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July 22 2013

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A photograph of a large display screen showing a live video feed of a seated group during a puja. In the foreground, a woman in a yellow saree sits cross-legged before a low table holding a white plate with red and yellow offerings and a small lamp. Behind her, several people in white and pastel clothes sit in a row on the floor of a room, including a woman in pink and a man in a yellow shirt. A plastic fan and a patterned purple and gold panel are visible at the right edge. The screen image is blurred. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2011-03-05Indoor home puja with a group seated on the floor before a low pink-painted square altar bearing a green coconut with garland, a brass pot and lit oil lamps. Trays of bananas, oranges, limes, flowers, yellow marigolds and bowls of food are arranged in front. A man in white dhoti and shawl sits with hands folded in prayer beside a woman in a purple sari with orange border, also praying. Other seated family members include a man in red, a woman in pink sari, and children in white, blue and red clothing. A television and cabinet stand against the wall behind them.July 25 20092009-07-25A photograph of a devotional puja inside a room with a white cloth on the floor. Several seated devotees with palms pressed together face a framed portrait on the right, garlanded with white and pink flowers. The portrait shows a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, seated before a tree trunk, though the portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person. In the foreground a man in an orange kurta kneels with folded hands, and a woman in a maroon and cream sari sits with her back to the camera, wearing a dark bead mala. Offerings on the cloth include bananas, fruit, a lit oil lamp, flower petals, a kalasha-like brass vessel, kumkum and incense sticks. Around six people are visible, mostly women in cream and blue saris, plus men in white shirts seated at the back.2009-08-20July 25 20092009-07-25A photograph of a pada-pooja ritual in a plain room with pale green walls and built-in shelves. A seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on an orange cushioned seat at right, hands pressed in anjali, eyes closed. Devotees in white and yellow-bordered saris and white shirts kneel on a striped rug, some holding silver plates with kalasha-style pots, flowers and kumkum. A man in a white shirt sits with palms joined, and a young child stands among them. Trays of fruit and sweets sit on a wooden table, and a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" hangs on the wall. Several people are visible, including partially cropped figures at the edges.2010-01-24A seated man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap and sits at the left, palms pressed together in namaste on a low platform. Before him, a group of about twelve devotees sit on a striped mat in a plain room with two red-cushioned wooden sofas and a wall mirror. Several devotees in white dhotis and white saris with yellow shawls hold brass thalis of puja items and lamps, while others sit with hands folded in prayer. A tray of apples and sweets and a folded gold-bordered cloth lie on a table at left. The scene reads as a pada puja gathering with devotees offering worship to the seated figure.2010-01-24 +1 copiesA small home room with mint-green walls where a group of devotees sit on the floor in a satsang or puja gathering. On the right, a woman in a white sari with a red-pink border and a black bead mala speaks while others listen. A man in white shirt and dhoti with a dark mala sits at left beside two women in white saris. On a white-draped table in the center stands a large framed portrait of a man in orange robes wearing a floral garland, with brass oil lamps lit on either side and marigold and rose petals scattered before it. Trays hold fruit, flowers and offerings, and a flower-garlanded plate sits on a mat in front. A television and shelves of framed photographs fill the background.Indoor photo of a seated group in a plain whitewashed room during a Navaratri-style puja. A woman in white with long braided hair sits at left, hands raised before a small table draped in white cloth holding a framed picture of a goddess-like figure in orange with flowers and a brass oil lamp. Nearby on the floor are brass plates of offerings, flowers, and a tray of sweets. Around the cloth sit about ten people: an older man in white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth, an older woman in white, a young girl in pink, a woman in pale green, and several young men in white shirts and checked shirts, some smiling. A framed portrait hangs on the right wall behind them. Green mat on floor.2009-10-10Indoor photo of a seated devotional gathering on a green mat with striped border inside a tiled hall with glass display cabinets and framed pictures on the wall. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with gold border sits with hands folded, beside a woman in a red-and-maroon sari; a woman in a sheer beige sari with red border kneels at the lower right near a small tray of puja items, brass oil lamps and a small plate. Behind them, women and children in white, blue and green clothes sit listening, and older men in white shirts sit along the back. A rudraksha-style mala is visible on several people. A small plate of white items and a brass vessel sit on the cloth.2009-10-10A seated congregation inside a hall with pink walls and red curtains, with folded mattresses stacked behind them. In the foreground, a woman in a green top and a woman in white sit on mats beside brass lamps, a small bowl, and banana-leaf or fruit plates with offerings. A woman in a dark red sari and glasses sits with hands together, and a woman in white clothes with glasses and a pendant sits upright. At right, a woman in a cream sari with pink embroidery sits with hands folded. Several other women in white and orange, and children in white and yellow, are seated on the mats. No one clearly identifiable as a person appears in the frame.2011-10-03A seated man in orange robes and a white flower garland receives a camphor aarti from a woman in a white sari with a magenta blouse, during a puja on a blue cloth with yellow edging. A row of devotees sits around him: a woman in a mustard sari with an orange shawl presses her palms together at left, two young women sit in white and teal salwar dress, and young men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit at right, one with hands folded. Fruit, sweets, flower petals, steel vessels and boxed sweets are arranged on the cloth in front. The wall is pale tiled with a round wooden plaque at left.2009-07-25