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A group of men gathered indoors in an ashram hall with cream walls and red curtains. On the right, a bald man bare-chested except for a rudraksha mala and an orange-brown shawl is presenting a bundle wrapped in gold cellophane. An elderly man in white clothes on the left reaches out to receive it, holding a book. Behind them, several men wear saffron and orange robes and turbans, with rudraksha and crystal malas, and others wear white shirts with orange shawls and lanyard badges. A sign with the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam design is partly visible at the top left.

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A photo of a group in an indoor hall with maroon curtains. In the centre, a bare-chested man in orange-brown ochre cloth with a rudraksha mala and a shawl hands a yellow-wrapped gift bundle to an older man in white clothing, who receives a printed booklet in return. Behind them, several men in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans, one with a beaded mala, stand with bare foreheads marked with tilak, and onlookers in white shirts and orange sashes watch closely. The scene reads as a formal exchange of honours among sannyasis and guests.2013-10-19October 19 20132013-10-19October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesDecember 11 20112011-12-11A photograph of a ceremonial reception at an indoor hall with maroon curtains. In the foreground, a man in an orange turban and orange robe with rudraksha beads stands facing right, holding a fruit basket. To the right, a bare-chested figure in a gold-bordered maroon dhoti, with bangles, gold necklace and an earpiece, raises his palms in greeting toward a man in white and orange shawl who clasps his hands. Behind them, saffron-robed sannyasis and a man in white hold a green-and-red flower garland. A man in white kneels with hands folded at lower centre.2013-10-19A photograph in a bright white-walled room of a man in an orange-saffron robe with a tilak on his forehead, wearing a long white-and-red garland and a rudraksha mala, receiving greetings from an elderly man in white clothes who holds his hand. Nearby, a man in white shirt and dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and a younger man in orange robe on the right holds a tray draped in orange cloth with a brass object on it. Other devotees in orange and white clothes stand behind, and the bald figure at far left wears an orange robe and mala. a person cue is present on the central robed man: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and rudraksha mala with saffron clothing, consistent with the page's reference; he is an in-person candidate. Several people are visible.2012-09-12December 11 20112011-12-11May 05 20162016-05-05A photograph of an ashram hall where a man in orange and saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and long swept-back hair stands centre-right, wearing a white tripundra mark on his forehead, a white and red flower garland, and a gold pendant. He is ornately dressed with gold bangles and earrings. Beside him, a man in orange clothing with a dark rudraksha mala holds a tray draped in orange cloth carrying a small gold ritual object. On the left, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds his hands in anjali, while an elderly man in white clothing bows forward toward the robed figure. Several other men in white and orange stand behind, with ceiling fans and white walls in the background.2012-09-12October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesOctober 19 20132013-10-19January 04 20122012-01-04