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January 05 20082008-01-05Wide view of a covered hall with a long row of devotees, mostly women in white and pastel clothes with white headbands, kneeling and bowing forward with foreheads to the mats on the floor. Many people fill the room in dense rows. At the far end, a raised platform holds a decorated deity murti framed by red drapes and a tiered shrine, with a standing figure in orange robes near the stage. A camera on a tripod faces the stage, and red and orange lanterns hang from the ceiling. Plain grey walls and windows line the sides.2008-01-05A large indoor hall with white walls and a corrugated ceiling holds a dense crowd of devotees prostrating face-down on mats and a green carpet. Most wear white clothes with white cloth headbands tied around their heads; others wear orange, pink, and light-blue garments. A small camera on a tripod films the group. Along the top wall hang posters and banners, with colourful hanging cloth panels. A seated figure in a dark brown top and white headband sits at the far right near the front, and a few standing people are visible through the doorway at left. Several hundred people are visible, many partially obscured.2008-01-05A long hall with a corrugated metal roof and tall decorative pillars in red, white and blue patterns with orange tassels. Dozens of devotees, mostly wearing white clothes with white head cloths tied at the back, kneel and bow forward with their foreheads touching mats on the floor in prostration. Some wear red, pink, green or patterned garments, and several sit on folded mats while others kneel on the bare concrete. A tripod-mounted camera stands among them. Framed panels and photographs line the left wall, and a figure in white stands near the far doorway. The congregation fills the hall in rows.2008-01-07Large hall filled with many participants dressed in white, seated and bent forward with heads bowed to the floor, several with white cloth bands tied across their foreheads or eyes. Two tall banners of a long-haired woman in red and white hang on the left wall. On the far stage, a golden-yellow seated figure sits beside a floral backdrop and a banner reading Nithyananda Spurana Programme. Pink and blue draped curtains frame the stage.2006-07-28January 07 20082008-01-07A large hall filled with a dense crowd of people performing a prostrate or child's-pose style bow on the floor, arranged on orange, red and blue mats. Most wear white or pastel kurtas and salwar outfits, with some in yellow, pink, maroon and green. Ceiling fans and white cloth draped overhead, with wall cabinets, folded bedding and stacked boxes along the sides. At the far end, a few people stand near a raised front area with a white covered table. Faint text in the corner reads a copyright notice that is not included here.2010-02-20A large hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hung with framed banners. Many devotees in white clothes, some with orange and yellow garments, kneel and prostrate on mats across the floor, foreheads touching the ground. A tripod-mounted video camera and a handheld camera operator in white clothes stand in the centre among them. Near the back, a figure in orange robes stands by the open doorway, and a few other people are seated further away. The scene shows a group prostration in an ashram-style hall.2008-01-05A large hall with white walls, ceiling fans and a white draped ceiling holds a dense crowd of several hundred people performing prostrations on the floor. Most wear white, with others in blue, yellow, pink, red and green saris and kurtas, and many lie on orange and blue mats with heads bowed. Striped mattresses are stacked along the left wall, and a few people stand near the front and back of the room, one in white near the centre. Tall windows with orange curtains line the walls, and a small stage with a sound system is visible at the back.2010-02-20February 08 20082008-02-08December 03 20112011-12-03 +1 copiesA large indoor hall with white walls and a corrugated roof shows thirty or more people kneeling and bowing forward with foreheads to the floor in prostration, many in white clothing with white head cloths. A few wear coloured sarees and salwar in teal, pink and orange. On the right, a man in an orange robe and orange shawl sits on a red-cushioned seat beside a table draped in white, with a kalasha-like object on it. Several people in the foreground wear white with red and white cloth, with bags and sandals on the floor. Camera tripods stand among the devotees, and framed posters hang on the back wall. The scene suggests a group prostration or darshan session.2008-01-05