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Night-time photo at an ashram entrance under a thatched shelter strung with small lights. A man in saffron dhoti and shawl with a red-orange flower garland stands with hands joined in greeting beside a grey Ford Endeavour SUV whose driver's window is open. Another saffron-clad man in an orange-and-brown patterned shawl stands in front of the vehicle. Behind them, young men in white shirts, white dhotis and orange shawls hold a brass plate and a decorated pot with a green coconut arrangement, while a young woman in a white shirt holds a tray. A multicoloured fringed umbrella marked with the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam name is raised overhead, and a white-covered table stands at right. The scene suggests a traditional welcome reception.

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August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 09 20072007-08-09August 01 20082008-08-01Outdoor arrival scene in a dry rural setting with bare ground, scattered huts and utility poles under a partly cloudy sky. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and an orange saffron robe with a long white flower garland and a rudraksha-style bead mala stands smiling beside a grey Endeavour SUV. Several people in orange robes and white shirts crowd around him. On the right, a man in a white shirt holds up a green garland of fruit and flowers toward him. Several other onlookers stand behind the group. Swamiji (probable): the central figure with long hair, saffron robe, and rudraksha mala matches the page's reference to Swamiji, but the identification rests on appearance cues only.2008-07-29April 05 20122012-04-05August 09 20072007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09Night-time photograph of a ceremonial reception at an outdoor ashram setting beside a green car with plate KA04MN4444. In the centre, a man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange robe and a long flower garland of red and orange blooms, smiles. Around him, saffron-robed men in orange dhotis and shawls walk along, one adjusting his robe at left. At right, a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti with orange shawl and tilak carries a brass plate holding a kalasha-like pot with a coconut and mango leaves, and another attendant in white holds a second brass tray. A fringed canopy and string lights hang overhead.2008-08-01March 26 20082008-03-26