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A photograph inside a temple-like room with orange walls and a gold-framed deity picture upper left. A man with long dark hair tied back, wearing a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a garland of white flowers and red blossoms, stands at an open blue cabinet shrine. Two young men at left wear white dhotis with gold borders, white forehead markings and rudraksha beads. Inside the cabinet are framed pictures and small devotional prints. A large framed portrait above shows a seated saffron-robed figure with rudraksha mala, garlanded with white flowers, with the Tamil caption ?????? ?? ????????. Three physical people are visible.

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June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesA smiling man wearing a red-brown dhoti-style garment and gold waist cloth, with a large multicolour garland of white, orange, blue and pink flowers draped around his neck and a gold-brown armband on his upper arm, stands in an orange-walled shrine room beside an open grey cabinet. Inside the cabinet are framed pictures, garlands, small framed photos and a lit oil lamp. Behind him a framed painting of a seated figure in pink robes hangs garlanded above the cabinet, and a gold-framed picture of deities is on the upper left wall. To the left, several young men in saffron-orange robes with white forehead markings and rudraksha beads stand near a wooden door. An elderly white-bearded man in a white shirt stands at the right edge looking into the cabinet.2014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesA priest with his back to the camera, wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a gold border and a red-and-white flower garland, lights an oil lamp inside a blue-framed shrine cabinet on an orange wall. Two shaven-headed young men in white dhotis with gold borders and white forehead markings stand to the left, and one wears a rudraksha mala. The shrine holds framed gold-toned pictures, garlanded photographs and small figures, with a flower-garlanded portrait of a smiling woman in orange clothing on the shelf. Above, a large framed picture shows a seated figure in a flower garland, labelled with Tamil text. Brass lamps and bells sit on the shelf.2014-06-22 +1 copiesA man in a rust-red dhoti with a gold border and a white and red flower garland stands at a small shrine in a blue-walled room with a corrugated roof. He reaches toward a wooden altar cabinet holding framed deity pictures and a silver-coloured framed image. On the left, a bald priest with a white forehead mark, wearing a white dhoti and rudraksha mala, holds a brass plate of flower petals. Two young men in white dhotis and a monk in orange stand behind. A red cloth covers the lower altar, with brass lamps and offerings, and a camera lens is visible in the lower left corner. The scene appears to be a home puja.2014-06-20August 08 20092009-08-08Two devotees in orange clothing stand before a home shrine on a pale blue wall. The central image is a printed photograph of a seated, bearded man in pink-orange robes with a rudraksha mala, hands folded, set against a backdrop of large tree roots; a marigold and rose garland frames it. The printed caption reads "Paramahamsa Nithyananda". Beside it hangs a smaller picture of a figure in white with a halo, and a second framed picture with a garland sits below. A wooden cabinet is at right. The devotee at right has a shaved head and wears an orange shawl with a maroon border; the figure at left wears an orange top and a pink flower garland. The photograph of a printed portrait is not counted as physical people.July 10 20142014-07-10A shrine corner in a home where a bare-chested man in a red-orange dhoti and a white and red flower garland stands with his back to the camera, pointing toward an altar. On the left, a framed photograph of a man with long dark hair in an orange robe, seated cross-legged before a tree, is draped with white jasmine garlands and scattered red petals on a yellow-covered table. The shelf behind holds a black elephant figurine, brass lamps and vessels, a painting of child Krishna, and small deity figures; a fan and a hanging cloth with a painted deity are on the right.2013-06-23 +1 copies