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February 14 20162016-02-14 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20162016-01-21August 05 20162016-08-05A large seated audience fills a hall at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style gathering, many dressed in white shirts and white dhotis with red-and-maroon shawls and orange-red lanyard badges. In the foreground, a young man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and forehead markings sits with hands pressed together in prayer, beside another in orange with a bead necklace and a young girl in orange with a red tilak. A boy in light blue shirt sits cross-legged at the bottom centre. Behind them, rows of attendees sit in chairs and on the floor, with a warm-lit wall and ceiling beyond.2016-09-30May 20 20132013-05-20A seated assembly during a ritual gathering in a hall, with many participants in orange robes and white clothing sitting on the floor. Front-row figures wear orange sashes and rudraksha malas, with white forehead markings, and several hold or sit beside brass plates of offerings, flowers and small lamps. Behind them, rows of people in white shirts and dhotis watch, and some have white ash marks on their foreheads. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the scene shows devotees and sannyasis in ritual sitting.2014-06-02August 08 20162016-08-08A seated gathering of many young boys and a few men in an ashram hall during a puja. Foreground centre, an elderly bald man with white beard and glasses wears a white shirt and a long rudraksha mala, sitting with a plain expression. Behind him a teenage boy in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sits upright, while younger boys in orange and gold-bordered dhotis and white sacred ash marks on their foreheads sit around them. At right, a man in white with a red tilak and rudraksha mala holds his hands in namaskar. The crowd behind is visibly larger, with many boys in white, orange and red clothing, and the setting appears to be a formal ritual gathering.2015-06-03A seated group of devotees fills a hall during a chanting session, with many people in the foreground wearing saffron-orange robes with gold-yellow borders, rudraksha malas, and white forehead bands. Behind them, a row of people in white ritual clothing sit on red chairs and mats, some with hands folded in prayer. A few wear orange-and-white satsang attire. A partly visible figure in orange stands at the upper right near a framed image on a red wall, and a small child sits among the seated rows at the back.2015-02-02July 01 20162016-07-01October 19 20172017-10-19August 13 20162016-08-13