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Two women stand with their backs to the camera in a home room, facing a small easel holding a framed photo of a smiling man in orange robes and a long beaded necklace. The woman on the left wears a gold and red silk sari; the woman in the center wears a peach-colored kurta with a matching dupatta and gold bangles, and holds a small silver vessel. To the right, a deity murti is dressed in red and green garlands with white flowers, a silver crown, and red cloth, set on a green base in front of a yellow cloth draped with flower petals, a tray, and a lotus-shaped lamp. Wooden blinds and beige curtains frame the window behind.

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September 30 20082008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30October 14 20082008-10-14A photograph inside a home shrine room. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a saffron-orange border stands at left, arm raised mid-motion. At right a woman in a red sari with gold border holds a garland and sprinkles or waves something above a framed portrait on a draped table. The portrait shows a smiling man with a white turban and saffron clothing, garlanded with orange and yellow flowers; its appearance-based identity is uncertain. In front of the portrait is a gold and red throne with a small deity murti dressed in white and red cloth, garlanded with flowers. Offerings include silver plates, bananas, fruit, flowers and lit oil lamps on the white floor.2008-10-14September 30 20082008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30A home puja in a living room. A woman in a lavender silk sari with patterned border stands at left, holding a long-handled whisk or fan toward a seated figure in orange clothing with a gold necklace and bangles who sits cross-legged on a low red mat before a tray of offerings. A young girl in a pink outfit kneels beside them. A woman in a white sari stands at far left. On the right, a deity murti is dressed in red and green with white flower garlands and a golden crown, set on a yellow cloth. Fruit, flowers, brass bowls and a kalasha-like vessel sit on the floor. An easel displays a printed photo of a person in orange seated in a meditative pose, garlanded, with a caption reading Nithyananda Paramashivam. A small framed photo sits on the mantel.2008-09-30A home shrine with a wooden display cabinet holding small figurines and decorative objects. On a draped table in front, a woman in an orange sari with a flower-decorated hair stands with her back to the camera, bending over the altar. The central framed photograph shows a smiling man with long dark hair in an orange robe and beads, garlanded with pink and white flowers. Brass lamps and a metal plate of flowers and offerings sit on the table, with a trays of petals on the lower table. To the right, an older woman in a beige and pink sari with black beads and glasses watches the puja. Framed pictures hang on the walls.2010-01-19A home shrine with orange and gold drapes and a gold arched frame holding a deity murti decorated with a flower garland of pink and white blossoms and a dark crown-like cap. Two women in white saris stand at the left and centre and one woman in a magenta and orange sari with gold border stands at the right, all facing the shrine. Offerings of fruit and a sweet on a tray sit on a cloth at the lower left and small wrapped boxes rest on a stand beside the shrine. The scene shows a darshan in progress, with no visible person identifiable as a person.2008-04-28Indoor photo of a devotional gathering in a home room with cream walls, a red and gold patterned valance, beige curtains and wooden blinds. In the centre-right, a decorated deity murti with a crown and white and red garlands sits on a yellow cloth-covered altar. In the foreground, many women with long dark hair sit on the floor facing the altar; one wears a teal top and others wear red and green salwar-style dress. On the left, a man in orange clothing sits with head bowed beside a seated man in a gold-brown silk kurta. Beside them stands an easel holding a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes with a garland, labelled with the partial word 'nanda'. The portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person.2008-09-30October 14 20082008-10-14A home puja in progress. A priest in orange robes and an orange head covering sits on a cushion at left, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a bell in the other, facing a golden throne (peetha) holding a small deity murti draped in garlands and a red and gold cloth. Fruits, flowers, a brass thali and small bowls sit on a yellow cloth in front of the throne. Three people sit with their backs to the camera in the foreground, two with dark hair and one in a brown outfit. On the right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamiji" shows a smiling man in orange with a turban and a flower garland. A television stands at left, and marigolds decorate the table.2008-10-14