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October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27A photograph inside a small room with white walls and a window, showing a devotee in a rust-red sleeveless top and orange wrap standing at a table draped in gold cloth. The devotee holds a brass oil lamp and makes an offering over a tray with small brass dishes and a flower-filled silver plate. To the right, a large framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with red flowers and hangs above a cushioned seat draped in gold and red fabric. Around them, white-clad men in shawls, a few young boys in yellow and white, and a woman in a red sari watch from the doorway and window. A video camera on a tripod sits in the lower right foreground.2008-10-27Photo 116887742014-07-03 +2 copiesDevotees perform worship before a framed portrait on a pale wall, in a small room with a wooden cabinet at right. The portrait shows a smiling woman in orange with a white floral garland, placed among flowers and a brass lamp with lit wicks on a white-draped table. A man in a white shirt at left holds a flower-lined plate, while a woman in a red top with a white flower garland stands in front of the table. An orange-robed man at right stands beside the cabinet, and a seated man in an orange shawl with his back to the camera faces the altar. A man in a white shirt, a woman in a green-and-pink sari, and a man with folded hands complete the group. Incense smoke rises near the portrait.2009-02-04A priest in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban stands at left, holding a silver lamp with a flame and wafting smoke toward a shrine. He wears a white and red flower garland. Nearby on the table are three framed photos with flower garlands, brass lamps, a copper vessel and plates of flowers. A banner behind reads Nithyananda Youth Foundation with a portrait of a saffron-clad figure and a Salem contact line. A flower-garlanded lamp and offerings sit on a mat in the foreground. A white sofa is at left.2008-11-11July 29 20082008-07-29A photograph of a temple-type open-air shrine with a corrugated roof. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange robes, with a red and white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed. Beside him stands another saffron-robed man with a long beard. To the right, a framed portrait labelled with a readable name sits on a red chair draped in orange fabric, garlanded with marigold and yellow flowers. Behind, men in white dhotis and orange shawls carry a kalasha and lamps, and a deity murti stands decorated with garlands. Stainless steel counters hold brass oil lamps and offering trays.2009-12-30A home shrine room with framed deity pictures on the walls and a small wooden cabinet altar. A tall man in an orange sleeveless top and orange cloth, wearing a white and red flower garland, stands at left and holds out his hands toward the altar. Beside him, another man in orange robes with a shawl and a wristwatch reaches toward a brass oil lamp burning on the altar, which holds fruit and offerings. At right, a woman in a white sari with glasses and a beaded necklace stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. A framed portrait of a bearded man in a white turban sits at the bottom of the altar, with a garland and a tray of sweets. Marigold flowers decorate the framed pictures on the left wall.2010-01-10October 27 20082008-10-27July 07 20142014-07-07