September 09 2011 - Nithyanandapedia

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September 09 2011

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A photograph of a man standing indoors against a terracotta-coloured wall. He wears a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and a long gold bead necklace, and has a white tilak mark on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. His hands are pressed together at chest level in anjali mudra as he looks upward. Behind him a printed poster shows a text block headed 'A brush with Existence...' and framed photographs of older men and a group of seated women and children. A blue glove is visible on a table to the right. The appearance is consistent with a presentation of the page's named candidate, but the presentation cues are not sufficiently distinctive for a confident label. Only one physical person is present.

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Three men stand in a row on a raised stage performing a ritual with handbells and golden ceremonial fans. The man on the left wears white dhoti and shawl with gold necklaces and bangles, holding a bell and a large golden fan. The centre man wears an orange-saffron robe with gold border and a garland of beads, shaved head with tilak, and holds a bell and a golden fan; he has a distinctive long orange-clad appearance but is a standing ritual participant. The man on the right wears white garments with a bead necklace and holds a bell. Behind them hangs a wall poster titled 'A brush with Existence...' with photos of a meditating figure, an elderly sage and a group of devotees, plus a second poster about Tiruvannamalai and yogi Ram Suratkumar. Orange walls and a corrugated roof frame the scene.

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A man with long dark hair and a red tilak walks barefoot along a red carpet inside a plain hall with an orange wall and corrugated roof. He wears a red and gold striped silk dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, and his hands are held in front of him. Behind him, a second man in an orange garment walks in the same direction. On the left, a gilded peacock figure stands beside a railing, and a wall display of framed photographs and printed panels hangs behind them.

A photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala walking across an orange-carpeted stage at an indoor hall with orange walls. Behind him, several devotees in white and cream clothes with yellow shawls stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. An ornate gold-and-red throne sits at the right of the stage, and a tray with a kalasha-like silver dish and offerings lies in the foreground. A bald man in white with an orange shawl stands at left, and a bald man in white with a rudraksha mala and a pale cap stands at right. A banner at the upper left shows photographs and text about a spiritual awakening. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired figure in saffron robes and rudraksha mala is the central subject, walking toward the stage.

A photograph inside a hall with an orange-painted wall and corrugated roof, showing a tiered goly display of small painted clay and wooden deity figurines on teal, red and orange cloth. A woman in an orange and green sari with a rudraksha mala walks along a metal railing with her hand raised to her face, and on the right a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a gold necklace stands near a banner. Wall posters show a seated yogi and a temple tower.

Photograph inside a whitewashed hall showing several garlanded metal deity murti standing on red-draped tables against the wall. Marigold and yellow flower garlands hang on each figure, and a ceremonial rod with a trident-like finial is visible. Below, seated devotees in white and saffron clothing sit in the foreground, one wearing a saffron shawl and another in white. A wall poster reads

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Indoor satsang in an orange-walled hall with a red carpet. Seated devotees fill the floor and a metal railing separates them from people standing behind. Several women in salwar kameez and light scarves sit in front, and a shaven-headed monk in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits at right, holding a camera. A large framed panel on the wall shows a printed article with photographs, and colourful decorative pillars stand beside it. A bald man in white ritual clothing sits at right.

A photograph of a temple interior during a ritual. Several men in saffron-orange robes stand and walk near a large golden kalasha-style vessel with a curved gold spout and a red wooden base. In the center a man with long dark hair, white sacred markings on his forehead and arms, and a white-and-red flower garland over his orange robe walks forward. Behind them an orange draped table holds a deity murti decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands. A framed poster on the wall shows black-and-white and colour portraits of sages above a paragraph of text.

Photo of three saffron-robed sannyasis standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra on a concrete floor beside a red carpet. The man on the left has long swept-back hair, a red bindi and an orange wrap; the centre man wears a rudraksha mala and wristwatch; the right man has short hair, a red bindi and a draped orange cloth. Behind them stand several men in white dhotis and shirts, one wearing a yellow shawl, under a wall banner with photographs of Sri Ramana Maharishi, Yogi Ram Suratkumar and Sri Annamalai Swamigal alongside printed biographical text.