Outdoor evening event on a red-carpeted stage. Nearby, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala bows with folded hands. Other seated and standing people in white and orange clothing sit behind, a tripod-mounted camera stands on the stage, and scattered flower petals lie on the red carpet. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor evening event on a red-carpeted stage. Nearby, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala bows with folded hands. Other seated and standing people in white and orange clothing sit behind, a tripod-mounted camera stands on the stage, and scattered flower petals lie on the red carpet.

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Night outdoor event on a red-carpeted stage with rose petals and a brass bowl of petals. A smiling man on the left wears a white turban with gold border, white and gold-bordered cloth, a gold chain necklace and a rudraksha mala held in his hands, with a vertical tilak on his forehead; he has long swept-back hair and appears to be seated on a white throne-like chair. Behind him, devotees in white clothes bow and kneel on the carpet, one woman with a braid bowing near the right; a man in a white suit stands bent forward. A coloured decorated pillar and a speaker box stand beside the stage, with a few onlookers at the back.

Night outdoor event photographed from close range. In the foreground, a seated figure in saffron-orange clothing and an orange turban wears a long garland of yellow marigold-type flowers and sits with her back to the camera. A man in a white shirt leans in and presses his hands toward her, while a long-haired man in white with an orange-red shawl and a rudraksha-style cord looks down beside him. At the right, a man in white with a yellow sash holds a camera. Behind them, a large crowd of people in white clothes fills blue plastic chairs, and orange flags and string lights decorate the grounds under palm trees and street lamps. Fruit sits on a tray at the lower right.

A seated man in white ritual dress with a white turban and gold-bordered white cloth, wearing a gold necklace, extends a beaded rudraksha-style mala toward a young girl in white who bows with her hands on a red carpet scattered with petals. Another girl in white with a long braid kneels nearby, and a man in a white garment with a red-gold sash stands behind. Along the edges, a row of white-clad men and a camera on a tripod are visible under a yellow-fringed canopy with decorated pillars. Probable Swamiji: the seated figure wears long swept-back hair, a crown-like white turban and an ornate gold necklace, and is placing a mala on the bowing devotee. Around 10 people are visible.

Night photo of an outdoor stage with a red carpet. A man with long dark hair, a white turban and white cloth with a gold border sits on a white-covered seat, wearing a gold necklace, smiling, and holding a rudraksha mala that a man in white kneels to touch with his forehead. A man in an orange-saffron shawl and white dhoti stands behind, with a tripod-mounted camera, while other men in white shirts and dhotis and a woman with her hair in a bun watch from the sides. A brass bowl with flower petals sits nearby, and a multicolour decorated pillar stands at the right edge.

Night outdoor event on a red-carpeted stage with yellow-and-white draping. A man with long hair, a white turban with gold border, gold necklaces and a white-and-gold dhoti sits smiling on a seat while a man in white shirt and dhoti bends to touch his feet, a rudraksha mala around his neck. Scattered flower petals cover the carpet. Other men in white clothing stand and watch in the background, and a cameraman with a camera on a tripod works at left. a person is the seated figure receiving padapuja-style devotion, shown by his turban, long hair and gold ornaments; the devotee's role is a bowing devotee.

December 09 2005

A seated man in an orange-red turban and orange-red robe with gold trim, wearing a long white and pink flower garland and gold bangles, smiles while extending his hand toward a kneeling young man in white clothes with a red-and-white sacred thread necklace and a white tilak on his forehead, who holds his palms joined in namaskar. Behind them standing devotees in white and cream clothes, some with red shawls and raised hands, are gathered in a gold-decorated hall with ornate gold pillars and a lamp stand.

A man with long hair and a white turban with gold border, wearing a white garment with gold-bordered shawl, gold necklaces and a rudraksha mala, sits on a white chair at left, smiling and holding the beads. Two women in white saris with gold-bordered shawls stand at right with hands folded in namaste; one wears glasses and a rudraksha mala. A cameraman with a tripod stands behind, and a man in orange robes is seated on a red carpet strewn with petals in the background, with several white-clad attendants and a banner visible. Night-time outdoor event setting.

December 09 2005

December 09 2005

December 09 2005

Evening outdoor event on a red-carpeted stage beneath a yellow and white canopy with colourful woven panels. A man in a white turban and white dhoti with a gold-bordered yellow shawl sits on the stage, wearing a long rudraksha mala and gold necklaces; another man holds the mala towards him. A devotee in a white shirt bows with his head lowered toward the seated man, while a woman in white with a long braid watches. Behind them, a man in an orange shawl stands near a tripod-mounted video camera, and several people in white clothes stand and watch in the background.