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Outdoor photo at a shrine in a tree-shaded yard with a stone memorial stone decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. A bent-over sadhu in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with green cloth over head bows at the base, handling flowers and offerings on a striped mat. Two women in rust-red saris and rudraksha malas stand at right, one holding a tray of flowers. Behind, a framed portrait is garlanded and a standing figure in saffron robe and orange turban with red garlands and gold ornaments is depicted as a murti or image beneath a small canopy. A seated photograph in a garland is on a wooden stand at left. Printed caption on the stone plaque reads Mahaparinirvana date and birth dates.

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November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15Outdoor puja at a shrine under a large tree, decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands and red flower strands. A woman in a red sari with a red-and-gold blouse and a mala stands at right, holding a plate with flowers as she offers to a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti who is shown from behind. A gold oil lamp with a flame-shaped top and a gold-domed incense or kalasha vessel sit in front, with a red cloth draped over a low platform and a striped cloth spread on the ground. An elderly man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with an orange head cloth stands at right with folded hands, and people in white stand farther back. A red-and-yellow canopy with a bird emblem covers the left edge.2021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15Outdoor memorial shrine decorated with yellow, red, pink and white flower garlands draped over white stone pillars and a white stone canopy. A framed portrait photograph sits at the base on a pink patterned cloth, with a brass oil lamp in front. Two women in orange-red saris stand facing the shrine: the one in front holds a brass bell and the one beside her, wearing a face mask and a beaded necklace, holds a tray of flower petals. A woman in a green sari is partly visible at the right edge. Trees and a hillside are behind.2021-11-15Outdoor inauguration ceremony at a field site under a clear sky. A young man with a shaved-looking head? No: a man wearing a saffron-orange turban and orange cloth wrap over a bare upper body, with a rudraksha mala and a long multicolour garland of yellow, red and white flowers, stands at left facing right while a woman in a white and pink sari and glasses stands behind him. Behind them hangs a large framed portrait showing a seated figure in orange robes with rudraksha beads, above a black signboard edged with white and red flower garlands and hung with mango-leaf and white flower torans. A white-clothed platform and a flagpole with a white flag stand nearby, and some people's hands appear at right in namaste.2006-11-24November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15A man in saffron-orange robes with a red sleeveless top and a garland of white jasmine and red flowers stands barefoot on a red carpet, gesturing toward a seated figure in a marble shrine. The shrine holds a painted statue in orange robes with an orange turban and flower garlands, flanked by brass oil lamps. A white cloth on the ground holds incense sticks, a small bowl of food and a copper vessel. Women and a young girl in white and green saris watch from the left. A black plaque beneath the shrine carries Tamil text. The scene is an inauguration of a shrine.2009-08-11Outdoor homa at a shrine. A man in orange robes with hair tied back pours offerings from a brass dish onto a fire built inside a square of red bricks, decorated with yellow and pink flowers. Behind him, a large framed photograph of a seated man in orange robes with a pearl necklace, labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda", is garlanded with white and yellow flowers. A white cloth with gold border and a flower garland sit below it, and a golden ornate canopy frames the shrine. A second person in orange sits in the lower foreground beside a brass bowl and ladle.