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A photograph of a crowded seated satsang audience inside an ornate temple hall with carved orange-brown pillars and a golden trident-topped finial. Many devotees sit on the floor and on low benches, facing left toward an unseen speaker. Foreground figures include a man in a grey shirt with a red-orange shawl, a bald man in orange, a woman in a bright patterned top, and a woman in a yellow sari and a green blouse. Others wear saffron, pink, and white saris and kurtas. Water bottles and a steel jug sit on a ledge at right, and a small table holds brass items at left.

Photograph of a seated congregation filling a stone-pillared hall, with a large brass trishula standing among them. Many devotees sit close together on the floor and along a low stone ledge, including women in saris and salwar kameez in yellow, orange, blue and green, a man in a grey shirt with a tilak on his forehead, a bald man in white with an orange shawl in the foreground, and a man with long dreadlocks in white. Water bottles, a steel flask and a white mug sit on the ledge, and a brass deity murti and oil lamps are at the left. Roughly thirty people are visible. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so the figures are shown as devotees in the crowd.

A photograph of a seated crowd inside a stone temple hall with tall carved pillars and a polished wooden floor. Many devotees sit cross-legged in rows; a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari and a woman in a lavender sari sit near the front, several girls wear maroon and gold dresses and beaded necklaces, a man wears an orange shirt, and several men wear white shirts and white dhotis. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti kneels at the right edge. The gathering appears attentive, facing toward the left of the frame.

A large seated gathering of devotees in an open courtyard at an ashram, sitting on mats and a pink-and-purple striped rug on the ground. Women in saris and salwar in orange, red, blue and white sit at left, while men and women in white kurtas and white dhotis sit in the centre and right. A bearded man in a brown-and-black kurta sits in front, and a bald man in white sits at right. Brass ritual lamps and a golden kalasha-like vessel stand among them, with a brass lamp stand on the right and a red building behind. Phones rest on the mat. The people appear to be listening attentively.

Devotees in white clothing sit on striped woven mats in an open temple courtyard, facing a golden canopied shrine with a deity murti at centre. Many wear green and white lanyard-style garlands. In the foreground a bald man in white with an orange-gold sash sits with his back partly to camera, and a brass trident stands at left beside a small brass lamp stand at right. A seated figure in saffron-red robes is visible at far right near a stone pillar, and an older woman in white sits in the background among other attendees. Banana and palm trees frame the open-air setting.

October 01 2016

August 04 2016

A seated group of women and girls in a hall during a ritual, many holding small brass oil lamps. Foreground: a young girl in a red top with gold border and a blue-beaded cord; a woman in an orange sari with gold border holds a brass lamp and a rudraksha mala; a woman in a white embroidered top and rudraksha mala sits beside her. Middle row: a woman with a white forehead mark wears an orange-and-gold sari; a woman in a pale blue-and-white floral top wears beads. Back rows: women in white and orange-gold saris, one with grey hair in a white top, others in white clothes, with brass lamps and a plastic container on the floor. Many participants wear white or saffron clothing, and tiled floor and pillars surround them.

April 16 2016

October 01 2016

A large seated congregation at an evening Guru Purnima gathering at the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with many rows of devotees sitting on mats and a stone platform. Most wear white or cream clothes, with women in red, orange and blue saris and some in saffron. Several women have hands pressed together in prayer or eyes closed in meditation, and some wear bangles and necklaces. A pink and red decorated figure appears at the upper left and marigold garlands hang from the ceiling.

December 05 2016