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A photograph of a stage set up outdoors under a white canopy, with a large banner behind it showing a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" and a phone number. Several bronze deity murtis are arranged on a draped platform: a central figure seated on a cushion, flanked by other figures garlanded with white flower strands, beneath a red and white arch decorated with peacock-feather-like rosettes. Blue and purple cloth covers the table, and a decorated yellow-and-red parasol stands at the left edge. Signs in front of the murtis read "This deity goes to St. Louis", "This deity goes to Guadaloupe" and "This deity goes to Vancouver". Baskets of offerings with coconuts sit at the right, beside a figure in saffron robes garlanded with flowers. No person is clearly seated in front of the platform.

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A bronze Ganesha murti stands on a gold-coloured base at the top of a draped platform. The deity wears a white dhoti-like cloth, a yellow and green flower garland, and holds an ankusha-like object. Beneath it, a blue cloth covers a raised block on a red-draped stage edged with gold trim. A white sign in front reads 'This deity goes to St.Louis'. Behind it hang striped pink, purple, red and white garlands and a gold arch with peacock-feather ornaments. A tent wall forms the backdrop. No people are visible.2006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30December 29 20062006-12-29December 29 20062006-12-29A photograph of an outdoor stage under a corrugated metal roof with white draped cloth backdrop. A large banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban with long dark hair and an orange garment, captioned as a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda", advertising a Maha Kumbabhishekam. Below it, three brass-coloured deity murtis sit on a red and gold covered stand, one with a golden prabhavali and a decorated arch of multicoloured garlands. Flower garlands hang over the statues, and a gold and multicoloured embroidered umbrella-shaped parasol stands at left. No physical people are visible.2006-12-29Photograph of a decorated temple display under a white tent at Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi, for the Maha Kumbhabhisheka of Sri Anandeshwar Temple. A large banner shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with a smiling man in an orange turban and red tilak beside a Sri Anandeshwar image. Beneath it stands a golden arch with red, white and green garlands around a central deity murti, flanked by smaller murtis and an orange-robed figure garlanded on the right. In front are rows of brass kalasha pots wrapped in netting with coconuts and mango leaves. Two ornate umbrella-like standards with red and green embellishment stand on purple and red draped tables. No physical people are visible.2006-12-29Outdoor temple-site photograph under a tarpaulin canopy with pink and gold draped cloth and palm trees. On the left, two men in white ritual clothes stand at a flower-garlanded altar, one with hands raised in worship. Behind an altar of deity murti, a seated woman in orange robes and a white and red flower garland sits on a white cushioned seat with an orange and green cloth before her. A standing figure in orange robes with a white garland stands at right beside a deity murti. A banner reads Maha kumbabhisheka on 1st January 2007 at Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi, and shows a portrait of a man in orange headwear labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Small signs read This deity goes to Vancouver and This deity goes to Malaysia. Brass vessels, offerings and a kalasha sit on the altar.2006-12-29A decorated stage with three ornate silver-framed thrones under pink and multicoloured canopies. The central throne holds a deity murti adorned with a crown, garlands in purple, yellow, red and white, and a pink cloth backdrop. Flanking thrones hold smaller deity murtis, each draped in colourful flower garlands. Red cloths cover the seats, with scattered flower petals on the blue-grey stage floor and green stage skirting. No people are visible.2017-12-17A row of ornate festival palanquins or vahanas under a corrugated metal roof, each in a decorated arched canopy wrapped in red, white, yellow and green striped fabric. Figurines of deities and mythical animals sit on white-draped platforms, some garlanded with white flowers. Orange pennant flags printed with a logo hang from a string overhead. No people are visible.2006-12-29September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesPhotograph of three seated metal deity murtis on a red silk-draped platform, each adorned with yellow and green garlands. The central figure holds a trident and other implements and wears a crescent crown; the flanking figures wear ornate crowns and hold objects in multiple hands. A blue-bordered white sign in front reads 'This deity goes to Vancouver'. Striped purple, white and red fabric with peacock-feather motifs decorates the frame behind, and a banner with a website address is visible at the top. No physical people are visible.2006-12-30A photograph of an outdoor temple-style pavilion with a sandy floor. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair sits with his back partly turned, bare-torsoed except for an orange cloth wrapped at the waist and a white shawl edge over his lap. He wears a long garland of white flowers with red blossoms, a gold bracelet on his wrist, and sits on a white cloth. Behind him stands a statue of a saint in orange robes wearing a white garland, and a white-draped table with decorated deity figures in gold and red sits on a blue-draped platform. Signs read 'This deity goes to Vancouver' and 'This deity goes to Malaysia', and a banana tree stands at the right edge beside a red-curtained shrine with a small bronze deity murti.2006-12-29