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A courtyard ritual in progress under a flat roof with white walls and red painted bands. Two men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit on the floor before a large brass vessel wrapped in an orange cloth. Rows of small brass lamps are arranged on a patterned mat at left, and many steel plates of offerings sit on a rug at right. A red armchair with gold trim and yellow-orange garlands stands to the right, beside a framed picture hung with garlands. Orange drapes and a kalasha-topped pillar frame the scene, and a third man in white stands in the doorway behind.

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December 29 20092009-12-29June 06 20102010-06-06A puja ritual is taking place indoors on an orange cloth before a red velvet throne. Three men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit on the floor; the central priest, seated on a low wooden stool, gestures with his hands over a square brick-and-earth fire pit (homa kund) holding offerings. Around them, rows of small brass lamps and dishes are arranged on the cloth, with fruit, flowers and a brass tray nearby. Behind the throne stands a framed photograph of a smiling man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, garlanded with marigolds and red flowers, displayed as a portrait rather than a living person. Brass oil lamps stand on both sides, and a deity murti is visible at the upper right.2010-06-06A covered courtyard ceremony at a temple-style site. A man in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands at a microphone, chanting or speaking, beside a fire ceremony where a flame burns over a large brass vessel. Metal plates of fruit, flowers, sweets and offerings are arranged on the orange-cloth-covered floor, and an assistant in white stands beside him. Behind them, several people in white clothes stand with hands folded in prayer near a red-cushioned seat decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. An orange curtain hangs beside a carved stone pillar, and a colourful cloth-wrapped pole stands nearby. A woman in white watches from the doorway. The scene suggests a homa or puja ritual with a wall of framed photographs at left.2009-12-29A puja ceremony in a temple hall with a red and white striped wall. Three men sit on orange cloth; the two on the left wear white kurtas with yellow shawls, and the central man wears a white kurta and yellow shawl with hands folded in prayer. Dozens of small brass oil lamps (lamps) fill the floor in front of them, with banana leaves, fruit, flowers and a brass plate. Behind them a framed photograph of a smiling woman in orange robes with a beaded necklace is garlanded with red and yellow flowers, placed on a red velvet chair. A carved stone shrine and a seated deity murti are visible in the background, with a red and orange hanging cloth.2010-06-06Indoor ritual hall with a bare concrete floor and white walls hung with a few framed photos and a banana-leaf canopy. A homa fire burns in a metal fire pit on an orange cloth at the right, where a man in white with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded in prayer beside a second seated man in white. Rows of brass oil lamps and small lit diyas are arranged on the floor, with brass plates of offerings in the foreground. Around twenty seated devotees in white and maroon clothes sit on mats at the left, and a large metal vessel with an orange cloth wrap stands in the centre foreground.2010-01-14A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with an orange floor cloth and a striped woven runner reading NITHYANANDA DAY. Two men in white dhotis sit at right beside a low fire-box, one holding a lit oil lamp with hands folded in prayer. Behind them a brass row of lamps and offering plates stands on the floor. Two standing men in white dhotis face the altar area, one in a yellow shawl with a folded-hand gesture. Banana plants, orange cloth hangings and a small framed photo wall decorate the room, with a fire pot with flame at bottom right. Puja setting with brass lamps, plates and a homa fire.2010-01-14September 22 20092009-09-22December 14 20102010-12-14A photograph of an indoor ritual space with a concrete floor and white walls. On the right, two men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged behind a ritual setup. One holds a microphone. In front of them are a large brass vessel wrapped in an orange cloth, rows of brass bowls with fruit and offerings, small clay lamps arranged on a mat, and a decorated fruit arrangement. Banana plants stand as decoration near a row of seated devotees on the left, including a woman in a yellow outfit and others in white. Two women in white and pink saris stand in the doorway at the back right. Printed photographs and hanging decorations are visible on the back wall.2009-12-29June 06 20102010-06-06A courtyard ritual with a row of people seated on striped mats before brass lamps, bells and platters of flowers, fruit, rice and wood offerings. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with a shawl sits with head bowed at a low wooden seat in the foreground. Behind, several men in saffron robes and marigold garlands stand and hold lit oil lamps along a metal-topped counter, while women in white saris and white blouses sit at the brass items. A white-robed man stands in the rear.2008-12-26