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A screen-within-a-photo shows a live video link from Nithyanandanagara, Tiruvannamalai, with a white banner reading Nithyanandanagara, Tiruvannamalai above. Inside the video, a man in white clothes and a dark sash stands with hands at his chest, while a bald man with a white forehead marking in white garments stands near a seated man wearing a rudraksha mala and white clothing. A figure in orange and red garments with a red cloth stands at right. Lower text reads NithyanandaNagaram Tiruvannamalai. Steps, a white floor and a brass lamp arrangement are visible behind.

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October 05 20142014-10-05Photograph of a large display screen in a control room, showing a live video feed titled "Nithyanandanagara, Tiruvannamalai" at the top. On the feed, a woman in white clothes sits with palms pressed together in namaste, a bald man in white sits to her right, and a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala and a woman in white sit behind her, with a person in orange-red clothing standing at the right edge. A small inset at bottom right shows a man in saffron and red garments seated on a platform. Lower text on the feed reads NithyanandaNagaram Tiruvannamalai. Watermarked archive image; the people are on a screen, not physically present.2014-10-05A photograph of a large screen showing a live video-conference feed labelled NITHYANANDA NAGAR, TIRUVANNAMALAI across the top. Two women stand in the foreground in front of a flower-decorated table with a golden kalasha-like object; one wears a maroon sari with a gold border and the other a plum-coloured sari, and one holds white papers. Behind them, people in white clothes and orange garments sit and stand on a white-floored hall with a striped green-and-pink mat.2014-02-14A photograph of a large screen showing a live video-link feed from a temple hall labelled NITHYANANDA NAGAR, TIRUVANNAMALAI. In the foreground a man in a reddish-brown dhoti with a yellow-striped cloth holds a small object and stands beside a gold-trimmed red and yellow altar. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands centrally, and a woman in a blue salwar kameez stands to the right with a man in white. Behind them devotees in white and orange clothing fill the hall. A small inset in the lower right shows a seated figure in orange on a throne. Lower right text reads a copyright notice.2014-02-14A photograph of an indoor ashram hall where seated devotees in white dhotis and shawls sit on the floor. A shaved-headed man in the centre-left stands in white dhoti and shawl with a sacred thread, one hand holding a fold of cloth at his chest and a gold bangle on his wrist, looking to his right. Beside him a man in white bends forward, and in the foreground several shaved-headed participants in white garments sit with eyes closed. Background includes a steel counter, pink wall and a red-curtained area. Several young people in white and dark clothing sit around, some with rudraksha-style beads. Leaf plates of food sit on the floor in the lower left.2011-02-11A standing man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and hair tied in a topknot places his right hand on the forehead of a seated devotee in a white shirt, who has his palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed. A small white item is held in the standing man's left hand. Behind them, seated men in white dhotis with gold borders and a bald priest with a tilak sit on the floor; a cameraman in a red shirt films with a tripod, and a brass oil lamp stands at the right edge beside a red curtain. The scene resembles a blessing or initiation moment. The orange-robed figure shows cues consistent with a person candidate, but identity is uncertain.2011-09-17June 27 20142014-06-27October 29 20112011-10-29A photograph of a initiation or blessing ceremony at an ashram courtyard. In the foreground, a shaved-headed devotee in white dhoti with a maroon-bordered cloth and gold beaded necklace bows forward, pressing his head to the palm of a seated priest. The seated priest, bare-chested with a white and maroon-bordered shawl draped over his shoulder and gold ornaments, extends his right hand toward the devotee's forehead. A standing attendant in white clothes leans in from the left. Behind them, several people in white and yellow garments stand, and a man in orange robes stands at the right near a gold-framed seat. Orange and blue cloths cover the ground, with a gilded throne visible at right. A dark signboard and orange-red wall appear in the background.2011-08-10September 24 20132013-09-24A photograph inside a plain white-walled room showing a shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with a red border and a rudraksha mala, kneeling on a mat and reaching toward a seated figure. A woman in a white blouse with an orange-saffron shawl kneels beside him, bending over a devotee's bowed head; other people in white clothing stand at left. Behind them is a framed image with marigold and red flower garlands, and a microphone stand is visible at right. The scene appears to be a devotional ritual or blessing in white garments.2011-03-05A photograph of seated monks in a hall performing a meditative or devotional practice. In the foreground a monk in saffron-orange robes, wearing a rudraksha mala and wire-rimmed glasses, sits cross-legged with his right hand raised to his face. Beside and behind him, several shaved-headed monks in white dhotis and white shawls sit in a row, also touching their faces or hands in the same gesture. A figure in white sits at the far left edge, and a partly visible person sits at the far right. Pale cream walls, a plain white panel and a few small offering items on a low table form the background. a person is not identifiable from appearance here, so the foreground monk is described only by role.2011-12-01