessels and a brass pitcher lie in the foreground. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja.December 20 20192019-12-20Jan 28 2023 sripuram2023-01-28April 17 20112011-04-17June 03 20152015-06-03 +1 copiesA photograph of an evening puja in an ashram hall with white pillars and framed pictures on the walls. A man in saffron-orange robes with a red-striped shawl stands at the center, holding a lit lamp aloft in a brass holder. Beside him a small ornate wooden shrine with a domed canopy is decorated with pink flowers and green leaf garlands, with brass vessels and offerings in front. A woman in a red sari sits on a cushioned wooden chair, and a row of seated devotees, including women in green and teal saris and children, watch from the right. A younger person in yellow sits in the lower foreground, and white packaged items are stacked at the right edge. +1 copiesJune 03 20152015-06-03 +2 copiesA photograph of an outdoor puja before a decorated shrine with two gold deity murtis garlanded in yellow and white flowers, set on a green cloth-draped platform with gold ornaments and ceremonial staffs. In the foreground a woman in orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace holds a plate with a lit flame toward the deities, while devotees with palms pressed together kneel on the ground. Smoke rises in the background, and a seated priest in red garments sits behind a leopard-print cloth.2007-07-11