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January 01 2008

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A person with long dark hair, seen from behind and partly in profile, holds up a large framed board of printed photographs. The board shows a grid of temple deity images decorated with garlands, flowers and ornate gold arches. One central photo shows a figure in orange robes and rudraksha beads with hands pressed in anjali. Captions on the board read Nithyananda Vedic Temples, Vedic Temple - Los Angeles, USA and Vedic Temple - Bidadi, INDIA. Gold ornamental decorations and floral garlands fill the background, with a white canopy overhead.2008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01Outdoor exhibition tent with a draped white and red fabric canopy. Two people stand before a display board of printed photographs of deity murti, temple shrines and devotional scenes, with a yellow and green marigold garland strung across the top. A man on the left wears a white kurta and a saffron-orange shawl, with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala visible, looking toward the boards. A woman in a red-orange sari-style dress and long dark hair points at a printed panel. Red plastic chairs sit in the foreground and a large photo backdrop of saffron-toned draped fabric stands at the right edge.2007-12-13A photograph of an exhibition display with framed photographs of deity murti adorned with garlands on a draped white satin backdrop with red curtains. A long-haired person in an orange sleeveless top points at the framed prints, while a second person with dark shoulder-length hair in white clothing stands at the left edge facing the display. Two physical people are visible. The prints show decorated deity murti and a woman in orange clothing standing beside shrines. Additional text on the right reads a caption about Sri Annapoorneshwari (Shiva and Parvati) entering the Divine Temple.2007-12-13January 01 20062006-01-01A photograph at a festive temple event: a smiling man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a tall orange turban and a long gold-bead necklace stands at a floral-decorated throne area, reaching toward a large white board covered with handwritten notes and small photos. Beside him, a bald-headed man in an orange shawl with a gold-bead necklace and a beaded bracelet holds the board up with his hand. Marigold and rose garlands and yellow flowers decorate the backdrop, and gold-toned altar fabric sits below. A few heads of other people are visible in the foreground. a person: the smiling man in the orange turban with long dark hair and a gold-bead necklace, shown being presented with the board, matching the page's note of a person's presence.2011-07-15October 19 20082008-10-19April 26 20122012-04-26A man in an orange saffron wrap stands at a table displaying framed devotional prints of deities and small embroidered cloth pouches, examining one closely with both hands. He has long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and a bare-shouldered orange garment. Behind him a second man in white clothes with an orange shawl and a mala stands near a window, and a partially visible person stands at the left edge. Framed pictures of goddess and deity images sit on the table, with a pink arched frame at right and a small carved wooden shrine in the background. The presentation is a shop-like display of religious items. a person identification is based on the long hair, saffron wrap and mala cues on the standing man at left, not on face; the central man in orange is the one whose appearance is uncertain.2008-11-02A photograph of a public event with a red carpet and banana-leaf decorations. A long-haired figure in an orange-gold garment with a bare shoulder stands with hands folded, facing an older man in an orange-saffron robe with a green-and-gold border and a white garland, who holds his palms together. Behind them, a man in a white kurta and orange shawl and a man in a white shirt with a red-and-gold stole stand near a red-cushioned gold chair. Attendants in white and orange stand in the background beneath blue and pink draped fabric and a flower-decorated canopy.2008-01-01Indoor temple ritual in front of a shrine of decorated deity murtis draped in marigold garlands and colourful silks. A man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a tilak sits on a low seat reading from an open book at a microphone, while a second man in orange, bare-chested with a shawl, handles brass plates and small vessels. A woman in orange-red sari sits to the left, and children and a young woman in a red top and green sari sit in the foreground facing the shrine. Platters of flowers and offerings sit on the floor. The appearance of the seated central man is only suggestive, so identity is uncertain.March 23 20082008-03-23