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A framed portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-red robe and a rudraksha mala, seated in meditation pose with one hand raised, sits on an altar before a banyan tree. The portrait is labelled on the archive only by the page; no printed name is visible. In front of it stands a brass Nataraja figure of dancing Shiva within a flame arch, draped with rudraksha beads, and a pair of black wooden sandals rests on an orange cloth with a pink flower offered before them. Silver puja vessels, a small oil lamp, a bell and a Ganesha figurine are arranged on the altar. No physical people are present; the seated figure is a printed portrait.

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May 05 20112011-05-052011 -eNMiracles Collections2011 -eNMiracles CollectionsMay 13 20112011-05-13August 07 20112011-08-07A large printed portrait hangs on a white wall, showing a man with long dark hair, a red bindi, an orange robe and a beaded necklace with a gold pendant, seated in lotus pose before a banyan tree with aerial roots. His right hand is raised in blessing. Beneath the portrait is a Tamil caption reading Paramahamsa Nithyanandar. A smaller framed photo of the same figure sits at right. In front, a green cloth covers a low altar with a brass plate, brass bowls, a lamp, a small brass vessel and a rudraksha mala. No physical people are visible.2010-09-26January 10 20092009-01-10A small altar arrangement with a framed portrait at the centre of a dark red cloth. The portrait shows a smiling man in orange robes seated in lotus pose, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a gold-and-white bead necklace with a pendant, and raising one hand in blessing; the figure in this printed portrait is shown on a screen-like print, not present in person. Before the frame sit a pair of black sandals with tan straps. Flanking them are a brass deity murti of a multi-armed goddess riding a lion, a small golden Ganesha figure, yellow chrysanthemum flowers, an orange cloth, and a dark stone sculpture at the right edge. A printed photo at upper right shows a close-up of a pair of eyes with a red kumkum mark on the forehead.2011-03-18 +1 copiesA home shrine photographed indoors against a white wall. Above it hangs a large gold-framed portrait of a smiling man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, seated cross-legged before a banyan trunk, labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" in print. The portrait is garlanded with orange marigolds. Below, a red and gold-bordered altar ledge holds a dark bronze deity statue on the left and a dark bronze deity on the right, brass oil lamps, a framed deity picture, two framed foot-impression prints, a framed photo of a seated figure, a covered table with a brass puja plate, a kalasha pot, and a steel bowl on a red mat. No people are physically present. +2 copiesA photograph of an outdoor shrine with a framed portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron robe and a white beaded necklace with a pendant, raising one hand in blessing. The portrait is garlanded with orange and white flowers and set against a background of large tree roots. In front is a red and gold patterned cloth holding brass kalasha pots with yellow flowers, halved coconuts, bananas and white jasmine strings. Behind the portrait stand dark stone deity murtis with flower garlands, one in a pink sari and one in a blue cloth. No people are physically present.A shrine table is set before a large framed photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair, sitting cross-legged in saffron-orange robes, wearing a white bead necklace with a pendant, raising one hand in blessing, and seated in front of a large banyan tree with aerial roots. The framed portrait is a printed depiction, not a physical person. Peacock feathers stand in vases on either side, red roses are placed on top of the frame, and a small portrait of a woman in pink sits at the lower left. The table holds brass oil lamps, a lit diya, bowls of flower petals and kumkum, a brass kalasha-like vessel, and a deity murti dressed in a green and red silk garment with red and white flower garlands. No physical people are present. +5 copiesMarch 18 20112011-03-18 +1 copies