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A photograph of a devotional gathering under a tent-like canopy at night. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes and a shawl stands at left, extending his arm toward a seated figure. The seated figure wears a white turban and a dark embroidered garment with gold trim, and sits behind a garland of white flowers and a bouquet of pink and red flowers. Before him are a brass oil lamp and a flower-garlanded offering with fruit. Behind the seated figure, two framed portraits of saints are draped with white jasmine garlands and red blossoms, set against a floral patterned curtain and a dark cloth with white and gold motifs. Several onlookers in light clothing are partly visible at left. Mid-ritual scene with floral offerings and oil lamp.

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July 05 20012001-07-05 +1 copiesPhoto 116877372014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 05 20012001-07-05A photograph of a ritual in a hall decorated with red and cream draping. A large framed photo of a smiling figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and beaded necklaces, is mounted on the wall, labelled with the Tamil banner text. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair wearing an orange wrap stands with their back to the camera, holding a lamp toward an ornate wooden throne-like seat covered in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow and red flowers and green leaves. Seated on the throne is a small framed portrait of a figure in orange with beads. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like offering, fruit, sweets and flower garlands sit on the red-draped stage, and a plaque reads Nithyananda Vidyalaya International School, Salem, inaugurated 12.11.2008 by a person a person.2008-11-12November 12 20082008-11-12April 17 20112011-04-17July 05 20012001-07-05 +1 copiesNovember 12 20082008-11-12A photograph of a thatched-roof open pavilion where a shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and bare chest stands at a brick fire altar, holding a flame over a small lamp in front of a deity murti decorated with white and pink flower garlands. A second bare-chested man in a white dhoti holds a bell near the altar, and a third man in white shirt and dhoti stands at right with palms joined in namaste. Two framed portraits behind the altar, garlanded with flowers, show a man and a woman in white. A patterned pink floral backdrop and brass vessels and a kalasha complete the puja setting.2001-07-05A woman in an orange saffron skirt and red sleeveless top stands at a shrine decorated with white jasmine garlands and red and pink flowers, bending forward with her arm outstretched toward a seated statue draped in an orange cloth and garlanded with red and white flowers. A black plaque with white Tamil script sits at the base of the garland, and a brass oil lamp rests on the platform. Flower-strung white garlands hang from the shrine's upper edge, and a red patterned wall is visible at left.2009-08-03A devotee in orange robes with a white and red flower garland stands with back to camera, reaching up to adjust a framed portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and white bead necklace, seated with raised hand in a painted banyan-tree setting. Below the framed portrait is a small statue in red-orange robes with a garland, set on a bed of yellow and red flower petals and a white flower rangoli. A small framed photo of a woman sits to the left. Floral garlands in red and white frame the portrait.2009-11-25July 05 20012001-07-05