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A photograph of a young man seen from behind, wearing an orange t-shirt printed with a blue logo and the words Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, and an orange dhoti with a red sash. He holds a white paper and points toward a rocky outcrop decorated with a small canopy with red and white striped fringe, a garland, and a bowl or vessel set on the rock. Dry hillside vegetation and a hill rise behind.

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May 19 20082008-05-19A man in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a red-and-white mat on a rocky hillside, palms pressed together in namaskar before a small shrine. The shrine has a framed picture of a seated figure draped in white, decorated with a garland of red and white flowers, and a multicoloured striped umbrella canopy shades it. Dry scrub, palm fronds and a dusty brown hill rise behind, with boulders in the foreground. The scene suggests a devotee's prayer or meditation at an outdoor shrine.2008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19A photograph taken from behind of a man in an orange t-shirt with a blue logo on the back, raising a metal ritual vessel overhead above a rock-side shrine. Beneath a striped multicolored canopy, a deity murti sits on a rock ledge, surrounded by red and white garlands. Dry hillside, shrubs, palm trees and a sandy path frame the scene. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2008-05-19A man in orange saffron robes kneels on a stone platform outdoors, placing or adjusting a red and white flower garland on a white carved stone deity murti. A multicoloured parasol with a striped canopy shades the shrine, and rocky hills and green shrubs fill the background. The man has a shaved head and holds the garland in both hands, appearing to perform a puja at an open-air shrine.2008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19A young man seen from behind in an orange t-shirt printed with the word a person and a blue logo, wearing an orange cloth wrapped around his waist and a red-and-orange sash over his shoulder. He stands on a dry rocky slope, extending his right arm toward a small shrine. A white stone deity murti adorned with a garland of red and white flowers sits beneath a multicoloured umbrella canopy, with a small metal vessel tilted in the air to the right, apparently pouring water. Palm and shrubby plants surround the scene under a hillside.2008-05-19A photograph of a hillside shrine in a dry, rocky landscape with scrubby trees and palms. A single man with a shaved head, wearing an orange shirt and orange dhoti-style wrap, stands with his back to the camera, facing a small altar. On the altar is a framed portrait garlanded with red and white flowers and draped in orange cloth, beside a red flag on a pole and a multicoloured parasol. A garlanded cloth-covered stone with a printed image sits on the left, near rocks.2008-05-19A young man in an orange shirt printed with a blue logo and an orange dhoti-style wrap stands with his back to the camera, raising a brass aarti lamp or kalasha-like vessel high in one hand toward a rocky hillside. Nearby stands a small shrine with orange and red flags, a colourful striped umbrella over a stone platform, and a red-draped structure among green shrubs and palms. The setting is dry, rocky and sunlit, with a hazy sky above.2008-05-19A washed-out, overexposed outdoor photograph on a rocky hillside. A young man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged at the base of a carved stone shrine, holding green leaves in his hands. The shrine holds a carved deity murti decorated with a red and white flower garland, with brass puja vessels and offerings set before it. A colourful striped umbrella and a palm tree stand behind, with dry scrub vegetation on the slope.2008-05-19Outdoor photograph on a dry rocky hillside with sparse green shrubs and a bare tree. In the foreground at left, a young man with short dark hair, seen from behind, wears an orange shirt with a blue logo and sits on a rock holding a notebook. A small shrine with a saffron flag on a pole, a decorated mound of stones and a striped umbrella with floral garlands stand on the slope in the middle distance. The setting appears to be a hill site rather than a temple hall.2008-05-19