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A wide outdoor photograph of a ceremonial stage set on water at an open-air amphitheatre. A red-draped platform stands in a reflecting pool, with a large decorated seat or throne covered in colourful flower garlands, yellow and purple, and a canopy above. Several people sit on the platform in orange, saffron and white clothing, some on red chairs. Behind them, a large crowd fills red tiered stone seating along the amphitheatre wall, many people seated and some standing. A painted figure appears on the far right wall. Pale sky above.

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A photograph of an outdoor water-side stage at a tiered amphitheatre. A tall structure at left is covered in marigold and yellow-and-purple flower garlands, topped by a red ornament. Beside it, a large gilded throne-like seat draped in red and gold sits on a red-skirted platform above still water. Several metal pots or kalashas stand at the stage's left edge. Rows of seated people in white and colourful clothes fill the red stone steps of the amphitheatre, with a large screen showing an image on the right. Trees and a grey wall stand behind. No figure is clearly seated on the throne, so no person is identified.2016-12-14Outdoor photograph of a large open-air ritual arena with tiered red seating filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees. In the centre, a rectangular water-filled pool surrounds a raised red-draped platform holding an ornate yellow and red decorated structure with a tall tiered canopy. Some seated people in front wear white dhotis and bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas, and women wear saris and kumkum. Red flags line the pool edges and palm-like trees surround the grounds under a clear sky.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 03 20162016-12-03 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene at a sunken water-filled stage with a large flower-decorated ceremonial structure. A tall ornate canopy-like form draped in garlands of yellow, red and green flowers stands at the left of a red-draped platform. Several people in orange and white clothing sit on red chairs and the platform, with robed figures near a pot and a small table. Rows of seated spectators fill red tiered stands behind, and a large screen is visible at upper right. Pink and white flower petals are scattered on the platform edge. The water reflects the decorated structure and stands.2016-12-03Outdoor ritual at an amphitheatre-style stone stadium. A large black lingam stands on a tall stepped platform wrapped in bands of orange, yellow and white marigold garlands, with a brass vessel and a white umbrella beside it. Across the water-filled pool, a raised red-carpeted stage holds a seated figure in white. A large crowd of several hundred people, mostly in white with some orange, fills the tiered stone seating on both sides. Red banners and flags line the rails, and a red cloth hangs on the back wall.2016-12-02A wide outdoor photo of a large ritual arena at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with a rectangular water-filled pool in the centre and a red-draped platform. An ornate golden shrine-like structure with a deity murti stands on the platform, and a seated figure in red sits in front of it. Tiered stone seating on both sides is packed with hundreds of devotees in saffron, orange and white clothing. In the foreground, rows of devotees sit on black ritual stools; several bare-chested men wear sacred threads and white dhotis, and women wear sarees in gold and red. Red flags and banners line the pool edges under a clear sky.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 14 20162016-12-14December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor ritual scene at an amphitheatre-style open-air arena. A large dark cylindrical Shivalinga-form structure stands at the left, its base wrapped in a dense band of marigold and multicoloured flower garlands, with a metal staircase scaffold beside it. A person in orange clothing stands on the scaffold near the top. On a red-draped raised platform in the foreground, a seated figure sits beneath a white-and-red striped parasol, and a small attendant in white works near brass vessels and offerings at the base. Tiered red stone steps are filled with hundreds of seated white-clad devotees facing the stage, with red flags lining the edges and trees behind the wall.2016-12-02Night photo of a large rectangular water tank at a temple festival, with a red-carpeted raised platform in the middle holding an ornate, multicoloured decorated palanquin/throne canopy with yellow, green and red striping and floral garlands. Tiered stone steps on both sides are filled with seated spectators, and bright floodlights and strings of lights line the walls. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible at this distance, and the people on the steps are too small and indistinct to assign roles.2016-12-12