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January 28 2009

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A large indoor hall filled with hundreds of seated participants, mostly women and girls, viewed from an elevated angle. Most wear white headbands and sit in rows on mats, dressed in white, pink, purple, blue, green and yellow saris and salwar kameez, with long dark braids. At the front, a small figure in orange clothing sits on a raised dais before a banner showing a blue-clad figure in a meditation pose with a glowing red background and the printed word CHAKRAS. Garlands decorate the stage, and fans and speakers are mounted on the walls. The scene suggests a group meditation or workshop session.2009-01-28January 28 20092009-01-28A large indoor Arogya Yoga session in a tented hall, with a crowd of hundreds seated on green mats, mostly women in white and coloured salwar kameez and saris, many wearing white headbands and with long braids. A stage at the back has a red cloth and a large banner portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes, with Tamil text above and beside it. Two people in white stand on the stage near a microphone, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at the right edge. Side banners show more portraits in orange, and a camera on a tripod is visible at the right.2006-11-25January 28 20092009-01-28November 25 20062006-11-25Large tented hall at an Arogya Yoga program in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Hundreds of participants sit cross-legged on green mats facing a raised stage draped in red and white. Most wear white clothes and white headbands, with long braided hair; some wear saffron, yellow, blue and grey saris. A large portrait banner of a person hangs at the top of the stage, beside a banner reading Arogya Yoga. A figure in white and orange stands at a red-covered lectern on stage, with speakers and red chairs at the sides. Crowd is dense, well above one hundred visible participants.2006-11-26December 15 20062006-12-15September 14 20062006-09-14A photograph of a large outdoor yoga and meditation session under a canopy, with a crowd of several hundred people seated on green mats, mostly women in saris and salwar in white, yellow, lavender and blue, many with white cloths tied over their eyes and long braids visible. On a red-draped stage at the top, a figure in an orange robe sits centrally on a white chair in front of a large banner reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda with Tamil text and a portrait of a smiling figure with a saffron turban. Additional portrait banners flank the stage, and a whiteboard and speakers are visible.2006-11-26December 14 20062006-12-14January 25 20092009-01-25September 10 20102010-09-10