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October 02 2014

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October 02 20142014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02April 28 20152015-04-28October 02 20142014-10-02Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard with red-painted buildings and palm trees behind. A shaved-headed man in rust-red robes with a gold-bordered cloth holds a copper vessel aloft with his right arm while standing beside a fire pit. Beside him a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a dark rudraksha mala and red wrist threads stands with hands folded. Seated on an orange throne-like chair at right is a man in rust-red robes with gold trim, wearing white and orange flower garlands, hands resting in his lap. Behind him a priest holds a bell, and a brass pot and offerings sit near the fire. Yellow and red ceremonial banners hang from a red frame overhead. A homa or yagna offering is in progress; people in orange and maroon sit on the ground at left. The seated man has no distinctive appearance cues beyond garlands and throne, so identity is uncertain.2014-10-02A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and multiple rudraksha malas kneels and holds a lit camphor flame on a small metal aarti holder with his right hand, with smoke rising. White sacred ash marks cover his forehead and arms and he wears a gold bangle. Behind him, a man in white garments and a red shawl kneels and holds a metal vessel, with a camera operator visible at upper left. The setting is an outdoor courtyard with red pillars and trees.2013-03-29A photograph of an outdoor pavilion with red pillars and a gold-painted ceremonial palanquin behind a sheer white drape. A seated man in a maroon-and-gold dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold garland and a vibhuti/kumkum forehead mark, rests his chin on his hand on an orange-cushioned throne. Beside him, a shaved-headed young man in maroon and gold robes and a rudraksha mala kneels holding a brass bell-shaped vessel. A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a saffron-clad figure with a rudraksha mala. Two people are physically visible.2014-10-02Outdoor ritual under a corrugated metal roof with palm trees behind. A tall copper ritual pillar or kalasha stands at centre. A figure with hair tied back, wearing an orange-red robe with gold borders and a pink-and-white garland, reaches up to the top of the copper pillar and holds a straw-wrapped bundle. A second robed figure in orange-red stands beside them, reaching up with hands clasped. A bald man in an orange-red robe with a rudraksha mala sits at lower right, and another man with a sacred marking on his forehead sits at lower left. Some white-clad people stand in the background. a person appearance is uncertain.2014-09-09October 10 20132013-10-10A photograph of a seated man on an orange-upholstered throne-style armchair, wearing a saffron-red dhoti and shawl with gold borders and a long gold-bead garland, with a tilak on his forehead. Beside him a younger shaved-headed man in orange-red cloth with rudraksha malas stands at a small fire lamp, holding a ritual vessel over the flame. Behind them is a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes with a garland, and a gold-trimmed cart with white cloth and a pink towel on the armrest.2014-10-02Outdoor ceremony under an open pavilion with red-painted walls and an orange-cushioned throne chair. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing a rudraksha-style garland of yellow-orange flowers and saffron-red cloth edged in gold, sits on the throne with hands folded. Swamiji (probable) based on the swept-back hair, flower garland and saffron-red robe with gold borders; he is seated on the throne as the central figure. In front, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-red cloth with gold borders stands holding a lit oil lamp or arati flame over a low offering table with orange flowers. Another person in white clothing is partly visible at the left edge, and a woman in a red sari sits at the right near the throne. A framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure rests on a gold-trimmed side table draped with cloth.2014-10-02Outdoor ceremony under a red-framed pavilion with coloured cloth streamers hanging at right. A young man in rust-red robes with a gold-edged sash and a rudraksha mala raises one arm high while holding an orange-and-yellow cloth above his head. To his left stands a young man in white dhoti and shawl with a dark rudraksha mala, wearing glasses and an arm band. Seated on an orange throne-like chair at right is a man in orange-red robes with a gold garland and rudraksha beads, his hands folded in his lap. A woman in a dark top stands behind. Several seated devotees in saffron and orange clothes sit at lower left. Tiles and palm trees form the background.2014-10-02