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Night photograph of an outdoor open ground beside a tall, pale wooden pole strung with a line of small colourful lanterns or flags in red, yellow and green. Three men stand to the right, hands pressed together in namaskar; the nearest wears an orange-red shawl, another wears white dhoti with a white upper cloth, and the far right man wears a white cloth with a white tilak on his forehead. Bright lamps and small trees dimly light the scene. Two or three other figures are faintly visible at the left edge.

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March 02 20132013-03-02Night outdoor scene at a temple-like courtyard. On the left, a figure in orange robes stands beside a small fire pit with flames, tending a ritual fire. Beside it, a tall wooden pole with a looping golden arch and two hanging striped cloth bundles in red, blue and cream rises from the ground. A long line of devotees in white dhotis and saris stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Some wear orange or saffron cloth, and a few men at right have white forehead markings. A woman in a beige jacket at lower right also joins her hands. Palm trees are visible against the dark sky. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable by the listed cues.2010-11-12August 03 20092009-08-03May 17 20112011-05-17August 03 20092009-08-03Night photograph of an outdoor ashram courtyard lit by a string of small orange lights strung through trees and a few green-tinted spotlights. Several people stand on dark ground: white-clad devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, and two saffron-robed sannyasis in orange garments, one at the centre-left and one at the right edge. Structures and scaffolding appear at the far left, with a yellow cloth on the ground at right. The scene reads as an evening gathering at an ashram event.2009-08-03Night photo of a children's game at an outdoor ground. A tall striped pole holds a dangling decorative arrangement of colourful tinsel, ribbons and hanging pots above the crowd. A figure in a saffron-orange robe stands centre, holding a long stick raised toward the pots, and a child in a dark outfit stands to the right. Crowd members in white and light clothing watch from the left and background, with an orange-walled building behind them.2006-11-14A night-time outdoor ritual at an open ground, with a large crowd of seated devotees in white dressed fading into darkness behind. In the foreground, a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red and gold border holds a lit oil lamp, while a second figure in white holds another flame; a third man on the right, bare-chested with a white cloth draped over his shoulder, stands beside a wooden structure. A single floodlight on a pole and a line of small lights mark the far edge of the ground. A white stone pillar stands at the left edge. No figure with distinctive a person cues is clearly identifiable.2011-04-17A night-time outdoor photo at an ashram ground with a dark tree line and a few lights on poles. In the foreground, a woman with long dark hair wearing an orange shawl stands facing right, beside a tall pole wrapped in multicoloured stripes of pink, green, purple and orange. Behind her, several people in white dhotis or white robes and orange shawls walk across the dirt, including a small child in a pink top and a figure in a light green top. The image is motion-blurred.2006-11-14Night photograph of a group walking across a dirt ground lit by strings of small festoon lights and tall white light tubes on poles, with a woven bamboo fence on the left. Seven people walk in a loose line: several in plain white dhotis and shirts, and two in saffron/orange robes, one carrying a yellow shawl. Some figures hold their hands raised. The scene appears to be a nighttime procession or walk at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam centre. No individual can be confidently identified from appearance, so no a person candidate is asserted.2009-08-03Night outdoor scene on bare reddish-brown earth at an ashram gathering. A long line of devotees stands in a row facing right toward an illuminated shrine or ceremonial platform, with a lit umbrella-like canopy and a glowing deity murti area at the right edge. Foreground figures wear saffron-orange garments with gold borders; others wear cream and white dhotis and kurtas. Several people have hands raised in prayer or folded at chest, and a bright lamp glows at the far right where white-clad priests attend the platform. Dark sky above.2016-03-07Night outdoor ceremony under a tent hung with strings of triangular pennants in red, green, yellow and blue. Two standing men in ochre and saffron-brown garments stand at the front, one at left in dark brown wrap and one at right in orange-brown cloth, both with arms raised near a rope. Tall red, blue and white patterned banners with floral motifs and a white bird emblem flank the stage. Behind them seated devotees in white clothes sit on scaffolding and pale lamps glow on poles. Oil lamps and lights illuminate the scene.2008-04-19