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A doorway decorated with a garland of yellow and orange marigolds and mango leaves hangs above a white door frame lined with marigold strings. A man in a grey striped kurta and white trousers stands barefoot at the threshold on a checked cloth, facing into the room. Inside, several people sit on mats on the floor in shirts, watching a satsang. A camera on a tripod is set up near the doorway, and a standing figure in white is visible further back by a window in a red-brick room.

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November 29 20132013-11-29Outdoor temple entrance decorated with an arch of orange and yellow marigold garlands, green mango-leaf torans and banana-leaf pillars. A red carpet runs toward a white temple gate where a crowd of men in white dhotis and kurtas and some in saffron and orange robes gathers. In the foreground a bespectacled man in a white shirt and trousers walks forward. A woman in an orange sari with a marigold garland stands with hands joined in namaskar near the centre. A cameraman with a video camera on the right films the procession of devotees.2008-10-09October 19 20082008-10-19Photograph inside a large tented hall at Bidadi Adheenam during a ritual gathering, with a striped multicolour mat covering the floor. Many men and some women in white ritual clothes, with white dhotis and shirts and some wearing lanyard identification cards, sit on the floor or stand along the sides. A standing man in the foreground in white clothes holds a small object in his hand and wears an orange-beaded necklace. Tall cylindrical hangings in yellow, blue and orange patterns with elephant motifs hang from the ceiling, and a framed picture is visible on the right wall. No a person candidate is visible, so the a person field is none.2007-12-24November 29 20132013-11-29 +1 copiesA wide photograph of a Vedic marriage ritual in an open-sided courtyard with a corrugated roof decorated with green leaf garlands and hanging paper lanterns. Seated on striped woven mats in the foreground, priests in orange robes and a man in white perform rites over brass plates of flowers, fruit, and offerings. Opposite them, two figures in orange robes sit on a red patterned rug beside tall golden staffs, and a bearded man in orange with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace stands at right. A large crowd of seated devotees in white, orange and pink saris and kurtas fills the hall behind. A camera on a tripod at left records the ceremony. Several people are visible, with the crowd seated in rows.2008-12-26A large tent-covered hall with a red-and-yellow striped floor mat where a seated group of devotees listens to a speaker on a raised dais. Many attendees sit cross-legged on mats, some on white plastic chairs in the foreground; several wear white clothes while others wear orange robes. A cameraman in orange stands at right behind a tripod-mounted camera, and colourful hanging tassel decorations line the ceiling. A figure in orange sits on a green-draped seat at the front, with a maroon curtain stage behind.2008-01-09August 15 20102010-08-15November 29 20132013-11-29 +1 copiesA photograph inside a decorated tent with red and cream draped valances. Several men seated in a row on a red and patterned carpet wear white dhotis or kurtas, with saffron-orange shawls and some with red wraps, and some hold their hands together in prayer. A man in white stands at the back near the tent wall, and another man in white with a bald head walks at left across a green carpet. Marigold garlands in orange and yellow line the foreground edge of the carpet, and flower arrangements sit at the right. Blue-covered tables stand behind the seated row. Roughly ten people are visible.2009-01-01A seated assembly of large crowd in a tented hall with hanging colourful tassel banners and ceiling fans. In the foreground, several young men in white dhotis and white shirts with saffron or yellow shawls sit on mats, some with rudraksha malas. Two monks in saffron robes sit at the left edge. A man in a white shirt wears a white garland-like necklace and sits cross-legged on an orange mat. Behind them, rows of attendees in white clothes sit facing forward toward a stage area with a camera on a tripod at left. Text on the wall reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam.2010-08-08A photograph inside a freshly decorated room with white walls and a tiled floor, where a bald, bare-chested priest in red-and-gold dhoti and saffron-orange shawl stands at a doorway hung with orange marigold garlands, holding a bundle of pink flowers. Ahead of him a woman in a red-and-gold sari holds a flower garland. On the left, men in white kurtas and rudraksha malas stand with hands folded in namaskar, one holding a red cloth-wrapped bundle. A cameraman in white shirt films with a video camera on the left. In the foreground, a woman in a yellow sari with a long braid holds a basket of pink flowers and coconut, and another woman in a cream sari watches with folded hands. A framed deity picture hangs on the wall beside a leafy garland.2014-06-16