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Outdoor temple-tank ritual at Sri Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam during Dasara celebrations. A figure with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a red and white flower garland and a beaded necklace, seated on an ornate golden throne-chariot decorated with red, yellow and white flowers. Behind him, several people in white and light clothes stand waist-deep in water on stone steps, one in a yellow-scarfed white garment with hands raised. A small image of a deity murti decorated with white flower garlands stands on the left near the water. Marigold and gladiolus arrangements frame the platform.

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Outdoor ghat scene beside water where several people wade in the shallows. A man in orange saffron robes sits on an ornate gold-and-yellow throne decorated with red and white garlands and marigolds; he wears a red flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace, with long swept-back dark hair, smiling. Standing at the left edge, a woman in white with palms pressed together in namaste is beside a murti of a deity draped in white flowers. Red stone steps lead down to the water, and a man in white with a yellow scarf stands among the wading figures. Swamiji (probable) appears seated on the throne, with appearance cues including long hair, saffron robes and rudraksha necklace, consistent with a Dasara-celebration ritual setting in a river procession.2010-10-17Outdoor photo at a stepped tank with red stone steps and black pillars behind. 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Beside them on the raft stands a smaller figure in red garments with a white garland, near a brass kalasha. Devotees in white clothes and bare chests wade in the water, some holding the raft, and a monk in a saffron-orange robe stands at left. Marigold and rose garlands cover the raft's railings. Several people are visible in the background of the river. Appears to be a river procession with a throne-raft.2010-10-17Outdoor festival photograph of a man seated on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, draped in fresh flower garlands of white and orange blossoms and a rudraksha mala. He wears orange saffron robes and a smile, with bare feet resting on a flower-covered platform. Two attendants in orange robes stand and sit beside the throne; the one on the left holds a gold trident-topped staff. Gold ceremonial staffs, palm fronds and marigold and orange flower decorations frame the throne. 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