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January 01 2013

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A seated group of devotees sits in prayer in an indoor hall with orange walls and steel railings. In the foreground, a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari and a woman in a red patterned top sit with palms pressed together. Beside them a woman in a blue striped sari holds her hands in anjali, with a rudraksha mala around her neck. Behind them, rows of people in white clothing sit on mats, some with eyes closed. Tall banners with floral and bird patterns hang on the walls, and printed panels are mounted above. Some people sit in a line along the railing.November 29 20112011-11-29A seated congregation of devotees in white clothing fills a covered hall with a concrete floor and corrugated roof. Rows of people sit on woven mats behind steel railings, many in white shirts and white kurta-style garments, some wearing rudraksha or beaded necklaces. A bald man with a long beard, in white with a mala, sits at the right edge of the front row. Colourful cloth-wrapped pillars and paper streamers hang from the ceiling. Wall boards and a framed photo display text and portraits, and a bookshelf stands at left. Personal bags and folded white cloth lie in the foreground. No one is clearly identifiable as the speaker in this view.2009-06-01A photograph inside a plain hall with a corrugated roof where a crowd of men sits and stands along a white wall. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts wear rudraksha malas. One man in an orange shirt and white dhoti stands at right, and a man in a pink shirt stands beside him. Colourful painted pillars with geometric and floral patterns hang from the ceiling at left and rear. A framed printed photograph of a seated man in orange on a hillside, with paragraph text beside it, hangs on the wall at top right. Several people sit in the foreground, one holding a young child in blue overalls. A caption on the wall reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam copyright text.2010-06-27July 22 20102010-07-22A large crowd of seated devotees fills a tin-roofed hall with orange-painted walls, many wearing white and cream clothes with yellow and orange shawls. In the foreground, women sit on orange and maroon mats near a metal railing, some working on laptops. A red carpet and orange cloth lie before a small seated elder in white on the right, while a video camera on a tripod and a laptop stand in the centre. Decorative striped pillars line the back wall, and a banner with photographs and text hangs above the crowd.2010-08-26July 22 20102010-07-22Indoor photograph of a seated group during a devotional ritual in an orange-walled hall with a striped tiled floor and hanging paper decorations. A woman in a white and gold sari stands at the left holding a round tray with a yellow powder heap and a flower. Several seated people in white, cream and saffron clothing wear white flower garlands, including a man in white at the lower center and a man in cream clothes on the right. A mat-covered floor is filled with seated devotees, and tripods with cameras stand at the right. A banner on the upper wall shows a figure in saffron, and a large framed sign with text hangs on the wall. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is confirmed in appearance.2011-11-29A seated group of devotees meditates in a covered hall with orange walls and a red carpet runner between rows of woven mats. In the foreground, a bald man in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged, eyes closed, beside an older man in a light blue shirt and white dhoti. Further back, women in white and light blue saris sit on mats, and a white-clad woman with short blonde hair meditates to the right. In the background, an altar with a deity murti and a kalasha sits under a pillar, with draped orange curtains and a framed poster on the wall.2010-07-22Interior hall of an ashram with orange walls and a corrugated roof, where a group of devotees sits cross-legged on mats in a seated puja or meditation. Foreground women wear orange, red, yellow and white saris and salwar; one woman in orange and a girl in a green dress hold brass plates and small oil lamps with lit wicks. Several devotees have hands folded in anjali. A row of men in white dhotis sits on the right, one bare-chested with shaved head. Colourful woven hangings line the walls, a metal railing runs through the room, and small brass thalis with oil lamps are placed on the floor. No clear a person candidate is identifiable.2010-12-14December 01 20092009-12-01 +1 copiesDecember 23 20102010-12-23