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A photograph on a gold-ornate stage with a red curtain backdrop. Two men with long dreadlocked hair stand on either side of an elderly woman with glasses wearing a magenta sari with a blue border and a purple shawl. The man on the left wears a rust-orange robe and gold bangles and offers her a bunch of fruit or flowers. The man on the right, bare-chested, wears a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders and gold bangles, and holds a wooden tray or box. Golden lion carvings and an ornate gold throne frame the scene, with a brass oil lamp stand at the right edge. Three physical people are visible.

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March 18 20172017-03-18March 18 20172017-03-18 +1 copiesMarch 18 20172017-03-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a stage with an ornate gold-carved throne and red draped curtains. A figure with long dreadlocked hair, wearing a saffron-orange garment and gold armbands, reaches forward toward an older woman in a magenta sari with a purple-and-orange shawl and glasses, who holds a bundle of fruit in clear wrapping. To the right, a man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a bare upper body holds a dark wooden tray. A brass lamp stands at the right edge. Three people are visible; the throne is empty and the saffron-clad figure's identity is not established from appearance alone.2017-03-18March 18 20172017-03-18 +1 copiesPhoto 11712486March 18 20172017-03-18Photo 11712485A photograph on a red-lit stage showing a devotee bowing forward to touch their head to a silver tray held by a man in white. The standing man wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a bare torso, with hair tied up and a bead bracelet, bending toward the kneeling woman in a blue sari with green border and a red bindi, who wears a garland of white flowers. On the right, a long-haired man in a rust-orange robe with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace and long dreadlocked hair reaches toward the tray. A gold-framed panel and a floral garland arrangement with red, yellow and green blooms appear behind them. The page references a 40th Avatardinotsava celebration, but no name or a person is legibly printed on the stage, so the identity of the figure in orange is unconfirmed.2016-12-23Indoor stage event before a deep plum velvet curtain. A seated man on an ornate gold throne with a carved arched back wears saffron-orange robes, a rudraksha mala and a long ceremonial garland of gold-toned beads, and holds a small red flower or offering as he smiles. Two men in orange and salmon-coloured dhotis stand at left; one, bald and bespectacled, leans in and holds a silver tray with a kalasha-style vessel. A woman in a white saree with a small floral pattern stands at right with folded hands near her waist. The seated figure has a person appearance (long swept-back hair, saffron robes, rudraksha and ceremonial garland), in an attending role. A tiger-skin cushion lies on the throne steps. Watermarked archive photograph of Nithyanandapedia.2013-02-28March 18 20172017-03-18A photograph on an ornate golden stage with gilded carved pillars. A man with long dreadlocked black hair, rudraksha mala necklaces, a tilak and an orange-brown robe leans forward and touches the head of an elderly white-haired man in white dhoti and orange shawl, who bends over a wooden box held by a second man with long dreadlocked hair in a white dhoti with gold border. A woman in a pink sari with blue blouse sits at right beside a gold-carved throne-like chair. a person cues: long dreadlocked hair and rudraksha malas on the man in the orange-brown robe who is performing the blessing.2017-03-18