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A photograph taken from behind of a person in an orange sleeveless top wearing a garland of white and red flowers, standing in a doorway with a yellow wall. Inside, a framed picture hangs beside a painted backdrop of tree branches, with flower garlands draped on the frame. The person holds a small metal dish and a cloth, appearing to perform a small offering near a woven basket and scattered flower petals on the floor.

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A devotee in orange robes and a white and red flower garland stands at right, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame and a bell-handled base, offering it before a framed portrait of a smiling man in orange robes seated in lotus pose with a rudraksha-style garland, one hand raised in blessing. The portrait is labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" and is garlanded with white flowers and red blooms. Beside it, a painted banyan tree backdrop and a dark black pedestal with a fire flame. Below, a figure in red is seated with flowers, and marigold petals are scattered on the floor.2009-11-25A photograph of a shrine room with yellow walls and a painted backdrop of a large banyan tree. A framed portrait of a man seated in orange robes with a white flower garland and a red-and-white garland hangs at upper left, its frame wreathed in flowers. Below, a floral rangoli surrounds a seated figure in orange with a red headcloth and garland. In the foreground, a man in an orange sleeveless robe with a white and red flower garland rings a brass bell while facing the shrine. Behind him, a man in white with an orange shawl films with a video camera, and another man in white with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded.2009-11-25A man in an orange sleeveless garment and a white-and-red flower garland stands in profile at right, eyes closed, holding a brass lamp with a lit flame near a black Shiva lingam on a black pedestal. Behind him, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling figure in orange robes and a long beaded mala, seated before a painted banyan tree, with red and white garlands around the frame. Below, a seated figure in red and orange wraps with a garland and a small book sits on a floral rangoli arrangement of marigolds and petals. The walls are yellow with orange borders.2009-11-25A photograph of a devotee with long dark hair and a sleeveless orange top stands at a framed picture on a dark tiled wall, with a garland of white flowers draped around the frame and a red-and-white flower garland resting on the person's head. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands at the left edge, and another person's partial figure is visible at the right in a prayer gesture. The scene appears to be darshan before a framed portrait.2010-01-19April 11 20122012-04-11 +1 copiesA person in an orange saffron garment with a golden border and a pink flower garland around the neck stands bent forward in a doorway framed by carved wooden panels, holding a brass oil lamp with lit flames toward a shrine. Inside, a black lingam-like stone form in a tiled chamber is draped with white jasmine garlands and purple flowers, with petals scattered on the floor and brass lamps in the foreground. The scene shows a puja with an oil lamp offered at a shrine.2009-01-12A photograph of a person in a home shrine room lighting an oil lamp. The person, seen from behind, wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment, has long dark hair, and is wearing a red and pink flower garland. Holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand, they face a wall hung with framed pictures decorated with yellow marigold garlands and pink flowers. One framed image shows a deity in red and gold, and another shows figures in orange robes beside a seated figure. A small wooden table holds a yellow book, a brass bell, and a small lamp with a red flame. Part of another person in orange cloth is visible at the left edge.2010-02-17A woman with long dark hair wearing an orange sleeveless top and a white and green flower garland stands in a small shrine room, facing a wall shrine. She holds a brass lamp in one hand as she performs an aarti before framed portraits. The large portrait on the left shows a seated figure in pink robes with a rudraksha mala, hands in anjali, set against a rocky backdrop, with a floral garland draped above it. A smaller framed portrait to the right shows a figure in an orange turban and orange robes, decorated with red hibiscus flowers. Oil lamps, flowers and a small brass deity figure sit on the shrine ledge. Partial text on the large portrait's pedestal is cut off.2010-01-19A photograph taken through a carved wooden doorway of a small shrine with grey marble-tiled walls. A person in an orange sari with the head covered, seen from behind and bending forward, makes an offering before a black stone deity murti draped in garlands of white flowers and pink blossoms. Brass vessels and scattered petals sit on the floor, and orange walls are painted with lamp motifs on either side of the doorway.2009-01-12A person in an orange sleeveless top stands in a doorway with long dark hair pulled back, wearing a multicolour flower garland, and reaches toward a framed shrine. Inside the shrine is a deity murti adorned with jewellery and a gold-framed backdrop, lit by small coloured lights, with an oil lamp burning on a tray below. Pictures of deities hang on the walls around the doorway, and another garland of pink and yellow flowers hangs at the right edge of the frame.2010-02-15July 10 20142014-07-10A photo inside a small shrine room with white walls and a barred window. A figure with long dark hair, wearing a white jasmine garland and an orange saffron wrap draped over the body, holds a lit flame in one hand near a small altar. The altar holds a trident-shaped object, marigold and hibiscus flowers, a picture frame, brass lamps and oil lamps, and offerings on a plate. To the right, a bald man in orange clothing stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a wristwatch and a beaded necklace. The scene suggests a puja or aarti at a household shrine.2011-05-23