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A woman in a white outfit with a yellow sash performs a yoga posture on a white stage in front of a deep red velvet curtain, lifting one leg high behind her while balancing on her hands and knees. A seated audience of many people in white and light clothing faces the stage from the foreground, with heads and backs visible. The setting suggests a nithya yoga session.

A yoga demonstration on a raised stage in front of deep red velvet drapes. A woman in white clothes with a yellow sash performs a balancing pose on hands and knees, one leg extended straight back and raised high. A large audience of seated people in white and light clothing faces the stage from the foreground, with backs and heads visible. The scene suggests a Nithya Yoga session.

A large indoor satsang hall with red velvet drapes and a gold valance. Many devotees in white clothes and red shoulder sashes sit on the patterned carpet, mostly seen from behind, some on white chairs. On the raised stage at left, a figure in white stands beside a brass oil lamp, and a projection screen hangs on the back wall. The people are seated facing the stage, listening to a discourse.

Indoor yoga session in a hall with a dark red curtain backdrop. A woman in a white kurta and white pants stands on a raised stage at the top, holding a microphone, wearing a yellow-gold stole. Thirty or more participants in white clothes lie on coloured yoga mats in cobra-type backbend poses, on green, purple and orange mats, many with their hands on the floor. Some wear grey or green tracksuit tops. A wall sign reads Photography, Video Course, Mobile Course and Audio Counselling with a Strictly Prohibited notice, and bags are placed near the front rows.

A photograph of a large hall with a deep red curtain backdrop and warm stage lighting. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged on the floor in the foreground, seen from behind. On the stage, a group of people in white stand in a row on the left, some wearing yellow or orange shawls. Near the centre, a figure in white and saffron-orange garments stands before a low white-draped platform with a white circular backdrop, while others in white attend nearby. A woman in white stands on the right beside a whiteboard, and a saffron-orange shawl hangs on a seated figure near the right edge. A hanging textile banner decorates the upper right corner.

A photograph of a satsang hall with red velvet drapes and a gilded golden throne-like seat on a raised stage. A woman in white stands at the stage holding a blue folder or book, beside a brass oil lamp. Dozens of devotees sit cross-legged on a patterned carpet facing the stage, mostly in white clothes with red-and-saffron shawls and white chairs in the foreground. One seated person in a purple-maroon robe and red shawl sits at the right. No one is clearly identifiable as a person on the stage; the figure on stage is a woman in white.

A hall with a red velvet curtain and white ceiling drapes shows a large group of people kneeling and bowing forward on yoga mats, foreheads near the floor, in a yoga or prostration posture. Most wear white, with some in orange, maroon, and dark clothing. A single figure in white stands on a raised platform at the far end, apart from the group. Wall signs and a few chairs appear at the right edge.

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June 22 2008

A large hall with a dark red curtain stage at the back and a small standing figure in white on the stage. Rows of participants lie prone on colored yoga mats, arms stretched forward, in a group yoga posture. Most wear white kurta-style clothes; others wear orange, grey, brown and black garments. Bags and folded items sit beside some mats. Blue wall signs and a tiled floor frame the room.

July 10 2011

A seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair sits on a white cushioned throne on a raised stage in front of deep red drapes, speaking into a microphone on a stand. In the foreground, a group of about ten people sit cross-legged on orange and red mats in white clothing, several with shaved heads, facing the stage. A small wooden stool sits before the throne and a white lectern stands to the right. The setting resembles a satsang or discourse hall. The seated figure in orange is a probable Swamiji (long hair, saffron robe, throne-seated speaker), described as presiding over the satsang. Attendees wear white and sit on mats. Some water bottles are placed on the floor.