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Photograph of a devotional gathering at a blue-walled building decorated with marigold and yellow flower garlands and two golden trident emblems on dark grilles. In the centre, a framed portrait labelled with a Nithyananda Paramashivam caption shows a seated figure in orange robes with a bead necklace, set against a leafy backdrop and framed by red and white flower garlands. In front of the portrait stands a person in an orange sleeveless top with a white and red flower garland, facing the image. Offerings include wheat stalks, fruit, flower heaps and a plate of sweets on the altar. Around them, several people in white dhotis and white clothes sit and stand, a woman in a yellow sari and a man in a pink shirt holding a camera look on, and onlookers crowd the courtyard behind.

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A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a small blue-walled shrine with a tin roof, strung with marigold garlands and gold trident emblems on the walls. A priest in white dhoti and an orange-red shawl holds up a ceremonial vessel and performs an offering in front of a framed portrait on the shrine steps, showing a seated figure in orange robes with a mala and flower garland. Devotees in white dhotis and saris stand with hands folded, and a crowd sits and stands in the background. In the foreground, a figure in an orange robe with a white flower garland sits with their back to the camera, facing the shrine. Offerings and a small plate sit on the ground in front of them.2009-11-25November 25 20092009-11-25December 23 20082008-12-23A crowd gathers outdoors under a canopy hung with orange and green pennant bunting and leafy mango-style garlands. In the centre, a figure in an orange robe with a white and red flower garland around the neck faces away from the camera, holding a red gift parcel with gold trim and a framed portrait labelled in Tamil. Around them, people in white dhotis and shirts, some with folded hands, press close; a man in an orange shirt stands to the left and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard stands at right beside a white wall. A video camera is raised above the crowd.2009-11-25Outdoor festival scene at a procession stop: a man in a saffron-orange robe stands on a raised platform beside a decorated palanquin draped in flower garlands of yellow and red, with a deity murti and offerings laid out on a cloth. Around him a large crowd of devotees in white and yellow clothes stands with hands pressed together in prayer. Two colourful umbrellas with gold trim stand to the right, and a green-roofed white building and a low wall sit behind. Several people wear orange and saffron garments. The scene reads as a puja or padapuja during a Brahmotsava procession.2008-12-23Outdoor procession under a clear blue sky at a Brahmotsava-style event. Center, a man in orange robes stands beside a decorated cart or float bearing a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange garments with a necklace, plus a small deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds. Another robed figure in orange stands at the right of the float. A woman in a red-orange garment and a long beaded necklace of rudraksha-style beads, in the foreground right, extends her arm toward the float. Around them, many people in white kurtas and white dhotis, and some in blue shirts, crowd the path. A tall golden staff with a finial stands at right, and a striped canopy with a golden finial appears behind.2008-12-23December 30 20092009-12-30July 28 20082008-07-28Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a decorated wooden palanquin or ratha topped with a framed portrait garlanded with orange and white flowers. A man in an orange robe bends low over the offerings table at the front, while a man in an orange shawl with rudraksha beads and a gold necklace stands to the right beside a man in white with glasses and a pendant. Dense crowds of people in white clothes surround them, including young women with long braids and a man in white with a white cap, under a bright blue sky with a tented canopy and a gold finial behind. The portrait displays a figure in saffron with a garland, and is described only as a printed portrait on the palanquin.2008-12-23Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a decorated palanquin-style float (ratha) draped with flower garlands in red, green and white, with a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure on its canopy and a deity murti dressed in white and garlanded with yellow flowers. A man in a saffron/orange robe stands at the float's side, and many devotees in white shirts, white dhotis and white saris, some in yellow and orange, press in with folded hands. Multicoloured decorative parasols stand behind, and offerings of flowers and fruit are laid out on the ground in front of the float beside a white building with green roof.2008-12-23Evening ritual scene in an ashram hall at night. A seated figure in orange-saffron robes sits on a raised white-and-red striped platform before a framed portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda, garlanded with yellow marigolds. Seated devotees in white clothes, some with yellow garlands, sit on the platform. A large crowd of people in white with long hair braids sits in the foreground facing the platform. A small flame and offerings lie near the platform, and a lit deity image glows in the upper left. Several attendees face the central figure in prayer.2009-12-30December 23 20082008-12-23