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A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a red-and-white head wrap and a purple-and-yellow flower garland sits on a red-cushioned brown leather throne against an orange and gold stage backdrop with arched panels. A devotee in white dhoti and shirt kneels at his feet on a red mat, with a wooden footstool and a white cloth offering nearby. A shaved-headed attendant in orange stands at right beside brass lamps. Several devotees in colourful saris, including a woman in a pink and turquoise sari and another in purple with green, stand at left, and a man in a purple shirt and jeans holds a child. a person (saffron robe, flower garland and head wrap on a throne, being honoured by a kneeling devotee) at the centre of a padapuja-style darshan. Photo credit text reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam at lower right.

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