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A photograph of a ritual corner inside a plain white-walled room with a red floor. A man in an orange dhoti and red-orange upper garment stands with one hand raised in front of a framed portrait mounted on a blue backdrop, garlanded with white jasmine, yellow and red flowers and green leaves. The portrait shows a seated figure in gold ornamented clothing and a gold crown-like frame. Below it, a wooden table holds a lit oil lamp, incense sticks, fruit, a brass plate, flower petals and a folded white cloth. A second person in orange stands partly behind him, and a man in white is partly visible at the left edge. Two people appear in the scene.

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A photograph of a sannyasi in an orange-red sleeveless top and orange wrap-skirt with an orange shawl stands at left, holding a small lit lamp or aarti flame toward a framed devotional picture hung on a white wall. The framed image, edged in blue with a white arch, is garlanded with white jasmine strands and marigold and red flowers. Below it stands a low wooden table with a brass plate of fruit, red kumkum-decorated offerings, a cut sugarcane-like stalk, a bowl and small brass vessels, and a white cloth. A woman in an yellow-orange sari stands partly visible at the left edge. Red-painted floor and green-framed windows complete the room.2009-07-27July 27 20092009-07-27A man in saffron-orange robes performs aarti with a brass oil lamp flame in a small room with lavender walls and a barred window on the left. He holds a small brass bell in his other hand. Before him on a white-draped table stand fruit, flower offerings, brass lamps and a microphone. To the right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds and red flowers. Scattered petals lie on the floor and a saffron banner hangs at the top right.2009-09-15August 16 20092009-08-16A photograph inside a plain white-walled room with a red floor and green-framed windows. In the centre, a man in an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti bends over a low wooden table, arranging items and offerings. Behind him, a man in orange stands, and at left a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red-orange shawl holds a tray of red flowers. A woman in orange sari stands at far left. On the wall above the table hangs a framed portrait of a figure seated on an ornate golden throne, garlanded with white jasmine and yellow and orange flowers, with a printed caption at its base. Incense sticks and offerings lie on the table.2009-07-27September 15 20092009-09-15January 10 20092009-01-10January 10 20092009-01-10July 27 20082008-07-27A photograph of a whitewashed room with a red-painted floor and green-framed windows. A man in a saffron-orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti holds a lit lamp toward a framed portrait on the wall, decorated with white and yellow flower garlands. An older man in white clothes bows with his back to the camera, a flame and offering plates with fruit sit on a low wooden table, and two people in orange saris and white garments stand to the left holding plates of offerings.2009-07-27September 15 20092009-09-15A photograph inside a bare, newly built room with pale blue walls and red-framed windows. A woman in a saffron-orange sari with a long dark braid and a dark beaded mala holds a lit brass aarti lamp and a small bell over a white-draped table. The table holds a framed portrait garlanded with yellow and orange marigold garlands, a brass lamp stand, a brass kalasha and a flower-filled plate of red and white petals. Behind her a man in white clothes stands, and at right a man with folded hands in an orange shawl and a red-tilak forehead looks on, performing puja and aarti at the shrine. Three people are visible.2010-02-18