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Indoor home puja in a living room with cream walls, a fireplace mantel and wooden blinds. A central figure in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold necklace, sits cross-legged with hands pressed together and head bowed in prayer before a small easel holding a framed photograph of a seated woman in orange garments garlanded with flowers. A large deity murti draped in a yellow cloth and decorated with red and green garlands, white flower strands and a crown-like headdress sits beside the easel, with fruit, a brass kalasha and offerings arranged on a tray. Several seated devotees in saffron, red and gold clothes sit around the floor watching. a person candidate appearance: orange robes and gold necklace, with appearance-based identity uncertain.

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A seated devotee in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala presses palms together in prayer before a garlanded deity murti on a raised shrine draped in green and red cloth. Beside him, a man in white ritual clothes sits cross-legged before a brass tray of flowers, fruit and puja items. Others sit on a cushioned floor in a living-room setting with a framed picture and a donation box in the foreground.2008-05-03April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsA photograph of a puja inside a room with orange curtains and an orange draped altar. A deity murti adorned with a red and white flower garland sits on the altar, with fruit, flower offerings and oil lamps on a tray below. A framed portrait labelled "Nithyananda" with a flower garland hangs on the right, showing a saffron-robed man seated under a tree. Seated on the floor in front, a young man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala faces a bare-chested young man with a white cloth and necklaces, both leading the ritual. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a green saree sit in the foreground with their backs to the camera, and a child sits at the right edge.2008-04-28May 03 20082008-05-03Indoor home puja scene. A man in a pale yellow kurta with a gold chain sits cross-legged on a red cloth, one arm extended toward a canvas on an easel showing a seated robed figure with long dark hair. A devotee with long dark hair sits in the lower left foreground. To the right, a garlanded deity murti wears a red-and-orange garland with green leaves, a crown and red cloth, seated on a yellow-green draped table with a brass plate and flowers. A framed family photo, a lantern and a tall lamp stand behind them.2008-09-30A devotee in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged at the left with palms pressed together in namaste before a garlanded deity murti draped in flower garlands of pink, yellow and green. A framed portrait of a sannyasi in orange is decorated with pink and yellow flowers to the right. Offerings of fruit and trays of food sit on the floor, with a seated person in white and another in pink nearby, all in a home shrine room with gold-framed backdrop.2008-05-03May 03 20082008-05-03A seated puja in a home room with cream walls and a sofa behind. A person in saffron-orange robe with a matching head covering sits cross-legged before a shrine draped in a richly embroidered green, red and gold cloth, garlanded with a long multicolour flower garland of white, red and yellow blossoms. They extend one hand toward the garland while offering flowers and fruit. Brass plates hold oranges, apples, bananas, marigolds and pink petals, with small lamps nearby. Around them sit devotees: a woman in a green sari, men in white dhoti-style clothing, and a man with a rudraksha mala. Several people sit on the floor in a semicircle.2008-05-03October 14 20082008-10-14A living-room puja in progress at a home in Los Angeles. A man in orange robes and a saffron head cloth sits cross-legged at the centre, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a brass bell or lamp in the other, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. To his right, a man in white dhoti and shawl sits with palms joined. Seated devotees fill the room: a woman in a pink sari in the lower left foreground, an older woman in orange, and several people in white and orange along the white sofa behind. A large deity murti on the right is draped in a thick garland of white, yellow and red flowers, with green and red silk cloth. In front lie brass plates of fruit, marigolds, orange-wrapped offerings and bowls of prasad, and a kalasha-style vessel. The room has cream walls and a framed picture above the sofa.2008-05-03May 03 20082008-05-03May 03 20082008-05-03