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December 23 20082008-12-23December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph taken from behind on an outdoor ratha-style shrine platform with a gold-painted canopy and carved lion figures. A barefoot person in a full orange robe and orange head wrap stands facing a deity murti dressed with yellow and red garlands and flower strings. Beside the murti, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a figure in orange robes and a beaded necklace, surrounded by yellow and green garlands. To the right, a man in a white shirt and yellow vest kneels on the orange mat. Speakers stand on the platform, and coconut palms and a crowd fill the background.2010-02-18A photograph of a shrine room inside an ashram. On the left, a man in orange robes with a white tilak on his forehead and a gold chain holds flowers in his hands, facing the altar. Centre-right, a seated figure in white garlanded with red and white flower garlands sits before a carved wooden throne-like altar. Behind the seated figure, a framed portrait shows a man in orange robes and a beaded mala seated before a banyan tree, hand raised in blessing. A carved wooden lion figure sits on the altar, and a small deity murti in orange and red stands in front. Flower-draped backdrop with a banyan tree photo and carved stone pillar behind.2012-04-11 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23A photo of a samadhi-shrine ceremony outdoors under a canopy of palm fronds and orange-and-yellow marigold garlands. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold cloth draped over his shoulder holds a lit camphor aarti plate, flame rising, with rudraksha beads on his chest. Three saffron-robed sannyasis stand beside him with hands folded in namaste, one with a long beard and one with a shaved head. Two white-clad devotees with folded hands stand at right. Beside them, a large framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with white and red flowers, and a bed of orange and red flowers lies at its base. The portrait is a depiction of a person, not a physical presence in the scene. Five physical people are visible.2007-08-09December 23 20082008-12-23April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsDecember 02 20092009-12-02December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 24 20082008-12-24