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A dimly lit room shows a shrine-like altar with green-tinted lighting. A child in an orange t-shirt stands at a glass-fronted altar table, facing a yellow-framed glass case holding a dark framed image of a deity and small offerings. A woman in a white salwar-style outfit sits cross-legged on a patterned carpet to the right. On the altar are a brass lamp with a lit flame, a bowl of green grapes, oranges and apples, a stainless steel pot with yellow flowers, brass cups, a flower vase, and a green plate. The scene appears to be a home puja or prayer setting.

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February 26 20112011-02-26February 26 20112011-02-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of devotees seated on a red patterned carpet in a room at night, facing a small altar. Above the altar hangs a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with long hair, labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda". Before the portrait sit a vase of yellow flowers, bowls of fruit and a lit oil lamp on a white table. Most attendees wear white or light clothing, while one person in an orange robe sits near a sound system on the right. Framed pictures line the right wall and a potted plant stands at left.2011-02-26 +1 copiesTwo men sit in a bare wooden-floored room performing a puja before a framed portrait of a saffron-robed sannyasi, garlanded with marigold and rose strings. The portrait sits on a green cloth-draped platform surrounded by fruit offerings, a kalasha-style brass vessel, and lit oil lamps. The man on the left wears white dhoti-style clothing with a blue lanyard and presses his palms together; the man beside him wears a saffron robe and folded hands. A portrait labelled with a caption is printed on the frame's image. Items on the white cloth include apples, oranges, bananas, and a plate of offerings. Sunlight falls from a window on the right.2010-08-15 +1 copiesPhoto 11682567 +1 copiesOctober 01 20072007-10-01A photograph in a home shrine room. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a white garment with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged on the floor and holds out a brass plate of flowers and fruit. A second man in a white shirt bends forward with his head lowered to receive it. Before them stands a framed portrait on an ornate chair-like seat, with a red cushion, flowers and fruit arranged on the floor, a small oil lamp burning at the left edge, and a shelf of deity figurines in the background. The seated man matches the probable Swamiji cues of swept-back hair, orange shawl and rudraksha mala, and is presenting the offering in a puja-type ritual, so this is marked probable. Two physical people are visible.2007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01A photograph of a home or ashram shrine room at night, with a decorated altar. A standing man in white dhoti and white shirt faces the shrine, and a woman in a pink saree kneels in front of it. On the altar are a central framed deity picture with a golden-yellow figure, flanked by framed pictures, an oil lamp burning, brass plates of offerings, and a kalasha with a coconut and mango leaves. Orange and red cloth lies on the floor, with a plate in front. Framed pictures of deities hang on the pale yellow walls, and a red and gold ornamental canopy frames the altar.2010-10-08A photograph of devotees seated cross-legged on rugs in a bright hall, performing puja with hands joined in prayer. A woman in the foreground wears a white sari with gold border and gold bangles; beside her a younger woman in white kurta and a seated man in white also pray with eyes closed. Brass lamps with lit wicks, a brass puja plate with flowers and a red cloth, and a small coconut or offering sit on the floor before them. Several more devotees in white and yellow saris are seated in the background, and a person stands behind them. Strings of flowers hang along the wall.2010-08-15 +1 copiesA dimly lit indoor satsang in a plain room with pale green walls and a framed picture on the upper left. Devotees sit cross-legged on patterned red and maroon carpets. In the centre, a man in white shirt and white trousers with a rudraksha mala sits with a small yellow object in his hands. Behind him, a woman in an orange-yellow salwar kameez sits with palms together, and a man in an orange shirt sits with hands folded in prayer. Others in white kurtas sit nearby, some with eyes closed, and a man in a white T-shirt stands or sits near green curtains at the top right. Foreground figures are partly cut off by the frame.2011-02-26 +1 copiesPhotograph of a domestic-style room where a group of women sit on a patterned mat facing a television set on a wooden cabinet. On the screen a figure in orange robes is shown. In the foreground a man in white clothing and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged beside a brass puja setup with oil lamps, a plate of fruit, flower garlands and a bowl of white flowers. Several women in pink, purple and white saris and salwar kameez watch attentively, some with hands folded. Flowers and a framed picture decorate the shelving behind them.2007-10-01