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Two women in white dress with orange shawls sit on the floor of a stone-walled temple space performing a pradosha puja. A framed portrait garlanded with white and red flowers stands on a white-draped table, showing a figure in orange robes with long dark hair; a bare-chested figure is not clearly visible here, and no appearance-based identification is made. Before the portrait are a red-and-gold cloth, a flower-decorated plate, a banana bunch, many steel bowls of grains and offerings on a silver sheet, a brass lamp, and lit oil lamps. A dark plaque with printed names hangs on the wall behind.

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A photograph of a pradosha puja inside a temple. Two women in white saris with orange shawls kneel on a silver cloth. The woman on the left faces away, her long hair in a braid. The woman on the right sits with her hands folded. In front of them a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" stands on a white-draped table, garlanded with white flowers and red blooms. Brass and steel bowls hold offerings of grains, a plate of bananas sits on the cloth, and an oil lamp burns in the foreground. A black plaque with white lettering and a stone shrine are visible behind them.2007-09-24A photograph of a seated group performing a pradosha puja in an indoor hall with bare concrete floor and white walls. In the foreground, a young woman with long dark hair, wearing a white garment and an orange shawl, sits on the left beside a silver tray holding small metal bowls, bananas, and white offerings, with brass lamps and a garlanded altar behind her. On the right, a row of seated young men wear white dhotis and orange shawls, with one wearing a red and white cloth at his waist. A standing person in white clothing stands in a doorway at the back. No clear identity cue for a person is visible.2007-09-24Indoor puja scene on a white marble floor. Two women in white sari-style clothes with orange and red borders sit cross-legged. The woman on the right has her palms pressed together in namaskar, while the woman on the left holds her hands together near a garland and wears a rudraksha mala. Before them are brass trays of yellow and pink flowers, brass oil lamps, small steel bowls, a lit oil lamp, incense sticks, bananas, coconuts and fruit. On a sofa draped in white stands a framed photograph of a smiling person garlanded with white flowers, with an orange cloth-wrapped bundle and a feather-like stick placed in front of it. A third person, partly visible at lower right, bends over the offerings. A printed date stamp reads 28-2-2006.Indoor photo of a pradosha puja in a temple hall at night. Several people in white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls kneel and bow around a white-draped table holding rows of small brass bowls, a plate of bananas, flower garlands, and brass lamps. Heaps of white material sit on the floor, and a brass lamp stand rests on the ground in front. A figure in white stands in a doorway at the back, and a garlanded wooden seat with flower decorations is at left. A black board with lettering is mounted on the wall.2007-09-24October 26 20112011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26A photograph of a homa-style ritual in a hall with pale yellow walls decorated with green leaf sprigs and marigolds. A seated priest in saffron-orange robes, with an orange head covering, holds a lamp aloft with one hand, its flame rising. In front of him is a low brick fire pit with marigold petals, brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot, and trays of fruit and offerings. Behind the altar, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a saffron-robed figure with a garland, surrounded by yellow and red marigold garlands. A blue deity murti stands on the white-draped altar beside brass lamps. Two people in white sit at the right edge of the frame.2007-10-21A framed photograph on a white-draped platform is garlanded with white jasmine strands and orange and red flowers. The framed picture shows a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace and long dark hair, and the printed caption reads 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda'. Nobody is physically present. In front stand a brass oil lamp, a row of metal bowls filled with grains and offerings, a platter of bananas, and heaps of white cotton, arranged on a white cloth over a red patterned rug, with a gold-brocaded cloth folded nearby. This is a puja setup with the framed image as the focus.2007-09-242008 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesOctober 26 20112011-10-26January 14 20082008-01-14May 13 20082008-05-13