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Photograph taken from ground level of a floor-level ritual setup on a green mat. Two people stand in saffron-orange dhoti-style garments with gold-bordered edges; the figure on the right wears a long white, red and yellow flower garland with red blossoms and bare feet. Behind them a microphone on a stand, a wooden book stand holding small books, and a folded orange cloth sit on a striped blue and red rug. Two terracotta bricks are arranged on the ground, decorated with white flower petals, yellow turmeric paste and coloured rangoli powder, and more bricks with flowers lie nearby. Other people in white clothing stand in the background. Visible hands and a small silver vessel suggest an offering rite. No face is visible, so no individual is identified.

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Close framing of a ritual scene on a green mat over a sandy floor. Two men in saffron-orange dhotis with gold-bordered cloth stand barefoot. The left man holds a silver tray with small bowls and yellow flowers; the right man, in an orange dhoti with gold border, holds a long metal rod and a white and red-yellow flower garland, and is dropping petals. Before them lies a kolam of white, yellow and red dots and a row of wooden blocks scattered with yellow flowers. A microphone stand and a small table with a book sit nearby, and a woman in white with a red border is partly visible at left. The scene suggests a satsang-related puja.2010-12-16Outdoor ritual at dusk on a sand-and-brick fire-altar area with coloured rangoli designs. A barefoot man in orange robes and a large white-and-red-and-yellow flower garland stands before a row of bricks topped with flowers, holding a metal implement near a small wood fire. Behind him a black backdrop with orange flower strings and a sign reading Nithyananda eNataves, beneath a yellow fringed parasol. Nearby stand a row of devotees: men in white dhotis and white shirts, and a man in orange robes with hands folded. Offerings include a bowl of fruit, a brass cup and a flower arrangement. A zebra-print sofa and a small platform sit at the back. Several people stand in the background, about a dozen, some in white and some in orange.2010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16Outdoor ceremony at dusk beneath palm trees. A man in orange ochre robes stands barefoot on a bare earth ground, garlanded with a thick white, yellow and red flower garland, hands folded before a brick altar scattered with yellow flowers and surrounded by colourful rangoli floor designs. Behind him a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with a gold chain and sandalwood-marked forehead stands with hands joined, alongside others in white and a woman in a yellow shawl. A banner reading Nithyananda eNa... hangs behind a small table draped in gold cloth, with a bouquet, a microphone, and a striped upholstered seat under a yellow fringed parasol. Several people in white and orange stand watching quietly.2010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16A photograph of an outdoor ritual on a green mat with red earth. A shaved-headed man in an orange saffron dhoti with gold ornaments and a gold chain sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer, a tilak on his forehead. Before him is a red brick platform decorated with yellow flowers, a kalasha with flower garlands, brass bowls and a rangoli design of coloured powder on the ground. Behind him people in white dhotis and shawls sit on white chairs, and a younger man in white with a gold necklace and tilak sits beside a microphone and wooden book stand. Others in orange and white are visible in the background.2010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16December 26 20082008-12-26Outdoor groundbreaking ceremony under a striped purple and white canopy strung with mango leaves, at a foundation pit where yellow bricks are being laid. A man in an orange turban, orange robe and long flowing hair, garlanded with white jasmine, red and yellow flowers, pours from a silver kalasha pot into the pit as part of a bhoomi pooja. Beside him, an older bearded man in an orange shawl and white dhoti, also garlanded, stands at the edge. Around them, a shirtless priest with a tilak and rudraksha mala, and men in white shirts and dhotis, watch. A rangoli of coloured powder and flower petals decorates the ground, with a plate of offerings and oil lamps nearby. a person candidate appearance is compatible with the orange turban, long hair and orange robe, but the identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24Outdoor foundation-laying ceremony under a canopy with striped and tasselled fabric overhead. A man in an orange turban, orange cloth and a white-and-yellow-and-red garland stands at a sand pit lined with yellow bricks, bending forward with his hands near the ground, as a bare-chested older man with a white beard, orange robe and red-and-white garland kneels beside him. A man in white kneels at left holding offerings, another in white leans in at right beside a metal pot, and a bearded man in orange stands at far left. Floral kolam designs decorate the sand around the pit, with a brass plate of offerings nearby. The scene shows a bhoomi pooja at a land inauguration.2006-11-24