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October 17 2010

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A large seated audience fills a white-walled hall beneath a white tented roof with colourful decorative banners hanging from its beams. In the foreground, rows of women in white saris with orange shawls sit with hands pressed together in prayer. Behind them, many men and women in white clothing and orange stoles are seated and standing. At the far right, a cameraman in white clothing with an orange stole operates a video camera on a tripod, and a laptop sits on a table near the front. The scene resembles a Gurupoornima satsang with devotees gathered in meditation or prayer.2008-07-17A photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall decorated with tall cylindrical banners in red, blue, yellow and white hanging from a white canopy ceiling. Many women in white and yellow saris and orange shawls sit on orange mats facing a screen and a small stand near a video camera on a tripod, with a camera operator in white and yellow at right. A few men in white kurtas and yellow shawls sit at the far right on the platform, and a shaved-headed devotee in a white robe sits among the front rows. Orange and white flower decorations and a seated figure appear near the back. The room is filled with white-clad devotees during a satsang gathering.2010-10-17A large seated congregation fills a hall with white tent-like ceiling and hanging colourful woven banners. Rows of devotees sit on the floor and on white chairs, many women in white saris with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, others in orange, pink and green salwar and saris, and men in white kurtas at the right. A small wall-mounted screen shows a figure, and a microphone stand stands at the right edge beside travel bags on the floor. Bookshelves line the left wall. Some attendees appear to be children and teenagers.2008-10-08October 17 20102010-10-17November 21 20102010-11-21Wide view of a large indoor hall during a Dasara celebration at Sri Purnam Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Rows of seated devotees, many women in white saris with orange or yellow shawls, sit on mats before small brass oil lamps and plates of offerings. Long hanging cloth panels in blue, yellow, red and orange with diamond motifs line the white ceiling. Decorated deity murtis and floral arrangements stand at the far end, and a camera crew with tripods and a monitor is at the right edge. A green-covered table sits at left. Many people are visible, so a crowd count is used.2010-10-17July 17 20082008-07-17June 01 20092009-06-01A large hall with a white tented ceiling and beige walls hosts a seated assembly of devotees on orange mats. In the foreground, women in white and cream saris with yellow or orange shawls sit in rows, many with notebooks and bags beside them. Along the back, monks and priests in white and saffron-orange robes sit before a gold-framed altar displaying several deity murti and a central figure in a gold-framed niche. A cameraman in white stands at left filming the gathering, and a white drape hangs behind the altar. Colourful decorative tassel banners hang from the ceiling.2010-01-03A large indoor hall packed with seated devotees, most dressed in white with some wearing yellow or red lanyards. In the foreground, a woman in white with her palms pressed together in prayer sits on a colourful woven mat, with bottles of water nearby. Rows of white-clad participants fill the room, and a few people stand near the back. Hanging from the white ceiling are tall cylindrical decorations with colourful geometric patterns and yellow fabric panels. A stage area with a screen is visible at the far end, and a camera on a tripod sits at the right side of the room.2009-06-21October 11 20102010-10-11Indoor photograph of a large white tented hall filled with devotees, mostly women in white saris and men in white clothing, many seated on striped mats and plastic chairs. Tall cylindrical hangings with colourful geometric and animal motifs hang from the tent ceiling. A man in orange robes stands centre-left among the crowd near a small table with cables, and a woman in a white sari walks in the foreground. A framed picture hangs on the back wall above the gathering. Photo from the archive watermarked on the lower right.2008-07-17