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A young man in a saffron-orange dhoti and wrap stands centrally, bare-chested, raising a thin wooden stick overhead in his right hand while holding a small brass handbell in his left. He wears layered rudraksha malas and a heavy gold-toned necklace, with a white horizontal forehead mark, dark dreadlocked hair tied up, and gold bangles and an armband. Behind him, seated devotees in white clothes with orange and red accents fill the hall, and a camera on a tripod stands at the right beside a brown sign reading NITHYANANDA. The setting is a pale pink-walled hall with a red fire extinguisher on the wall.

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March 18 20172017-03-18March 18 20172017-03-18March 18 20172017-03-18A young man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with gold border stands on a red carpet holding a brass oil lamp (aarti) raised in his right hand and a brass bell in his left, performing a ritual. He wears a rudraksha mala, a gold necklace, earrings and a white tilak with red bindi, with long dreadlocked hair piled on his head. Behind him, seated devotees in white and a golden deity murti are visible in a hall.2016-05-02May 21 20162016-05-21May 21 20162016-05-21A young man in an orange saffron dhoti-style garment with gold border and gold waist sash stands in profile holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp in his left hand and a brass handbell in his right, with rudraksha beads and a gold-toned necklace around his neck and beaded bands on his arms. His hair is tied in a tall topknot. Behind and to the right, another arm raises a lit brass lamp with flames. Seated devotees in orange, teal and red saris and kurtas fill the blurred background, many with hands raised in worship. The setting appears to be an indoor hall during an aarti-style ritual.2016-05-24July 19 20162016-07-19August 04 20172017-08-04A photograph of a bare-chested man in an orange cloth wrap, wearing a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace, holding a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame aloft in his right hand and a silver bell in his left, performing aarti in a hall. Seated devotees in orange fill the foreground and background, and a pink chair sits near the left. Maroon curtains and framed colourful posters line the walls. The man has long swept-back hair and the page names a person, but his appearance gives only partial cues, so the identity is uncertain.2017-07-30A young man in ritual attire stands on a stage performing an aarti with a brass oil lamp in his left hand and a handbell in his right. He wears an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with gold border, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, with a black topknot and white tilak markings on his forehead. Behind him a large seated audience is blurred, and a camera on a tripod and a green a person TV banner are visible at left.2016-07-19August 04 20172017-08-04