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Night-time photo of many devotees in saffron and orange robes prostrating full length on sandy ground in front of a large dark banyan-type tree strung with white and orange garlands. Several women in peach and yellow-bordered saris kneel with hands folded, and a lone devotee in orange kneels at lower right. To the right, a blue cloth holds white offerings, a bundle of sticks and a lit oil lamp. A man in orange stands at the far right edge. No visible person meets the appearance cues for a person.

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July 11 20062006-07-11December 29 20112011-12-29December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 30 20072007-12-30Night ritual outdoors among trees at the ashram. A bare-chested older man with a shaved head, wearing a rudraksha mala and holding a brass bowl, stands at the centre; an orange-robed woman on the right, with an orange turban and long dark hair, smiles with hands folded. Several orange-robed devotees and white-clad people stand behind. In the foreground a seated man in orange robes with a beaded mala performs puja with brass lamps and vessels before a silver-decorated deity murti and a stone lingam-like object on a white cloth. A tall brass staff stands in the background.2007-12-30October 08 20062006-10-08October 01 20072007-10-01July 11 20062006-07-11Several devotees kneel and prostrate on a tiled floor in a hall with a red curtain, foreheads pressed to the ground and palms joined above their heads in namaskar. The foreground figures wear orange saffron robes with yellow borders and rudraksha malas; behind them, others wear white dhotis and one wears a red shawl. Brass plates with offerings sit nearby, and a mat lies at the left edge. The scene is a group prostration during puja or satsang.2011-12-29A large outdoor gathering of devotees in white clothing kneels and prostrates on bare earth beneath a huge spreading banyan tree. Many people bow forward with foreheads touching the ground, some wearing orange, pink, red and striped garments. In the foreground, brass oil lamps and small offering plates with flowers and lit diyas are set out in a row. A standing woman in white with an orange shawl stands at left near a pole. Nobody in the scene is clearly identifiable as the swami from appearance alone, and no leader is visibly distinguished at the front.2006-07-21December 30 20072007-12-30Indoor hall with rows of children and young people in white dhotis and white kurtas, many in saffron-orange shawls, bowing forward in prostration with foreheads to the floor on a grey concrete floor marked by a yellow line. At left, a framed portrait on a draped altar table with flowers and small oil lamps. Overhead hang ornate lamps and banners on the walls. Several seated people at left wear orange and white.2007-10-01