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A photograph inside a temple shrine. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a long flower garland bends forward, lips pressed to a framed gold-bordered picture held in both hands, which shows a deity with a decorated altar scene. Beside him, a bald attendant in orange and a seated man in white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth stand near a blue-curtained backdrop decorated with marigold and white flower garlands and a large deity murti. On the right, a man in light orange robes extends his arm toward the framed picture. A pale stone wall and a ceiling lamp frame the scene.

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A photograph of a home or ashram room where a man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange robe, a white floral garland and a red-and-white flower garland, signs a large framed photograph held up by a devotee in orange. A bald man in orange robes and glasses watches at left, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala looks on at center-right. A woman in the background wears a dark sari. On the wall behind, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a figure in orange with a long mala, and a small framed black-and-white photo hangs nearby. The framed photo being signed shows a figure in orange with beaded necklaces. Five people are visible.2010-01-10A man in saffron-orange sleeveless robe and matching shawl wears a red-garland of flowers with gold-tipped kalasha-shaped pendants, a red bindi on his forehead, and holds a framed gilt picture with both hands at a stone temple doorway, while another hand supports it from the bottom. Beside him a man in a plain white dhoti and shawl with a red border wears a beaded chain and white forehead markings, standing near a blue cloth hanging and garlands at the doorway.2010-08-09August 09 20102010-08-09A temple shrine interior with a richly garlanded deity murti, its face framed by marigold and white flower garlands in orange and white, with a blue backdrop behind. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a red border, bends forward at the shrine base, placing his hand on a red-painted stone base near a framed picture, while fruit, flowers and brass vessels are set on a tray in front. Four men stand around him in saffron and orange robes; one at the left has his hands folded in anjali, and two at the right with folded hands wear saffron clothing. Setting suggests a puja or padapuja at a temple.2010-08-09September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesJuly 21 20102010-07-21A seated man in saffron clothing and a yellow-and-multicolour garland receives a framed photograph from a man in white who bows low, his hands extended. The seated figure, with long swept-back hair, sits on a white-draped seat in a cream-walled room. Around them stand women in saffron and yellow saris, a woman in a green sari with hands folded, a woman in a red blouse at the left edge, and men in white and saffron, one wearing a yellow shawl with a red mark on his forehead. Lamps glow on the wall behind.2010-02-17July 21 20102010-07-21June 09 20092009-06-09A temple courtyard scene in front of a stone shrine with a deity murti decorated with garlands and draped in colourful cloth. A young man in an orange saffron robe with a red and yellow flower garland stands barefoot at center. To his left, a man in orange cloth bends down over a brass plate with offerings, appearing to perform a puja. On the right, a person in white holds a smaller orange-robed figure, a statue of a sannyasi wearing an orange turban, orange robes, rudraksha beads and white flower garlands. Stone pillars with carved reliefs frame the shrine, with a black stone carving of a deity at the left and a small brass lamp near the platform. Persons in white dhotis stand at the edges.2008-08-07A photograph of an outdoor temple-style shrine at an ashram. In the centre, a standing man in saffron-orange robes wears a long garland of yellow and pink flowers and stands on a folded orange cloth with a pair of black sandals, while a young man in orange kneels before him, reaching toward the cloth. A second man in orange stands at left holding a folded red-and-gold cloth, and a man in white dhoti stands at the far left edge. Behind them, a shrine holds a deity murti decorated with flower garlands, flanked by blue and red draped figures, brass lamps and a seated saffron-clad figure with a flower garland. Red curtains and stone pillars frame the scene.2008-08-07A photograph of four men at a stone shrine platform with red curtains and gilt lamps. Three men in saffron-orange robes are attending a puja: a standing man in orange with long hair pulled back gestures toward the shrine, while a crouching man in orange arranges a white jasmine garland and an orange cloth on the floor. A man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands at left with hands folded. Behind them, a deity murti in orange and red is decorated with flower garlands, with brass oil lamps on the platform.2008-08-07