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A photograph inside a temple-style shrine room with painted pillars and two painted guardian deity murtis flanking a central framed portrait. A bare-chested man seen from behind, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, raises a silver kalasha-like vessel overhead with one arm. Before him, three women in orange saffron garments sit on a red carpet with hands joined in prayer, and a brass oil lamp stands nearby. The framed portrait shows a man in an orange turban and saffron robe, and a gold throne-like peetha sits beneath it. Festive string lights hang near the shrine.

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April 10 20142014-04-10A priest in a white dhoti with a bare upper body and a yellow sacred thread raises a lit lamp toward a shrine. Behind him, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" sits on a golden throne before two painted deity murti figures with multiple arms, holding ritual objects. Several women in orange saris sit on a red carpet with hands joined in prayer, and brass oil lamps stand beside the shrine. The scene suggests an aarti at the altar.2014-04-10A photograph of a shrine room with painted blue and gold walls and two painted standing deity figures flanking a central altar. A bald man in orange saffron robes with a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, raising a lit lamp or ritual vessel toward the altar. Five people sit on red mats at right and left, hands folded in prayer; those at right wear orange and white dhoti clothing. A framed portrait of a saffron-turbaned man sits above a gold altar with brass lamps lining the floor. Garlands hang across the altar and draped fabric frames the shrine.2014-06-02April 10 20142014-04-10June 03 20142014-06-03July 10 20142014-07-10April 08 20142014-04-08June 03 20142014-06-03A photograph of a temple-style hall during a puja. In the foreground, a standing priest with a shaved head and bare upper body wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, raising a brass lamp or aarti vessel toward the shrine. Seated on the red carpeted platform at left, two priests in orange robes with white forehead markings sit before a small ritual setup with brass items. At right, several women in orange and maroon saris sit with palms pressed together in prayer. Behind them stand two large painted dvarapala guardian figures with four arms, crowns and orange-green dhotis flanking a wooden door, with brass lamp stands and painted pillars in pink, green and blue. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2014-04-25June 11 20142014-06-11February 14 20142014-02-14Photograph inside a temple-style hall with a red carpet. In the centre, a man with a shaved head and white sandalwood markings on his arms and chest, wearing an orange cloth and a brown-beaded mala, holds up a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with lit flames. Two seated women in orange saris sit to the left, hands joined. Behind them, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling figure in an orange turban. Two painted deity murtis with four arms, gold crowns, gold necklaces and red-and-green dhotis flank the shrine, with brass lamps standing along the sides and a gold throne in front of the portrait.2014-04-10