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Night photo outdoors under trees strung with yellow bulb lights. Rows of seated devotees face a lit stage or deity display in the background, with a glowing backdrop of figures and a vehicle-like structure. Men in white shirts and white dhotis sit on wooden benches in the foreground, and women in saris sit among them, one with flowers in her hair. Hanging paper decorations are visible on the left. A date stamp in the lower right reads 11.26.2008 with a copyright line.

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February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02Night outdoor gathering in a dark village setting. Seated devotees in white clothes and colourful saris sit on a yellow mat and on folding chairs in front of a brightly lit, ornately decorated deity murti on a float, glowing with orange and red light. A standing man in a white shirt faces the crowd near the mat. A parked vehicle with a projected image of a deity and a string of fairy lights frame the scene, with more people in white seated along the right. Two rows of spectators sit in the foreground.2009-02-02Night photograph of a ratha yatra procession at Namakkal, showing several men seen from behind, seated or kneeling in white shirts and a checked shirt, facing a lit decorated vehicle. Hanging palm-leaf strands with pale leaf cutouts and small orange oil lamps frame the scene. The vehicle carries a deity murti and garlands, with a dark wooden stand and a sign on the left. Festoons and string lights decorate the structure above.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02Night-time outdoor ritual at a temple-like courtyard. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl, white forehead markings and a rudraksha-style mala stands holding a large brass aarti lamp with a cluster of flames, while a younger man in white kneels beside a brass lamp on a mat. To the right, another man in white with an orange shawl holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. A row of seated devotees in white and colourful saris fills the background, lit by strings of yellow bulbs, with a banana plant and a flagged tree on the left.2009-02-02Night outdoor gathering in a village setting. On the left, a large framed portrait labelled in Tamil with the name of Paramahamsa Nithyananda is garlanded with yellow and orange flowers; the printed figure wears an orange garment and a red bindi. Rows of seated devotees in white clothing sit on the ground in front of the portrait, several with hands joined in prayer, with brass lamps arranged on the ground. Strings of yellow lights hang across the background and a large tree with a small orange flag stands on the right. Seated people wear white dhotis and white shirts.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02