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Indoor photo of a small group seated on the floor of a plain room with pale walls and a sofa with a red and white dotted cover in the background. Several women in white and green saris and a pink shawl sit with hands folded in prayer, some with flowers in their hair. Men in white shirts and a light blue shirt sit in the foreground, one with a red rudraksha mala around his neck. Items for a ritual are placed on the floor near the seated group, and a timestamp reads 20.10.2006 in the corner. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.

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October 20 20062006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20Indoor photograph of a small room with smoke haze during a fire ritual. A fire burns in a white-tiled homa pit with a brass vessel, and several seated people in white or light clothing perform the ritual with folded hands, including a man in a white shirt with a gold-bordered white dhoti and a man in a white shirt wearing a rudraksha mala. A sofa with floral cushions is behind them. On the right, a large framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a figure with a yellow-and-white garland and a light headwrap, beside a table with flowers, brass lamps and a kalasha. The date stamp reads 20.10.2006. Visible people number about five to six.2006-10-20Indoor photograph of a homa (fire ritual) in a plain room with white-tiled walls. In the foreground, a brick-lined fire pit burns with bright flames and smoke, with brass vessels and a small brass lamp beside it. A man in white dhoti and white shirt sits cross-legged at left, wearing a dark rudraksha mala and hands pressed in anjali. Beside him sits a man in a checked grey shirt and blue lungi with a white forehead marking, also in anjali. At right, a woman in a white sari with gold border holds a silver tray with a lit flame, and another woman in pink sits behind her with hands folded. Several other seated people are partly visible at the edges.2006-10-202006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesOctober 20 20062006-10-20A photograph of a small indoor gathering on a pink-tiled floor with white walls and a white plastic chair. A man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala sits on a white plastic chair at the right, palms pressed together in namaste. Facing him, several women in saris sit on a green patterned mat and on chairs, hands folded or palms together, including an older woman in a white sari with a gold border. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand and sit at the back. In front, a banana leaf holds offerings including flowers, fruit, sweets and small oil lamps. Newspaper lies on the floor beside the mat. The scene suggests a seated ritual or satsang at a newly opened centre.2006-04-08Indoor photograph of a seated group facing a small altar draped in white against a plain wall. On the altar stand two brass oil lamps, a framed painted image of a goddess, and a small flame burns in a fire pit where a priest-like figure in a white shirt and white dhoti sits in front. Devotees sit on green floor mats with their backs to the camera, including girls with long braids, a woman in a pink sari, a woman in a maroon and gold sari, and a child in a red shirt. A white-shirted man sits on a stool at the right, near a framed image on the wall. The scene suggests a homa or puja in progress.2009-10-10A dim indoor ritual room where a crowd sits on the floor and in chairs around a worship area. In the upper left, a framed portrait labelled with a name hangs above a small table with lit oil lamps and flower garlands. A man in an orange shawl sits near the lamps and a bowl of offerings, while a seated priest in white clothes faces the altar. A woman in a yellow-orange sari with a magenta blouse sits with her back to the camera, and an older man in a white shirt and glasses sits in a chair at right with a flower garland in his hair. A boy in a pale yellow shirt sits in front of him. Others in white garments sit along the edges.A seated group performs a puja in a small room with pale green walls and a pink patterned floor. At the back, a framed portrait of a man in a white turban and white clothes, garlanded with pink and red flowers, sits above a white-draped seat with an orange cloth laid on it. In front, several devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged around brass plates of flowers, fruit and offerings, and small brass bowls. A woman in white with a long braid holds a small bell. A lit brass oil lamp stands at the right, next to a white refrigerator. Two women in white at the right fold their hands in prayer, while a woman in blue and an older woman with grey hair sit at the left.A photograph of a seated group of devotees on a green mat in a plain whitewashed room, facing a white-draped table with a framed painting of a seated female deity with a lotus and attendant figures, flanked by two brass lamps. A woman in white with a gold border sits at the table in front of the altar. Around a dozen devotees sit in rows: women in orange, gold, maroon and green saris with braided hair and white flowers, men in white shirts, and a young man in a brown shirt at right. A small child sits among them. To the right, a framed photograph of a smiling woman leans against the wall beside a bundled white sack.2009-10-10October 20 20062006-10-20