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Photograph of an indoor ritual in an auditorium. A person seated on a raised wooden seat with a leopard-print cushion, wearing an orange-saffron garment with a gold border and a long garland of white flowers with red blooms, is receiving worship. Seated devotees in white and cream clothing hold brass oil lamps and offering plates on a patterned carpet, and a tiered brass lamp with flames stands at left. Floral arrangements of roses and lilies sit in front. Rows of empty theatre seats and a video screen appear in the background. A visible sign reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam

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April 28 20142014-04-28A photograph of a seated figure on an ornate silver-and-gold chair with a leopard-print cushion, wearing a rust-orange robe with a gold border and multiple garlands of white flowers and red rose beads, with a rudraksha mala draped at the neck. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has swept-back hair, saffron-orange ceremonial clothing and layered rudraksha malas, presiding as the central figure. Before him, a man in a cream shirt holds a small red object over a silver plate while a devotee in white kurta with folded hands sits in front, another devotee sits lower in the foreground, and a woman in a white sari stands in the background with a tilak mark. A silver bowl and a small brass pot sit on the floor, a wooden podium with a microphone stands at left, and a black stage backdrop frames the scene with a fan and a ladder behind.2014-04-28April 28 20142014-04-28A photograph inside a dark-walled hall with a gilded carved wooden throne. A long-haired man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, sits on the golden throne flanked by a carved lion figure and hanging brass bells and lamps; he is probable Swamiji by these cues. Around the throne, devotees sit in white and saffron, some in red and yellow saris. Silver thalis of flowers and offerings sit on a gold stand in front, with a man in white and orange lanyard seated at the throne's base. Ornate brass lamps stand to the right, and a carved wooden door is at left.2013-05-15May 19 20132013-05-19November 14 20102010-11-14June 26 20132013-06-26October 26 20152015-10-26May 12 20142014-05-12A padapuja-style devotional gathering in a small room with a fan and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure garlanded with flowers on the wall. A man seated on a silver-trimmed seat, wearing a red-brown cloth with a white flower garland, has his feet being honoured by a woman in a purple-and-gold sari. Seated devotees in white and red clothing hold brass thalis with flowers, sweets and oil lamps; a woman in a red shawl and a man in white clothes with a rudraksha mala sit nearby. a person: the seated man on the silver-trimmed seat wears a red-brown cloth, white garland and sits in a position of honour, with a trident leaning beside him; appearance is unclear, so this is an uncertain candidate.2014-06-08June 07 20142014-06-07May 25 20132013-05-25