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A small interior room with pale yellow walls where devotees perform puja before a framed portrait of a woman in orange garments, garlanded with red and white flower strands. Below the portrait sits an offering table with fruit, bowls, a brass oil lamp and rose petals. A man on the left in white clothes with an orange shawl presses his palms together, while a man in white with a rudraksha mala and gold rings, a woman in an orange sari and a girl in a purple top stand at right with folded hands. A printed calendar with a small portrait hangs on the wall above the altar.

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2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA photograph taken from behind inside a small home shrine room with floral-patterned wallpaper in orange and cream. A framed portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange garment and beads, is decorated with red and orange flower garlands and stands on a red draped table with a brass lamp. A shaved-headed man in a rust-red robe with a gold border and a sling bag stands before it, and a second man beside him in orange-red cloth adds a flower garland. A woman in a white sari with a flower string in her hair and folded hands stands at left, and a man in a white shirt with a beaded necklace stands at right, all in prayer and darshan at the shrine.2014-06-24August 21 20122012-08-21December 26 20122012-12-26Photo 11688103A worship ceremony in a small hall decorated with marigold and rose petals. At centre, a framed portrait of a seated man in orange robes, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, sits inside a floral arch of yellow and red flowers; a label reads "MAHAMANDALESHWARA NITHYANANDA" (partly visible). In front stand brass oil lamps, a tray of red-brown beads, fruit, coconut and bananas, and a plate of offerings. A young man in an orange shawl over white clothes sits with palms pressed together. Around him, men in white shirts and white dhotis sit or stand in prayer with folded hands, and a bearded older man in white is seated among them. Rose petals are scattered across the white drape behind.October 27 20082008-10-27A photograph of a seated puja at a centre inauguration. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a dark rudraksha mala. Beside him a seated man in white and grey holds a yellow bowl, and other devotees sit in the foreground, one with hair in a bun and another in a white shirt. On the floor before them are a brass oil lamp, a small white Ganesha murti, brass vessels, a banana leaf with fruit and offerings, and marigold and rose garlands. Against the wall a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a figure in orange robes and rudraksha beads seated beneath a banyan tree, draped with a white and orange garland.2006-04-08July 29 20082008-07-29A photo of a devotional aarti being performed in a small whitewashed room with a blue doorframe. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a large framed portrait garlanded with red and pink flower strands and yellow marigolds. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a copper vessel sit on a blue table draped in white cloth. Behind him, a man in white and another in white dhoti stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a brown sari with a mala stands at left. Small framed deity images and shelves are at the upper right, and a kolam is drawn on the floor.November 12 20082008-11-12November 12 20082008-11-12