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A photograph of a shrine wall with ornate cream-coloured arched niches and columns. On the right, a large framed portrait of an elderly man in a dark cap, pale kurta and dhoti, hands folded in namaste, is garlanded with a long marigold garland and orange-and-white flower garlands; a small deity figure is shown above the portrait. On the left, a gold-coloured plaque with red-and-black Sanskrit or Gujarati-style script hangs beside the portrait. Red flower petals are arranged on the ledge below. No living people are visible in the shrine itself.

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A photograph inside a marble-walled hall showing a gold-coloured framed plaque set within an ornate arched frame with domed pinnacles and fluted pillars. The plaque displays a Sanskrit-style mantra in red script, headed by the Gujarati and Sanskrit line about removing obstacles, and titled Dada Bhagavan Trimantra. To the left a standing man in an orange-red shirt and white dhoti stands near a low wooden table draped with a cloth. At right, a framed portrait of a man in dark clothing is decorated with a marigold garland. A small wall speaker and a red banner with white Gujarati lettering appear at upper left.2009-09-10A tall framed portrait hangs on a white wall between cream-coloured pillars. At the top is a seated white-faced Jain tirthankara image in a golden crown, labelled as the present tirthankara Shri Simandhar Swami. Below, a standing elderly man in a dark cap, grey jacket and white dhoti, hands folded in namaste, is shown in a printed portrait with a bottom caption naming Akram Vignani Shri Dadabhagwan. Heavy tulsi-like seed garlands and flower garlands hang across the frame, with rose and marigold garlands around the man's neck and arms. Thin strings suspend the garlands from the top of the frame.2009-09-10A photograph inside a marble-floored hall with wooden pillars and carved wooden arches. In the foreground a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala walks with palms pressed together in namaskar, past a framed portrait of a man in a dark cap and garland. Behind him, a man in white kurta with a garland and a second man in white with a mala stand with hands folded; a woman in orange sari and a man in grey trousers stand to the left. A framed portrait garlanded with marigolds hangs on the right, showing a figure in white beneath a metal crest. Hanging text reads a Gujarati greeting. Several people in orange and white stand together near a low wooden table and a patterned rug.2009-09-10Indoor photograph in a marble-floored shrine hall at Dada Bhagavan Ashram. A man in white kurta points toward a framed gold-and-brown plaque inscribed in Gujarati-script mantra text, set in a carved cream stone arch with turned pillars. Beside him, an older man in a checked shirt and a man in an orange wrap and white clothes look on; a figure in an orange-and-white garment stands in the background, and a woman in a red-patterned shawl and green garment is partly visible near the window. A red patterned rug lies at the bottom, and a wooden platform sits below the arched windows. A pink banner with red Gujarati lettering runs across the top of the room.2009-09-10October 25 20062006-10-25October 05 20112011-10-05A photograph inside a white marble hall with arched windows, maroon pillars and framed pictures on the walls. A white octagonal marble platform in the foreground is decorated with a circular arrangement of pink and yellow flower petals around a central design. Several people stand on the polished black-and-white floor. On the right, a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds his hands together in greeting. Beside him, a man in an orange robe and red shawl stands with folded hands. Others in white kurtas and light clothing stand nearby, and a man in a cream kurta with trousers talks with a companion in the centre. Chairs are stacked along the left wall.2009-09-10March 16 20142014-03-16January 12 20072007-01-12Photograph of an empty room with a carved wooden shrine-like frame set against a pale wall. Inside the frame hangs a framed portrait of a smiling man with long hair wearing a light blue garment, garlanded with white and marigold flower strands. Gold and red drapery fills the background behind the frame. Brass oil lamps stand on either side of a white-covered platform in front, which holds fruit and flowers and a border of marigold and white garlands. No people are visible in the scene. The portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person.2007-01-30A photograph inside a white marble temple hall with carved pillars and marigold garlands over the doorway. A man in white kurta and dhoti stands with hands folded, wearing an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and eyeglasses, with his head lowered. To the right, a golden throne-like seat draped in a dark blue cloth holds a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" and is decorated with white and pink flower garlands. Several children and a woman in the foreground are seen from behind, in orange and dark clothing, on a glossy reflective floor.October 22 20062006-10-22