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A crowded indoor room with pale walls and a hanging orange cloth and colourful banner at top. A bald older man with a grey beard and a red-orange tilak on his forehead wears a saffron-orange shawl and holds a young boy's hands. Beside him, a boy in a red shirt looks toward the camera. On the right, a man in a mustard-yellow turban and yellow top reaches forward, and a sannyasi in saffron-orange robes stands in the foreground. Another man on the right has a red tilak and gold ornaments. On the left, a man in a white shirt is partly visible at the edge of the frame. Several people stand close together around the group.

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A photograph of a crowded indoor gathering. In the centre, a bald elderly man with a red tilak on his forehead wears an orange saffron shawl over his shoulders and holds the hands of a young boy in a red top. To the right, a figure in a yellow-green turban and sleeveless yellow-green top reaches toward them, while a bald man in orange robes stands in the foreground. A man in a white shirt is at the left edge, and a shaved-headed man with white vibhuti marks and a gold necklace appears at the far right. Behind them hang orange cloth and a colourful wall banner. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance alone, so the central figure is described by role only.2011-02-17Indoor photograph of a bald, older man with a vermilion tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron robe, smiling as he clasps hands with a younger man in orange at the lower right. A man in white clothing stands at the left edge, and a boy in a red shirt with a lanyard watches nearby. A person in a yellow turban and long dark hair appears at upper right, and a silver tray is visible at the bottom. The walls are pale pink with an orange cloth hanging above.2011-02-17A photograph of a bald, older man in an orange robe with a red tilak on his forehead, smiling and clasping hands with a younger monk in orange robes who holds a silver tray. Beside them a young boy in a red shirt looks on, a man in a white shirt stands at left, and a person in a yellow-green head wrap appears behind. The room has pale pink walls and orange cloth hangs in the background. The older man has a shaved head and orange robe, without the distinctive long hair, crown or rudraksha cues needed to name him, so his identity is uncertain.2011-02-17December 25 20112011-12-25December 24 20112011-12-24A photograph of a darshan line in an indoor hall. A man in a bright orange turban and orange robe with a long rudraksha mala and gold necklace, with gold bangles on his arms, touches the forehead of a devotee with his raised hand while another devotee in white and orange holds a red box and tray nearby. Devotees in white and pale clothes stand behind a metal barrier with palms pressed together. Behind them a backdrop shows a painted portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" in orange tones. Ceiling lights and a stage curtain frame the scene. a person candidate by appearance: the turban-wearing orange-clad man giving blessings is a probable match to the page's a person cues.2011-11-25September 30 20112011-09-30September 30 20112011-09-30October 26 20102010-10-26A photograph of a group of young boys and a few adult monks in saffron-orange robes performing a ritual. A shaved-headed adult monk wearing a white vertical tilak on his forehead and rudraksha beads is applying a mark or substance to the forehead of a young boy in orange clothes who has a white tilak. Other boys hold yellow flower petals and rudraksha malas, and an adult in the background wears orange cloth. In the foreground a blurred boy sits in orange clothing. The setting appears to be a temple or ashram hall.2013-05-20December 11 20112011-12-11A photograph inside a temple hall during a darshan-style blessing. A smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments on his arm, places his hand on the forehead of a kneeling devotee in a white shirt with palms pressed together in anjali. Other devotees stand with hands folded, a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with a yellow border is at right, and a gilded deity murti with floral decorations and a colourful backdrop are visible behind.2011-12-10