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Devotees sit on the floor of a small whitewashed room facing a large framed portrait on the wall. The portrait shows a smiling man with a white turban, a red bindi, long dark hair and a white garment, gazing upward. In the foreground, women with long braided hair wear saris in pink, blue, red and floral prints, many with flowers in their hair, and a bald older man in white sits at the lower right. Children are seated among them. The framed portrait is a depiction, and the people are seated before it in a devotional setting.

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2006 - healing puja and meditation centers in Namakkal and HosurA photograph of a Little Anandas children's programme in a hall with a blue wall and a purple floor. Thirty or more girls in colourful salwar kameez, many with long braided hair, sit cross-legged on the floor facing the front, several writing in notebooks. A man in a light grey shirt stands at the front gesturing toward a blackboard. At the right, a large framed portrait of a smiling man in a saffron-tinted turban and robe with a long mala hangs above a seated figure in orange robes on an ornate throne with a small umbrella. A white-clad person stands near the throne, and a standing fan is at the right.2006-05-05May 04 20062006-05-04A group of girls and young women sits on the floor in a hall with blue walls, facing a flat-screen television showing a close-up of a smiling woman with a red bindi. A boy in white clothes stands beside the screen. To the left, a poster labelled "Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda" shows a smiling man in a cream turban and light kurta. Girls wear green, lavender, purple and white salwar kameez, with long braids and hair ornaments.2006-05-022006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesIndoor photograph of a ceremony in a white-walled hall with a large printed banner of a smiling man in an orange turban, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and ornate gold pendant above a white-draped seat. A seated figure in orange robes and a white-and-green garland sits on the white-covered throne, with a kalasha-like vessel and offerings in front. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and white saris, some in orange and yellow saris, sit or stand, with children in white and young girls with braided hair kneeling near the front. A white cooler fan stands at right and a Tamil-script sign appears on the banner.2007-02-06A photograph inside a white-walled hall at an event with many devotees. A large banner portrait behind the stage shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange garment with ornate gold-toned necklaces, and a Tamil caption printed beneath it. In the centre, a person in an orange turban, orange shawl and a white flower garland sits on a white-covered seat on a raised white platform. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl kneels to the right, and a devotee in white bends forward near the seat. Around them, women in saris of orange, pink, purple and yellow, and girls with hair braids and flowers, stand or sit closely. Two white cooler units stand on the floor, and a smaller framed portrait sits on a table at right.2007-02-06A wide photograph of a large hall with a curved corrugated roof and yellow steel trusses, where many children sit cross-legged on purple mats and white sheets in rows. Most wear white, orange, pink, or patterned salwar and kurta clothing. In the centre front, a standing woman in a white sari with a pink shawl addresses the seated children. On the left wall, a large framed painted portrait of a saint in golden-orange robes is shown beside a small golden deity murti and an oil lamp on a raised dais. A smaller framed portrait of a bearded figure in white and a turban hangs nearby. Several people in white stand near the right side. The scene shows a children's residential programme.2006-05-01February 06 20072007-02-06A photograph of a discourse hall. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits on a low white dais at the centre, in front of a large vertical banner portrait of a long-haired man in white robes with a blue turban and a rudraksha mala. The banner is labelled as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Audience members in white clothes sit on blue carpet and white chairs in the foreground, viewed from behind. Two women on the right wear white and cream saris with long braids. Blue drapes and stage lights frame the stage.2006-12-17February 06 20072007-02-06December 30 20072007-12-30