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December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 16 20062006-12-16February 14 20102010-02-14 +1 copiesAn altar arrangement of three framed portraits on a white-draped table, each garlanded with white jasmine and green leaves with red flowers. Left, a woman in a white veil and wrap sits in a seated pose. Centre, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a white flower garland and rudraksha-style beads sits with his right hand raised in blessing, a red bindi on his forehead; the frame is labelled for an ashram figure. Right, a crowned deity murti with a red-and-gold garment and a blue backdrop. In front stand a bell, a small cup, a tumbler, a banana leaf with food offerings, and two brass oil lamps, with red hibiscus petals scattered across the table. The portraits are printed images, not physical people.2009-07-30October 14 20072007-10-14A photograph of a draped orange-cloth table under a tent with bright striped banners, holding three framed pictures garlanded with yellow, orange and white flower chains. Left, a painted deity murti in red with a golden crown on a blue ground. Centre, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" showing a smiling man in saffron robes with a white flower necklace, hand raised, seated before a tree. Right, a framed sepia portrait of a woman in white draped clothing with long hair. Flower garlands are arranged on the table and a small white plate of powder sits in front. Devotees and onlookers stand at the back, some partially visible, beside a metal barrier.2012-11-27Photograph of an indoor hall set up for a ritual offering. Two orange-draped chairs sit against a yellow curtain decorated with red, white and pink flower garlands. On the left chair stands a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes wearing a long beaded necklace and a garland of white and pink flowers. On the right, a gold-framed portrait of a man in orange garments with a white garland rests on the chair. In front, banana leaves hold rice, vegetables and sweets, alongside a bunch of bananas, a silver plate of flowers, brass oil lamps and small pots of red flowers. A wall display above the left shows two framed photographs. No living people are visible.Indoor shrine hall with two women seated on the floor before banana-leaf plates of food offerings, one in orange sari on left and one in white with yellow shawl on right, preparing offerings. Behind them, two orange-draped thrones sit before a framed portrait of a man in orange robes with a garland and a bead necklace, and a smaller framed photo on the right with a garland. Marigold garlands drape across yellow curtains, with brass oil lamps, a kalasha-like brass vessel, bananas and fruit on a white-covered platform. Overhead a banner shows framed photographs and Telugu-language text.May 13 20082008-05-13A ritual room set up for a memorial puja. Two seated people sit on the floor and read from papers: a woman on the left in an orange sari with a maroon border and glasses, and a man on the right in white dhoti-style clothing with a yellow shawl and a rudraksha-style mala. In front of them are banana leaves with food offerings, fruit, flowers and brass lamps. Behind them two orange-draped chairs face the room; a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange robes with a mala and garland hangs above the left chair, and a framed portrait of a smiling man with a garland sits above the right chair. Yellow curtains with red and white flower garlands decorate the back wall, and a poster board with photographs is visible at upper left.A printed portrait in a frame on a draped stage, decorated with a white and yellow flower garland and red flowers, shows a smiling man with long dark hair, a red tilak, a white beaded mala and an orange saffron robe, seated cross-legged before a banyan-root background. Below the frame, a purple and pink cloth table holds two banana leaves with prasadam: a brown savoury dish and a white rice dish. A brass bell, a small incense holder with sticks, a small dish, and a cup stand on the table, with incense smoke rising at left. The portrait is labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda". No physical people are visible.2007-10-14