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A photograph of women seated on the floor in a decorated tent-like shrine during an evening puja. A large printed portrait of a smiling man with a rust-red turban, red-orange robe and rudraksha-style beads is mounted against a blue and gold draped backdrop, garlanded with marigolds and fairy lights; the portrait is a depiction, not a physical person. Beside it stands a small deity murti on a draped table with brass lamps. In front, women in red, pink, green and blue saris sit on striped mats with banana leaves holding fruit, flowers, turmeric, kumkum and lit brass lamps, while women at right make offerings. Dress colours are tied to each woman as described, and the setting reads as a Navarathiri-style puja.

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A group of women sit cross-legged on a striped floor mat during a Navaratri puja at an indoor setting with yellow walls and blue draped fabric decorated with marigold garlands. A large printed portrait of a man with a red-orange turban and saffron-orange clothing, a rudraksha mala and a flower garland is placed on a raised seat at the back left, labelled with the printed caption Paramahamsa Nithyananda, not a physical person. Many brass oil lamps are lit along the mat, with banana leaf plates holding fruit, sweets, kumkum, flowers and betel. On the right a small deity murti stands under an arch on a draped altar. Women in colourful saris and salwar kameez, with bangles and jewellery, offer lamps and prepare the leaves; one small child in white reaches toward an offering. Timestamp reads 26 September 2025 19:08.2025-09-26Night-time outdoor ritual on a tiled floor under a tarpaulin, with women and girls seated on striped mats and a pink cloth. Many women wear sarees in yellow, blue, purple and maroon. Brass oil lamps burn in front of a blue and gold draped backdrop decorated with marigold garlands. Banana leaves hold bowls of kumkum, turmeric, rice, fruit and flowers, and a green coconut sits near the lamps. A woman in a maroon kurta lights a lamp while elderly women sit on chairs in the background. A timestamp reads 26 September 2025 19:09.2025-09-26November 15 20122012-11-15August 12 20122012-08-12December 19 2022 sripuram2022-12-19Indoor ritual gathering on a tiled floor in a small room with pink walls. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a gold border sits cross-legged at left, facing a spread of banana leaves and metal bowls heaped with fruit, sweets, flowers and small oil lamps. Several women in saris sit around the spread: one in orange, others in yellow and blue, some wearing garlands and bangles. A framed portrait garlanded with flowers stands on the floor at left. Copper pots and a steel vessel sit on a blue table behind the women. Two seated women in the foreground watch the offerings. +1 copiesNovember 15 20122012-11-15A photograph of an indoor puja in a plain room with a pink-washed wall, red curtains and a chalkboard with drawn figures. A woman in a white sari with an orange border stands at centre, holding a microphone and speaking. Around her, about a dozen women sit on the floor in white saris with gold borders, several with long braided hair and flower adornments, while one woman in white kneels at right beside a spread of brass plates, fruit, flowers and a lit oil lamp. Brass lamp stands with lit flames flank a seated figure in a dark maroon cloth draped with garlands, presumably a deity murti or portrait, with a silver peetha before it. Floral offerings and brass thalis are arranged on white cloth on the floor.2011-03-14Indoor puja in a carpeted room during an evening Shivaratri observance. A large seated statue on the right wears a garland of pink and white flowers, a blue cloth draped below, and raises its hand in blessing; it is a murti, not a living person. Three standing metal deity figures stand against the wall at left. Along the floor, brass plates, bowls, oil lamps, fruit and sweets are arranged on white cloths. Several devotees sit in front: a woman in a red blouse and orange-gold sari pours from a vessel, a woman in a green and purple sari sits in the centre, a woman in a grey patterned outfit sits at right, a man in white kurta sits behind the altar, and children in white and grey clothing join with folded hands, one girl in pink holding a bell-like brass item. Roughly eight to ten physical people are visible.2021-03-11 +1 copiesA photograph of women performing an aarti before a framed portrait of a smiling man with a red turban, rudraksha-style beaded mala and white floral garlands, set against a plain white wall. Behind a purple-draped table with marigold garlands, several women in orange, pink, blue and yellow saris stand with hands folded or hold a lit lamp toward the portrait. Steel pots of food, bowls of curry and a plate of sweets sit on the table, and a metal bucket and cups are at the edges.2022-06-19March 23 20112011-03-23Jan 8 2022 sripuram2022-01-10