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A large tented ritual hall at night filled with seated devotees in white and colourful clothes on striped mats. A standing figure at left wears an orange garment with a gold-bordered yellow cloth and holds a bag of offerings. Many people sit in rows, some bending forward at low tables. Hanging decorative streamers with orange, green and pink tassels and paper umbrellas decorate the ceiling. Smoke rises at right near a fire area with flower garlands and offerings. A green sign reads NITHYANANDA TV LIVE beside a camera. Many shaved-headed men in white dhotis sit near the platforms.

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December 02 20162016-12-02Wide photograph inside a large white tent at an evening Sadashivoham gathering, with hundreds of seated devotees on colourful striped mats facing a raised red stage. Many women wear saffron, red, white, blue and green saris and salwar; a woman in a green top stands near golden carved panels on the left. Hanging from the ceiling are rows of colourful paper lanterns and decorative diyas in pink, green and yellow. On the right, a golden throne and altar with flower garlands and a black ceremonial pillar hold brass vessels and offerings. A dark-robed figure with a swept-back head seated near the stage is only an uncertain candidate, so no identification is made here. Overhead lights and banana-leaf decorations complete the setting.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesLarge evening ritual in a open tent hung with colourful paper lanterns and cloth streamers. Hundreds of devotees, mostly men bare-chested in white dhotis and some in saffron, sit cross-legged on striped floor mats facing a long red-draped altar piled with fruit, flowers and ritual vessels. Smoke rises from a homa area at centre, and a golden deity shrine with decorated murti stands at the right. A large screen and stage lights are visible, with a few people standing near the stage in white and saffron. The scene reads as a Rudra Abhishekam-style puja and abhishekam gathering.2016-12-02Large tented hall with a dense crowd of women seated on striped floor mats, many in colourful saris and salwar kameez in pink, teal, magenta and white. At the front, a raised red platform holds a fire pit with a flame, brass vessels, flower garlands and offerings on trays. Several robed priests in white and orange sit around the homa, and a golden canopy and decorated deity murti stand to the side. Paper decorations in orange, pink and green hang from the ceiling, and a black stone shivalinga draped in marigold garlands sits at the right edge.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05Wide view of a large white tented pavilion at dusk with a red carpet aisle leading to a decorated altar holding a deity murti under a canopy with yellow drapes. Dozens of seated devotees fill the foreground, many bare-chested or in orange, yellow and white clothing, while priests in white dhotis stand near the altar. Colourful hanging tassels and diya-style lamps decorate the ceiling, and a camera crane is visible at left. Several Vedic-style rituals appear to be underway, with a kalasha-like arrangement and brass items on the altar. No individual can be clearly identified as a sannyasi in a crowned or saffron-adorned presentation, so the a person candidate remains uncertain.2016-12-15 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05December 15 20162016-12-15Large indoor ritual gathering with a crowd of devotees seated on colourful striped mats in rows, many in white and pastel clothes with orange and yellow shawls, some wearing rudraksha malas. In the foreground, a seated woman in a pink shawl holds a pair of prayer items, and in the centre women in black and orange shawls sit before brass plates, small lamps and offerings. On the right, a man in a saffron-orange robe stands at the edge of the platform beside a camera on a tripod, and a green sign reads NITHYANANDA TV LIVE. Gold-decorated shrine panels and hanging flower and paper decorations frame the back, with a large projection screen and ceiling lamps above.2016-12-15December 02 20162016-12-02 +1 copies