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A photograph inside a small room decorated with an orange and green peacock-patterned hanging and paper streamers overhead. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe wears a long white flower garland with red flower strands and a yellow flower at the hip, with long swept-back hair, and walks forward smiling. To his left, a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a young woman in a blue patterned top stand with palms pressed together in greeting. A man in a white shirt and white trousers with a pendant necklace stands at right beside a red-draped platform. Brass pots, a lit oil lamp and flower offerings sit on the floor at lower right, and a rug covers the floor.

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August 11 20092009-08-11A photograph inside a plain home room with cream walls, orange and white striped trim, and framed pictures on a shelf. A man in an orange saffron robe with a long multi-coloured flower garland stands centre, with a red bindi, while a younger man in orange beside him holds a tray of rose petals on an orange-draped low table. An elderly woman in a white sari with pink border presses her palms together at right, and an older man in white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at far right. Other people in white clothes are visible in the doorway behind, and a garlanded framed portrait sits near the wall.2010-01-21A photograph of a small orange-walled room with festoon garlands in pink, green and red hanging from the ceiling. A figure in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, with long swept-back dark hair and multiple red and white flower garlands, stands with palms pressed together, smiling. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues of long hair, saffron clothing and floral garlands, standing before a shrine. Beside him a man in an orange robe bends over a lit oil lamp on the altar. A woman in a white sari with gold border and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style mala stand with hands joined in namaskar. The altar holds a brass kalasha, a steel vessel, a plate of fruit, a plate of red offerings, and framed portraits with garlands on the wall. A ceiling fan and a video camera are visible at the right edge.2010-01-19A photograph of an indoor room with pale green walls, framed portrait prints and a white ceiling fan. A central figure in an orange robe with a white and red flower garland, long dark hair and a smiling expression stands on a striped red and green mat, one hand raised in greeting. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers bends low, touching the floor before the robed figure. Nearby, women in cream and gold-bordered saris and a man in a beige shirt watch and smile. On the right, a man with long hair wears a white kurta, a red shawl and a rudraksha mala. Printed portraits on the wall show a figure in orange with beads and a figure in white. Bare feet and a plastic chair are visible.2010-02-15January 10 20092009-01-10A photograph inside a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls, where a central figure in an orange-saffron robe and a long multicoloured flower garland walks past metal railings. Around him, devotees in white and orange stand with palms pressed together in namaste; a young man in a white shirt holds a camera, a boy in a blue shirt stands beside the railing, and a woman in a green sari and a woman in white kneel near the front. Behind them hang brass ceremonial staffs with a trident, and strings of leaves decorate the ceiling. Wall posters and framed photographs are visible in the background.2009-12-23A photograph of a devotional gathering indoors. A long-haired figure with a flower garland and a saffron-orange wrap sits on a cushioned seat on the left, bare-chested in the upper body, with his hands extended. Beside him a man in white shirt and white dhoti extends his arm toward him. Several devotees stand or kneel on a patterned mat, including a kneeling man in a white shirt with his hands pressed together in namaskar, a woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace, and a young woman in white with folded hands. A standing young man wears a red shawl over white clothing. A pedestal fan and a colourful striped floor mat are visible at right.2009-08-11December 25 20052005-12-25July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph in an ashram hall with a row of men in white dhotis and white kurtas standing with palms pressed together in namaste along the left. On the right, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a garland of white and purple flowers, extending his right hand toward the line. Behind him is a golden throne with a red cushion and a gold deity murti, flanked by orange and yellow hanging banners, a projector screen, and a camera on a tripod. Several other people in orange and white clothing stand in the background.2010-12-31A photograph inside a small home room with pale pink walls, where devotees gather around a central figure wearing an orange robe, a heavy white flower garland and a gold necklace of beads. Above him hangs a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" showing a figure in orange robes, framed by red and white flower garlands and yellow flower strings. A man in an orange robe stands at left, a woman in a white sari with a white flower braid stands in the foreground, and a man in white with an orange-draped elder in the right foreground bows or leans in. Fruit sits in a basket at left. A man in white and a woman in white stand at upper right near a wooden door.2010-01-09August 17 20072007-08-17 +2 copies