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A photograph of a ritual scene in an unfinished open hall with concrete walls and bamboo poles. On the left, a large framed portrait on an easel shows a figure in a saffron turban and saffron robes seated on a tiger skin, with the printed caption reading Sri Nithyananda Swamigal. Three women sit on a floor mat in saffron shawls over white clothes, one with hands raised in a mudra. A figure in white stands behind the portrait. Before them are plates of food on banana leaves, small steel cups, and a low wooden stool with a woven mat. Outside, construction debris and grass are visible.

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A photograph of a puja set up in a simple open hall with a concrete floor and cement-block wall. At the centre stands a large framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal" showing a seated figure in orange robes and a yellow turban, placed on a low wooden stool draped with a woven mat. In front, a brass oil lamp burns on a banana-leaf plate holding offerings, with a brass bell, a brass plate, a small bowl of marigold petals and a water bottle on a checked cloth. Three people in orange robes sit cross-legged on the right, one of them a woman, while another person in white sits at the far right edge. Steel utensils and pots rest on a table at the back left.2006-08-23August 21 20062006-08-21A photograph of several women seated in a row on a stone floor, dressed in orange saffron shawls over white clothing. Several wear white blouses and one has a red bindi and wears glasses. Each seated woman has a banana leaf meal with rice and food items placed before her, along with small metal cups. Behind them, a line of people in white clothes stands near a stone pillar, with a bamboo pole visible. The setting appears to be an outdoor covered hall during a ritual observance.2006-10-21October 12 20062006-10-12October 12 20062006-10-12A photograph inside an open-sided pavilion with an orange-tiled roof and orange pennant flags on bamboo poles. Seated people wearing white clothes with orange shawls sit on the floor before leaf plates of food and small metal cups, a ritual meal setting. A woman in orange robes sits on a chair at centre, with a steel vessel in front of her. Another woman in white stands nearby and a person in a red sari moves across the space carrying a container. Behind them hangs a large framed portrait of a bald-headed figure in white turban-style head wrap and white garment, with a camera operator in white and orange at right. Oil lamps stand on the floor in the foreground.2006-10-21A covered open-sided hall with a concrete-block wall and a construction yard beyond. Several women sit cross-legged in a row on the floor wearing white saris with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Before each is a brass oil lamp and a banana leaf with food, plus small paper cups. Two men stand on the wall-top at the back, one in white and one in a light shirt, looking on with hands folded. Tall bamboo poles with small saffron flags stand along the hall, and a wheelchair is parked outside.2006-10-21October 22 20062006-10-22September 20 20152015-09-20A seated group of devotees in white clothing with orange shawls sits in a row on a floor inside a bamboo-walled pavilion, each before a banana leaf plate of rice and curries with brass kalasha-style vessels and small steel cups. Bamboo poles run between them. A large banner in the background shows a turbaned figure. The women in the foreground wear orange stoles over white, and one wears a rudraksha mala. The setting suggests a communal meal served after a ritual.2006-10-12November 20 20062006-11-20Outdoor ritual scene under a blue tarpaulin roof on a concrete floor. A long-haired man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a blue checked cloth, reaching toward a banana leaf with food on a low wooden stool. A person in white kneels before him placing food from a steel plate. Other seated devotees in white with orange shawls and a woman in orange wrap sit on the floor with banana leaves of food. A standing man in white holds a small plate in the background. Steel cups and a water bottle sit nearby.2006-07-23