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September 09 2011

A woman in a yellow-orange sari with a pink and white flower garland stands before framed pictures draped with pink flower garlands. She holds a small brass lamp in one hand and touches it with the other, next to a tall brass oil lamp with a flame. Framed images show a deity murti seated on a lotus with a crown and a figure in yellow robes, and a large pink-turbaned portrait fills the background wall. A plain grey wall and a window with greenery appear at left.

A woman in an orange sleeveless garment with a golden-bordered orange sari-style wrap stands before a lit brass oil lamp, touching it with one hand. She wears a thick pink and white flower garland around her neck and has dark hair pulled back. Beside her, a large orange-toned backdrop shows a smiling man in an orange turban, and to the left a framed deity murti of a goddess seated on a lotus, crowned and holding objects, is decorated with pink and white flower garlands. A grey plaster wall and window frame are visible at left.

A person in an orange sleeveless garment with a large garland of pink roses and green foliage draped over the shoulders stands with back to camera at a small wall shrine. They reach toward a brass plate or bowl on a ledge beside a framed photograph of a smiling woman with long dark hair in a light outfit. A second person in pale clothing stands at the left edge, partly visible. Yellow-orange walls frame the scene.

A photograph inside a bare-walled room where a bare-chested figure in orange cloth stands with his back to the camera, reaching up to place a garland of pink and yellow flowers on a framed portrait. The portrait is part of a wall display with a green-and-orange banner reading Gurucakram above a central photo of a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala among trees. A large framed portrait on the right shows a smiling man in a white turban, dark blue ceremonial garment and ornate silver collar. To the left, an older man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together. Below, brass plates hold flowers, fruit and oil lamps, and a sheet of white flowers lies on the floor.

A photograph of a devotee in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a long pink and yellow flower garland around his neck, holding a small silver lamp and making an offering before three framed portraits draped with pink and yellow garlands on a white-covered table. The left portrait shows a woman with long hair, the centre portrait shows a man with long hair in orange robes and beads, and the right portrait shows a deity murti with a crown and red-and-gold garments. A second man in a yellow-orange cloth stands at the left edge, partly out of frame. Bare concrete walls and a window are behind them, and a poster with Tamil text stands at the left.

A photograph of a devotee in orange robes standing with his back to the camera before a framed portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, labelled in print on the photo. The portrait shows a figure in orange robes with a white flower garland, seated cross-legged on a cushion before a banyan tree, with one hand raised. The shrine wall is draped with pink, white, yellow and green flower garlands. Brass oil lamps, a small brass kalasha and plates with offerings sit on the ledge below. A second person in orange robes is partly visible at the right edge, and a garland of white and red flowers hangs over the first devotee's shoulder.

February 24 2007

A bare-chested priest in a rust-red dhoti with an orange-gold border stands in a small whitewashed room, wearing a pink flower garland and gold armlets. He holds a brass bell and lamp toward a wall shrine decorated with white and red flower garlands. Framed portraits hang on the wall: a deity poster with a golden crown, a saffron-robed figure with a rudraksha mala, a painted deity image, and a photo of a seated figure in orange robes labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Two people in white with rudraksha malas and folded hands stand beside him, another in orange robes stands at right, and a small altar holds lamps and flowers. Purple curtains hang at left.

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A photograph of a figure in orange saffron robes standing at a white-draped table during a ritual. The standing person wears a long pink flower garland around the neck and holds a small object in cupped hands, looking down toward the table. Before them is a framed portrait garlanded with pink roses and orange marigolds, surrounded by brass oil lamps and silver puja vessels with flowers on the cloth. Another orange-robed person stands at the left edge, and an orange cloth lies at the lower right. Behind is a colourful striped and star-patterned fabric backdrop in purple, pink, green and orange beneath a tree and building. The setting appears to be an outdoor house visit or puja.

A barefoot man in a saffron-orange dhoti and orange upper cloth, with long swept-back hair and a pink-and-yellow flower garland, performs aarti with a lit oil lamp before three framed pictures on a white-draped table in an unfinished concrete room. The central framed image shows a figure in orange with a rudraksha mala and a deity murti is in the right frame; a large brass lamp stands at right. A devotee on the left holds a tray of pink flowers, and a camera operator is visible at the right edge. Hindu ritual setting with orange clothing and garlanded portraits.