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November 17 2010

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Outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground, tall palm trees and a red-brick wall. A single person in orange sannyasi-style robes with a leopard-print shawl stands at the edge of a concrete platform, hands pressed together in namaskar. Behind her a large informational signboard reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Bidadi Ashram with a map. Two dark stone deity sculptures stand on the right near red-bordered plaques, and hanging decorative fabric cylinders with orange tassels hang from the roof above.

Outdoor photo of a bare-chested man in orange saffron cloth walking barefoot on a woven mat strip across a dirt courtyard, hands pressed together in namaste at chest level. He has long dark hair swept back. Behind him stands a silver SUV, coconut palms, thatched-roof huts and a green-and-white information board. At right, a stone deity murti sits near a red-wheeled cart beside a copper-coloured kalasha or lamp on a small platform with an orange cushion, and a colourful kolam rangoli decorates the ground. A smaller figure in white ritual dress stands at left.

A photograph of an outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground, palm trees and a thatched hut behind. In the foreground a woman in an orange robe with a leopard-print shawl stands with her palms pressed together in prayer. To the left, several women in white clothes and headscarves stand near a silver SUV. On the right, dark stone statues and sculptures sit on low plinths with red placards, beside a red brick wall. A large white signboard with a map stands in the background, and a colourful pole hangs with red and orange cloth at the top right.

Outdoor photo at an ashram courtyard. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-saffron dhoti with a matching orange shawl draped over his shoulders, stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra in front of a tall brass ring-shaped lamp stand, with a small garland around his neck. To the left stands an empty red-cushioned throne with gold trim on a white and red striped platform. Palm trees, thatched huts, a red flag and parked silver and yellow vehicles fill the background. A sign in Kannada script reads ಶ್ರೀ ಆನಂದೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ, and a side sign is visible.

Outdoor photo at an ashram entrance with a paved interlocking-brick walkway. A man in a flowing orange-saffron robe and a long rudraksha-style bead mala walks barefoot toward the right. On the left, a woman with blonde hair and a patterned head scarf stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and another person with folded hands is partly visible at the edge. Behind them a silver SUV is parked beside thatched-roof huts and palm trees. A large billboard on the right shows a smiling man in an orange turban, and a signboard reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Adi Ashram with a map.

Outdoors on a sandy ground, a man with long dark hair sits cross-legged in a circular sand mandala bordered by black and white stones and coloured rangoli dots, hands pressed together in namaste. He wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and a red-orange rudraksha-style mala around his neck. Behind him stand grey stone deity murtis on red pedestals, and a painted banner shows a seated figure. A standing man in white clothes stands further back by a silver SUV, and a large map-style signboard hangs on a pole. Palm trees and thatched huts surround the courtyard, with orange and red cloth draped on tall poles.

Outdoor photo at an ashram courtyard with a raised white and red-striped platform in the foreground. A figure in a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment and a leopard-print shawl stands at the platform's edge with back to the camera, facing a line of about twenty devotees standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. Many devotees wear white, cream, pink and beige saris and kurtas. Behind them stand a red-orange brick building, tall palm trees, a thatched-roof hut, and a silver SUV parked on the dirt ground. Two saffron-and-orange hanging ceremonial tassels and a decorated pole with circular rings frame the scene. A wall banner shows a photo of a saffron-robed figure. Ashram greeting or satsang gathering.

November 18 2010

A photograph taken on a paved courtyard at an ashram. A man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands barefoot with his right hand raised in greeting, near a silver SUV parked on a dirt road. On the left, a woman with a patterned headscarf and other people sit with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them are thatched huts and palm trees. A large map board reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and an ashram map. A poster on the right shows a smiling person wearing an orange turban. The man's identity is not established from appearance, so a person is unsure.

A photograph of an ashram courtyard on a sandy dirt path lined with coconut palms and thatched-roof huts. In the foreground a person in a flowing orange-saffron robe with a long rudraksha mala around the neck walks barefoot toward a whitewashed raised platform edged with red and white stripes. Behind them, two men in white dhotis and shirts stand near a parked silver SUV and a small white truck. A white dove is painted on an orange wall at the left, beside a black speaker on a stand and a tall printed notice board. The walking figure has long dark hair and distinctive saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, consistent with the page's a person candidate, though identity is uncertain from appearance.

A photograph taken outdoors on a dusty ground beside a concrete platform. A figure in an orange sannyasi-style robe with a leopard-print shawl stands at the right, hands raised together near the chest in an anjali-like gesture. Behind them, a silver SUV is parked, and several people in white and lavender clothing stand or kneel near the left edge, some with palms pressed together. Palm trees and a thatched hut frame the background. At the right stand dark stone sculptures of deities and figures on red-bordered plinths, and a large information board with a map is mounted on a stand in the middle distance. A red brick wall runs behind the sculptures.

November 25 2010