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Interior photo of a plain room with yellow-washed walls and barred windows. Three figures are seen from behind facing a framed portrait draped with white cloth and a garland of red and white flowers. The portrait shows a long-haired figure in orange robes with a bead necklace, seated before a tree. A woman in a blue blouse and a woman in a mustard-yellow top with long braided hair stand near the portrait, holding an oil lamp and offering aarti. A third person in white stands at the left edge. Two adults are visible in the scene, with a third partially visible at the left.

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A blurred indoor photograph of a room with a yellowed wall and two windows with grilles. In the centre, a white-draped table holds a framed picture and a lit oil lamp. Several women stand facing it with their backs to the camera: a woman in an orange-saffron garment with long dark hair in the foreground, a woman in a blue blouse and patterned sari with a low bun, and a woman with grey-streaked hair in a white top. A person in yellow stands at the right edge. Their attention is directed toward the table and the framed picture.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA photograph inside a small whitewashed room with a shrine table. A long-haired person in orange saffron robes, bare-shouldered with the cloth draped over one shoulder, holds a lit oil lamp at the altar. On the wall above, a large framed portrait shows a figure in orange robes with long hair and a garland, seated before a banyan-like backdrop. Beside the altar sits a small framed deity picture and a tray with offerings. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands with palms pressed together at the doorway, and a man in white shirt stands behind her. In the lower left, a bald man's head and a video camera are visible, and at right another person in orange holds hands folded in prayer.2012-01-03December 31 20092009-12-31A small shrine niche with black tiled backing on a pale green wall. A framed portrait garlanded with white and orange flowers stands on a ledge with brass lamps and a small brass kalasha-like object. Three people face the shrine with hands folded in prayer: a woman on the left in a white sari with gold border and a long black braid with pink flowers, a woman in the centre in an orange garment with a red-and-white garland, and a person on the right in an orange robe and shawl with long dark hair. Two of them appear to be in the orange robes of renunciates. The portrait shows a man in orange with a beaded necklace and long dark hair, a depiction candidate for a person, though the appearance is only partly clear.2010-01-19Indoor puja at a small altar table draped in orange cloth. A young man in white kurta and dhoti with an orange-red shawl stands centrally, holding a lit oil lamp and a brass vessel over metal plates of offerings. Beside him a woman in a pink sari with an orange shawl stands with hands folded, and at left people with palms pressed together face the altar. On the table are brass plates and a framed portrait; a second framed picture of a robed figure in orange rests on the table. A pale window with vertical blinds is behind the altar.2008-06-29A devotional scene inside a home shrine room with wooden cabinet doors and a wall niche. A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" hangs in the niche, garlanded with white jasmine strands and surrounded by orange marigolds, red flowers and small offerings. The portrait shows a figure in orange robes seated before a soft backdrop. Two smaller framed photographs sit on a green cloth below, also garlanded with marigolds. Several devotees stand with palms pressed together in namaskar: a woman in an orange sleeveless top with a white flower garland in her hair, a woman in a peach sari with a white flower in her braid seen from behind, and partially visible hands and figures at the left edge. A ceiling light and a wall sconce are visible.2010-01-19A small pink-walled room with a wooden shrine cabinet. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a garland of white jasmine and red flowers sits on the shrine, with smaller framed photos beside it. A man in an orange robe and white garland holds a lit oil lamp toward the shrine, while a woman in a white sari with gold border and a long braid, a man in white shirt and a woman in orange sari stand with palms pressed together in devotion. A handwritten notice is pinned to the wall by the window. Four people are visible.2010-01-21A small room with a wooden-beamed ceiling and tiled floor, where a shrine wall is decorated with white, orange and multicoloured flower garlands. A man with long dark hair and an orange sleeveless robe with an orange shawl stands at the left, holding a lit oil lamp toward the shrine while a small flame burns. Behind him a monk in orange robes stands with hands folded in prayer, a woman in a white sari with gold border and gold bangles folds her hands, and a man in a white shirt and glasses presses his palms together at the right. Framed pictures and oil lamps sit on the altar, with flower offerings in front.2010-02-15June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotional setting under a temporary shelter with a white tablecloth-draped table holding a framed portrait of a seated woman in orange robes with a garland of red flowers, flanked by two brass oil lamps and incense sticks. A figure on the left wears long dark hair and an orange robe and holds a silver handbell, performing a ritual at the altar. Two devotees on the right stand with palms pressed together in prayer: a man in white with a bare chest visible at the neck and a woman in a white sari with yellow patterns and a long braid. Red, green and yellow balloons hang above the altar.2006-12-24