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A photograph of an open-air ritual pavilion under a woven palm-mat roof decorated with banana leaves and strings of pennants. A standing figure with long dark wavy hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti-style garment with a red border and a long gold-beaded necklace, walking across a ground strewn with orange marigold garlands. Behind him a banner reads Dhyanapeetam, and a red-draped altar holds a deity murti, flowers and brass lamps. Other participants in saffron and white garments tend pots and offerings on mats, a woman in white kneels beside brass vessels, a seated attendant in white with an orange shawl sits near the altar, and smoke rises from a fire area in the centre. Several seated participants and a camera operator with a tripod-mounted camera are at the left edge.

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September 29 20062006-09-29September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple-style ritual under a thatched canopy. A standing man on the left wears orange ochre robes, a gold chain and bangles, with long dark hair, and stands barefoot on a pink cloth. Behind him, other priests in orange robes sit and attend to a decorated altar with a deity murti garlanded with multicoloured flowers, brass lamps, floral offerings in woven baskets, and a red-draped platform. A square brick fire pit with marigold petals lies in the foreground, and a banner reads Dhyanapeetam with a portrait and a framed image above it. A portrait of a bearded man in a white turban appears on the banner, captioned Paramahamsa Nithyananda in the printed text. A fan stands beside the altar.2006-09-29September 29 20062006-09-29September 30 20062006-09-30Outdoor ritual pavilion under a thatched and netted canopy with a raised platform draped in red cloth, decorated with orange marigold garlands. Several people in white ritual clothes and saffron-orange shawls sit in prayer or ritual postures; one woman in a white sari with an orange border tends a brass vessel near a fire pit lined with pale bricks. A banner reads Dhyanapeetham with an image of a bearded holy man in a white turban, alongside a painted deity murti with a garland and a framed deity image. Brass lamps, a kalasha-type vessel and a lit oil lamp sit on the platform, and a fire burns at the lower right.2006-09-29 +1 copiesSeptember 30 20062006-09-30September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesA ritual in an open thatched pavilion at a temple-style site. A woman in an orange sari with red border stands at left with hands folded in prayer. Behind her, a man in orange robes and a younger man in white dhoti attend a decorated altar. The altar has a banner reading Dhyanapeetham, portrait photographs of a bearded man in white turban and a deity, a deity murti garlanded with flowers, brass lamps, a kalasha vessel with fresh leaves, and a square earthen fire pit with marigold petals. A man in orange robes at right operates a video camera. A standing fan and woven mats are on the floor.2006-09-29A photograph of a temple-style ritual under a thatched pavilion with a bamboo mat floor. In the foreground, a standing person in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair and a gold necklace and bangles faces toward a square brick fire pit (homa kunda) filled with earth and edged with marigold petals, beside brass vessels and a small oil lamp. Behind, a red-draped altar holds decorated kalasha pots wrapped in flower garlands, brass deity murtis and a brass lamp. Two other people in saffron robes attend at the rear, one seated near a fan, and a child is partly visible at left. A large banner shows a portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda and the Dhyanapeetham logo, with a framed deity image garlanded behind the central murti.2006-09-29September 29 20062006-09-29A smoky ritual hall under a canopy hung with strings of triangular orange, green and white bunting, with banana leaves at the posts. A standing figure in an orange-saffron robe with long hair tied up faces a shrine at the back, holding a metal vessel and pouring or offering with a lamp-stand flame rising beside him. Behind the shrine a backdrop displays the Telugu-script word for Dhyanapeetham with a decorated deity murti, brass lamps and framed images. Marigold garlands line a flower-decorated floor. Seated at right, a figure in orange clothing sits on a white cloth-covered chair, and a person in pink sits at left beside a camera on a tripod. Incense smoke fills the air.2006-09-29 +1 copies