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A photograph inside an ornate marble-walled hall with a gold-framed backdrop. A bald, bare-chested man in saffron cloth with a red-and-white headband leans forward to receive offerings, reaching toward a row of devotees in white dhotis and shirts who hold items out, including a figure with a tilak at the front. Seated behind him on a gold throne is a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, and a standing attendant in orange with a mala holds objects nearby. A red tray with compartments holds small items, a silver urn sits on an orange cloth, and a metal rail runs along the table. Text on the image reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, . a person identity is uncertain, so the seated saffron-clad figure is described by role only