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October 08 2010

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A woman with light hair pulled back sits with eyes closed, wearing a white blouse and a cream sari with a gold border. She has a red bindi, turquoise earrings and a long rudraksha mala. Her cupped hands hold a pink lotus flower resting on a small silver offering vessel with a green cord. The background is orange and reddish, with a dirt ground.2010-10-05October 23 20102010-10-23A woman with grey hair pulled back sits cross-legged with eyes closed, hands clasped in her lap around a small yellow object. She wears a cream sari with a green and gold brocade border, a white t-shirt underneath, a rudraksha mala, and a red bindi with white tilak marks on her forehead. Brass and silver ritual plates in front of her hold yellow flowers and pink hibiscus blossoms, indicating a puja offering. The setting is an open courtyard with a stone floor and a blue mat, with a partly visible figure in orange at the back.2010-09-25A photograph of a ceremony with a young woman in the foreground wearing a cream sari with a green, red and orange striped border and an orange blouse, sitting and gazing upward while holding a pink lotus blossom in a small silver dish with both hands. Behind her, another woman in a yellow sari with an orange border holds a small object. In the left foreground, a large ornate gold tray holds a polished silver tray with small silver bowls of offerings. Other partially visible people sit nearby, including one with blonde hair at the right edge. No prominent figure matching the a person description is clearly visible.2010-11-09A woman with long wavy light-brown hair sits with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered, wearing a cream sari with green and gold border and an orange shawl, with a red bindi and a thin bangle on her wrist. Beside her, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with red border and gold neck ornaments sits with eyes closed, and at right another shaved-headed man with white tripundra marks sits in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, inside an ashram hall with orange walls and gold-patterned panels. No a person candidate is visible.2010-10-30Two women kneel on a tiled floor before a seated figure in orange robes at a ritual. The woman on the left, in a white sari with yellow-green border, a black beaded mala and a pendant, presses her palms together in prayer with eyes closed. The woman in the centre, in an orange shawl over a cream sari with green border, eyes closed and lips parted in chant, holds a silver bowl containing pink lotus flowers. In the foreground a bald man's head is visible beside the orange robe of the seated figure. Silver trays hold apples, bowls and green leaves, and a red cushioned seat with gold carved wood stands at right.2010-11-03Close photo of women seated in a ritual setting holding pink lotus flowers in cupped hands near a silver-and-brass vessel. The woman at left wears an orange shawl over white and has silver rings and gold bangles; the central woman wears a yellow sari with white and a gold border. A second pink flower is held by a third person at right. A gold tray with a silver bowl sits at lower right. This appears to be a pada puja offering of lotuses.2010-09-15December 16 20132013-12-16September 21 20102010-09-21Close-up photograph of a person's hands offering a pink lotus flower on a polished silver tray with a decorative rim. The person wears a white garment with a wide gold border and a long rudraksha mala with a dark lanyard printed with Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. A small red and green bead tassel hangs from the tray. The background shows an orange and grey cloth. This appears to be a flower offering as part of a puja.2010-09-30A young woman in a white and green-bordered sari with an orange shawl stands in an orange-walled setting, holding a small silver bowl containing a yellow substance in both hands. She wears a red bindi, white forehead marks and gold earrings, and a rudraksha mala hangs at her waist. Silver plates with offerings sit in the foreground. A large red and gold cloth hangs in the blurred background.2010-10-30October 23 20132013-10-23