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November 24 2007

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A wooden canopy shrine with turned pillars and a domed top, decorated with strings of small blue and yellow lights, stands on a granite floor at night. Inside, a framed print of a deity murti with a yellow and gold halo is garlanded with orange and yellow flower garlands. Below, a folded orange and red cloth covers the shrine platform, and four small clay oil lamps burn on the floor in front. No people are visible.2007-11-24November 24 20072007-11-24November 24 20072007-11-24November 24 20072007-11-24A wooden home shrine cabinet against a cream wall holds a printed portrait labelled "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA" of a seated man in orange robes, with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, a red bindi and a raised hand, set before a banyan tree trunk. The portrait is garlanded with white flower strands and red roses, with an orange silk cloth draped at its side. Red roses lie on the shrine ledge, with a small brass lamp, a brass bell, a brass oil lamp and a kalasha-like cup on a metal tray in front, and a tissue box, a bottle and a matchbox nearby on the floor.2009-08-20April 07 20122012-04-07A decorated seat draped in gold and yellow silk with an orange cloth and a purple-bordered fabric, framed by garlands of white, yellow, orange and magenta flowers. Set at its centre is a framed photograph of a smiling man in orange robes seated cross-legged, a rudraksha mala and white garland around his neck, hand raised in blessing, with a tree trunk behind him. Purple and white flower bouquets stand in glass vases on a wooden floor, and a pink-clad deity murti with garlands is visible at the right in a wooden-beamed room. No physical people are present; the pictured man is shown only as a depiction in print.2011-10-07Photograph of an empty room with a carved wooden shrine-like frame set against a pale wall. Inside the frame hangs a framed portrait of a smiling man with long hair wearing a light blue garment, garlanded with white and marigold flower strands. Gold and red drapery fills the background behind the frame. Brass oil lamps stand on either side of a white-covered platform in front, which holds fruit and flowers and a border of marigold and white garlands. No people are visible in the scene. The portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person.2007-01-30A nighttime outdoor scene with a printed portrait mounted on a table draped in orange cloth over a white cloth with gold borders. The portrait shows a figure in saffron-orange robes seated in meditation posture before a large banyan-like tree trunk, wearing a beaded necklace and raising one hand in a blessing gesture, with a garland of white and red flowers framing it. Small orange flags are visible in the dark background. No physical people are visible; the figure appears only in the printed image.2008-04-03October 26 20112011-10-26A framed portrait labelled with a printed name sits on an ornate gold-coloured altar draped with a deep maroon velvet backdrop. The portrait shows a man in orange robes and a white beaded necklace, seated with one hand raised, set against a tree-trunk background; it is garlanded with an orange, green and maroon flower garland. Brass oil lamps with bird-finial tops flank the altar, with small flames lit, and gold-coloured stepped pedestals hold the frame. No physical people are visible; the image shows a portrait on a shrine.2012-04-07November 27 20122012-11-27