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Indoor festival scene with a performer in an elaborate golden crown with flame-like red and yellow spikes, face painted orange with white markings, wearing a green and gold costume, a yellow beaded garland and white skull ornaments. Raised red arms with golden bands extend behind. A man in glasses and a lavender striped shirt reaches toward the figure, while a woman in a red-orange saree with a black bead necklace and gold bangles speaks beside them. Onlookers stand behind in white and orange tones under a white tent ceiling.

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May 01 20162016-05-01August 20 20062006-08-20Photograph of a man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and red bindi, hands pressed together in reverent offering, standing before a flower-decorated seat. Behind him to the left, a shaved-headed priest in orange cloth with a white forehead tilak stands near a column hung with white and red garlands. On the right, a figure in orange-brown robes wearing a crown, ornate gold necklaces, long red and white flower garlands and bangles, with hands raised, appears to be a probable Swamiji depicted in person, seated before a large arch of yellow, red, white and purple flowers topped with a gold ornament. A partially visible person's head is at the lower right.2013-07-22A festive procession inside a white tented pavilion hung with colourful paper streamers. At the centre, a performer in a costume of a fierce red deity with multiple red arms, a gold crown with flame-like rays, a protruding red tongue, a skull garland and a yellow bead mala stands among a crowd. Nearby, a man in an orange shawl and lavender shirt walks at the front, a bearded attendant in white holds a silver trident, and a woman in a green and gold outfit on the right claps and smiles. An orange ornamental umbrella and a decorated pink headdress appear at the top of the frame, with a crowd of devotees and attendants in orange and white behind them.2016-05-01A photograph of a temple-style hall with a brightly painted deity murti in the background, showing a figure with a flame-like crown holding a weapon. In the foreground, a man in a light blue collared shirt holds a coconut halfway wrapped in fibre, facing a man in a white shirt who reaches toward it. To the right, a woman in a dark green sari with gold border and rudraksha-style beads stands near a red-draped seat. Two attendants in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand at left and right, one holding a decorated umbrella overhead. Gold-trimmed ceremonial umbrellas and a red and gold seat are arranged around the scene.2017-03-26A photograph inside an ornate temple hall with arched white walls and a blue-framed shrine niche. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and white forehead marks, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over his bare shoulder, multiple rudraksha malas, a white jasmine garland and ornate gold necklaces, stands and places his hand on the shoulder of a seated man in a pink shirt with rudraksha beads and white forehead marks. To the left, a man in a striped shirt stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Another older man with white hair is partly visible at the far left. Behind them a gold-framed throne and red cushions are visible. Appearance-based probable identification: Swamiji (probable), giving blessing to devotee, with distinctive long hair, saffron shawl, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces.2012-06-02A photograph of a crowd gathered closely around a figure in orange ochre robes wearing a gold-beaded necklace and white and red jasmine-and-rose garlands, with a gold-banded headband and a red bindi. He is smiling and looking downward. A hand rests on the shoulder of a young man in a pastel plaid shirt with a white and red tilak on his forehead, who is speaking. Beside him an older woman with grey hair, a red bindi and a patterned sari watches, and men in white shirts stand behind them. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with orange and blue fabric in the background.2012-05-10May 01 20162016-05-01A photograph of a seated man on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-striped cloth and red bolsters, wearing an orange-brown turban, a rust-coloured robe with gold border, and a beaded brown and gold necklace. He smiles while adjusting an orange shawl. Beside him stands a performer in a deity-style costume with bright orange-red face paint, a gold crown with red flame-like headpiece, a skull garland and a gold and red ornamented costume, holding a silver trident. Red multi-armed props and a golden lion figure are behind them. Visible text in the lower right reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam2016-05-01January 06 20122012-01-06Evening darshan scene at a night event with coloured string lights in the background. On the right, a woman in an orange top and bright orange turban holds her hands up in greeting toward a man in an orange shawl and dhoti with long swept-back hair, who presses his palms together. Beside him stands a man in a light blue shirt with hands folded at his chest, next to a woman in orange saree with glasses. At the left edge, a man in a yellow shirt bows with palms joined. Several other people stand in the crowd behind, and fruit is visible at the lower edge of the frame.2010-01-20May 01 20162016-05-01