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Indoor 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.

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April 28 20082008-04-28October 14 20082008-10-14Indoor home shrine in a bright room with orange curtains and large windows. A golden arched frame holds a deity murti draped in orange cloth and a red-and-pink flower garland. To its right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a seated figure in orange with a bead necklace, wreathed in yellow and pink flowers. In front, a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a brass tray of oil lamps, bananas, fruit and offerings. A man in a white robe at left presses his palms together. Seated devotees, including children in red and brown, watch the puja; fresh flowers and bowls surround the altar.2008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28A seated group gathers on a white floor in a living room for a home puja before a deity murti placed on a gold-framed, red-draped throne. A woman in orange and gold sari with a red headband sits at the centre near the murti, with offerings of fruit, flowers and a brass lamp arranged in front. A framed portrait labelled "Nithyananda Paramashivam" with a marigold garland stands to the right, showing a smiling man in orange with a turban. Devotees in red, green, purple and blue saris and white dhotis sit around the mat, a flat-screen television is on the left, and a lit candle stands beside the offerings.2008-10-14A home darshan puja in a living room with cream walls, a tiled fireplace on the left and orange-and-tan curtains. A priest in white dhoti and bare upper body, wearing a rudraksha mala, offers flowers at a gold arch containing a deity murti draped in orange and garlanded with flowers. Devotees sit on mats and a rug: a man in white with a shawl, a woman in a green sari, a man in a pink shirt, and children, with a fruit and oil-lamp puja thali in front. A framed portrait with a flower garland on the right shows a seated figure in orange robes beneath a tree. Roughly ten people are visible.2008-04-28August 12 20082008-08-12A photograph of a home puja room with orange curtains and a gold-framed shrine. At centre, a deity murti draped in orange silk is garlanded with red and white flowers, set within a gold arched frame. To its right, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed sage with a rudraksha mala sits beneath a flower garland, with a lamp in front. On the floor, a low table holds fruit, bananas, flowers, a brass plate and lit oil lamps. Seated before it are a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a second man in white, a woman with long dark hair in a green sari and several other seated devotees, one on the right in a white shirt with a moustache. The scene reads as a darshan or puja.2008-04-28Photograph of an indoor home-darshan gathering in a light-coloured room. A man with a shaved head and red head-cloth, wearing a saffron-orange robe and rudraksha mala, sits on a wooden chair at left, smiling and gesturing toward the seated group. Several people sit on the floor at the lower edge with their backs partly turned, one in a red shawl and another in blue. Centre: a deity murti, dressed in red and gold cloth with a peacock-feather backdrop, sits on a gilded arched throne draped in red. In front are fruit trays of apples, bananas, oranges and sweets, flowers, and a brass lamp. At right, a framed portrait labelled with a readable caption, garlanded with orange and white flowers, sits on a pink-and-gold cloth-covered table with a lamp and orange roses. Setting suggests a satsang or puja.2008-10-14October 14 20082008-10-14