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Night outdoors at a dirt ground beside a large white board titled "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam - Bidadi Ashram" with a green map and multilingual text. In the foreground a person in an orange-red robe with a bare upper body and ornamented shoulders kneels or bends over a small fire on the ground, with a coconut, burning flame and offerings nearby. Palm trees rise behind the board and a low wall lies to the right.

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October 06 20112011-10-06Night photograph outdoors beside a palm tree and a large illuminated wall map board showing a site layout. A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe with a gold-coloured garland stands at left, holding a polished metal kalasha pot topped with green leaves and a yellow flower, carried on a metal tray. The ground is an open paved area with a coconut palm and a concrete wall at right. The man is the only person visible.2011-10-05A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe with a gold-edged border walks away from the camera along a paved brick path. Behind him stands a large white signboard titled Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam - Bidadi Ashram, with a green map and small symbols, set among bare red-brown earth, gravel piles, and a palm tree. A slightly different scene: a cinder-block wall and construction materials sit to the right. A pair of sandals lies on the path at lower left. The man is walking, not seated or performing ritual, and his face is turned away from the camera.2011-12-10A photograph of a standing figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe performing an aarti at night, holding a brass aarti lamp with a large flame in one hand and a brass vessel in the other. A white-draped table or bed stands to the right, with a brass kalasha and a tray of fruit on a patterned mat in the foreground. Two seated devotees in white clothes, one with an orange shawl, sit on the left. A dark textured backdrop fills the background, and a purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2005-12-19January 01 20062006-01-01February 25th 20072007-02-25Night photograph of a shaven-headed man in orange saffron robes and a red-and-orange head wrap holding a brass aarti lamp with several flames, his face in profile, with a string of beads at his neck and a bangle on his wrist. He stands in a smoky, dimly lit space with strings of small lamps and green banana leaves overhead. In the lower left, a woman in a yellow blouse and white garment and other spectators stand at the edge of the frame, and a brass oil lamp with marigold garlands sits at lower right. The setting appears to be an evening ritual with aarti and lamps.2009-09-25December 11 20062006-12-11Evening procession at dusk on a dirt path lit by a single street lamp. Many people in saffron-orange robes walk in two lines, some carrying tall ceremonial staffs or poles. Toward the right, a line of monastics in orange clothes stands near a palm-leaf canopy, and a large ornate umbrella or parasol with a decorated top is held aloft among them. Strings of green fairy lights hang behind the group. A large information board stands at the left with a map and text. Palm trees and a banana plant frame the scene.2013-07-22August 17 20062006-08-17A dim temple hall with terracotta-red walls and white-and-red striped dado. A shaved-headed monk in orange-saffron robes kneels on an orange cloth at left, hands joined in prayer before a white-stepped fire pit (homa kund) holding ash and embers. Metal kalasha pots, a bowl of bananas, plates of offerings and a bell-like brass vessel sit around the pit. Behind, a white-draped altar holds a lit deity murti under a canopy, flanked by two dark deity statues garlanded with flowers. At right, a framed photograph of a figure in orange robes with garlands rests beside a red sofa and striped rug. One visible person.2013-06-27A photograph at night showing a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes with a red-and-saffron sash draped over his head and shoulders, wearing a gold beaded necklace and a white forehead mark. He holds a brass aarti lamp with several flames, with a flower garland visible on the right. Green banana leaves hang overhead, and strings of small lights glow on a wall behind him. Partially visible on the left edge is another person wearing glasses. The scene suggests an evening aarti ritual; the man's appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a person but is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity.2009-09-25