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August 03 2008

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Overhead view of an outdoor camp courtyard under white tarpaulin canopies strung with multicoloured bunting. A banner reads Nithyananda Suraksha Program (NSP) with phone numbers. Around a circular raised structure, about a dozen people in white clothes with orange saffron shawls move about or stand; several wear orange stoles and one woman wears a blue sari. Folding white chairs and a row of stalls with a red-draped table and a banner on the right suggest a health camp. A man in an orange shirt walks in the foreground. No identifiable a person is visible.2008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03Overhead view of an outdoor tent canopy with a large pink fabric roof edged by a strip of multicoloured pennant bunting. Beneath it and on the street, about six men in white dhotis and white shirts wear orange shawls or sashes. Some stand, while one seated man in an orange sash sits on a white plastic chair. A silver sedan and a yellow vehicle are parked nearby. A partly visible banner at the right reads Nithyananda and a sign mentions a programme. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03Wide outdoor view of a temple courtyard under a open-sided pavilion hung with orange triangular pennants and tall cylindrical banners wrapped in coloured cloth with tassels. A large central concrete platform with a red-and-white striped base holds a small square opening, and a raised shrine with a seated figure in orange sits beyond it, flanked by rows of stone statues. Dozens of people sit cross-legged on mats across the foreground: women in saris of white, green, and pink, and men and boys in white shirts and dhotis. Kolam designs are drawn on the floor in white. A lone figure in white stands at the right edge, and palm trees and a white-roofed shed surround the grounds. A banner with a painted image hangs at the left.2010-11-14A photograph of a ceremonial procession on a dirt courtyard at dusk, with palm trees and a parked silver car behind. A long-haired figure in a flowing orange robe walks barefoot at the centre, followed by a line of people in white and orange. Several attendants in white dhotis and orange shawls carry multicoloured parasols with fringed edges and bird motifs, and others carry round red and yellow drums or decorated plates. Behind them, more participants in white robes walk and a man in white stands at the back. A white chalk kolam design is drawn on the ground. A figure in orange with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala walks at the right side. The scene suggests a ritual procession. a person probable: long swept-back hair and an orange robe, though his face is not visible in this view.2007-02-10A courtyard procession under a corrugated roof at an ashram, with many devotees in saffron and orange robes and others in white dhotis and saris. A young man in orange with a red and orange rudraksha mala holds a white drum, and a man in white with gold-bordered cloth and beads stands beside him. Orange and red decorated umbrellas and kolam patterns are on the paved ground, with a banner of a world map nearby. Several dozen people are visible in the scene.2016-01-15Outdoor procession on bare dirt ground in front of a concrete block wall with palms and trees behind. Many people in white dhotis and white kurtas walk in a long line beneath colourful striped umbrellas with fringed tassels, held on poles by attendants at the edges. Several young boys and a few young girls in white walk near the front, while a few men wear saffron/orange shawls over white clothing; one figure in a full saffron robe walks near the centre. A netted fringed canopy hangs at the top left. The foreground shows the backs of people in white.2007-12-07Outdoor procession on a dusty ground in front of a white structure with a tall pillar, palm trees behind. Several people in white dhotis and white kurtas walk with large colourful ceremonial parasols featuring blue, red, orange and yellow panels with white motifs and fringed edges. Among them, a man in orange robes and an orange shawl walks at the front, and another figure in orange robes with a shawl walks at the centre, with a bald man in orange followed by others carrying parasols and a round red-and-gold fan. A silver car and a white SUV are parked at the left and right edges, and a white-dressed attendant holds a parasol in the foreground. Many people, roughly 21-100 visible.2007-02-10August 17 20062006-08-17January 30 20102010-01-30August 09 20072007-08-09