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Two priests in white dhotis perform a ritual at a flower-covered altar table at night. The front priest, bare-chested with a gold beaded necklace, wears a blue and purple headcloth and holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand while sprinkling white flower petals with his left. Beside him a priest with a wicker basket of offerings and a bare chest, wearing a rudraksha-style necklace, stands by. The altar is decorated with pink and yellow garlands, red flowers, bananas on leaves, and scattered white flowers and powder. A brass lamp and a silver bowl sit at the right edge. A partial banner with a portrait is visible behind them, the top of an orange-robed figure with raised hand, reading Paramahamsa.

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August 31 20152015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31A priest in white dhoti and a blue and gold turban stands bare-chested at a low table, bending forward to place his hands on a silver five-flame lamp (aarti) with lit wicks. Behind him a second priest in white holds a silver plate. The table is covered with pink and red flower petals, banana fruits, white flower bits and yellow marigold garlands. Open flames burn in a fire pit at left, and a deity murti with garlands sits in a lit shrine niche behind. A large portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda hangs at upper right. Dim lighting and smoke surround the ritual scene.2015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31Night ritual photograph of two priests performing aarti with a lit oil lamp in a brass lamp-stand held over a woven basket. The priest on the left is bare-chested with a white dhoti and white shawl, a gold chain around his neck, and short curly hair. The priest on the right wears a blue and gold turban, a purple and gold shawl, a white dhoti with blue border, and a gold ceremonial chain. Seated devotees in white fill the foreground and background. Floral garlands in pink and yellow lie on a decorated altar in front, with a brass kalasha-style vessel and lit lamps beside them.2015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31Night ritual photograph in a temple-like hall with a fire pit at right. Three bare-chested men in white dhotis stand and perform worship around a decorated golden palanquin or throne covered with white cloth, garlands of red, white and yellow flowers, banana leaves, fruits and lit oil lamps. The central man in a yellow head cloth and gold necklaces bends forward, extending his hand over the offerings; the man at left has his palms joined in reverence, and another in a striped shawl and gold chain stands with hands folded. Women in red and orange saris stand in the background.2017-04-06December 12 20162016-12-12April 06 20172017-04-06