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A large hall packed with seated devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks on their foreheads, sitting cross-legged on mats in meditative postures. Hanging above them are rows of colourful tasselled decorations in orange, red and blue. Sunlight streams in from the upper right, and a red curtain and a wall notice are visible at the back. Many attendees have eyes closed. The scene appears to be a satsang or meditation session. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible appearance.

December 02 2010

September 15 2015

2015-09-15 +1 copies

A large indoor satsang hall filled with seated devotees in white clothes, many wearing blue lanyards, sitting on orange and mustard cushions on the floor. Rows of red chairs are at the back and several people hold their palms together in anjali. Colourful woven hanging banners with orange tassels decorate the ceiling. A small display case is on the right wall. The scene looks like a satsang or meditation session. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this view, so the role of the speaker is not shown.

A large indoor satsang hall with a tiled floor and orange lanterns hanging from the ceiling. Many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on orange mats, with small oil lamps and offering plates set before them. Several men in the front row wear rudraksha malas, and one front-row man presses his palms together in prayer. Others hold open books. Behind them, a wide crowd of seated devotees fills the hall, and a figure in a dark red top sits near the back at the centre-right. Light beams in through the upper right.

A large photograph of a packed hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees, most dressed in white, with many people visible in rows toward the back. In the foreground, several shaved-headed men in plain white dhotis and shawls sit cross-legged on mats with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, some with white vibhuti or sandalwood lines on their foreheads and wooden rudraksha-style malas around their necks. Brass plates, small oil lamps and metal bowls sit on the mats before them. Orange and saffron fabric hangings with tassels hang from the ceiling at the top of the frame. The scene suggests a group satsang or prayer gathering, though no specific figure can be singled out from this view.

2010-10-22 +1 copies

A large hall at Sri Puram Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam during a Dasara celebration, with many men seated on the floor in white ritual dhotis and shawls, some with bare upper bodies, performing puja with brass plates and lamps in front of them. Tall decorative pillars wrapped in coloured cloth with orange tassels hang from a white canopy ceiling, and a few people in yellow and orange clothing sit toward the left. A small altar with a deity murti is visible at the far right. No single figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so the seated devotees are described by role only.

A large indoor hall with pink walls and a tiled floor holds a dense seated assembly of men in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders, many wearing rudraksha malas. In the foreground a man in an orange-red shawl sits with palms pressed together, and a bald man in dark-framed glasses and a white dhoti sits in front. Several men with bare chests and orange cloths sit among the crowd, and ceiling fans, wall-mounted framed pictures and a large stage screen with a bright image are visible. The scene reads as a satsang or discourse gathering with devotees seated on mats.

May 06 2018

2018-05-06 +1 copies

A large hall filled with seated devotees on orange and purple mats, most in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha malas, performing a ritual with brass plates of flowers, lamps and offerings placed before them. In the front left, a figure in orange robes sits facing the room. Coloured fabric tassels hang from the white ceiling, and a red banner at the back shows a portrait of a saffron-clad figure with a turban. A camera on a tripod and a small monitor sit near the front. Hundreds of people fill the hall.

Large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and hanging colourful fabric tassels, filled with rows of seated devotees in white clothes and orange or yellow garlands during a homa ritual. Men in white kurtas and dhotis sit cross-legged on mats with hands folded in namaste, while a man in a blue shirt and rudraksha mala sits in the foreground with eyes closed. Brass plates and small oil lamps with offerings sit before them. On the left wall hangs a painted deity image, and a framed picture of a deity hangs on the right side of the hall.

A seated congregation fills a hall during a satsang-style gathering. Many men and boys sit cross-legged on the floor wearing white dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha malas around their necks and wrists. Several wear orange or saffron cloths, and some have white or sandalwood markings on their foreheads and arms. A bald man in the centre wears white with a rudraksha mala and a white shawl, and a bald man in the lower right wears an orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and red-orange marks. In the background, a large screen and red-and-gold decorations frame the hall. No single figure in the foreground is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so the identity remains uncertain.