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September 03 2009

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A large hall of seated devotees in white shirts and white dhotis sits cross-legged on yellow mats in rows, many wearing lanyard ID badges. A standing woman in a yellow sari stands near the front. Hanging from the white tent ceiling are colourful decorative cylindrical banners with elephant motifs, and a large devotional painting of a deity murti is displayed on the left wall. Ceiling fans and white lights are overhead, and a wall clock is visible on the right.

A large seated congregation of men fills a white-roofed hall at an ashram session. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts with lanyards and identification badges, sitting cross-legged on blue and red patterned mats. Some have hands in meditation mudra on their knees. Above them hang tall cylindrical banners with geometric patterns in yellow, orange and blue, and orange cloth drapes. At the back wall a painted deity scene and a purple banner reading a session title are visible. Bookshelves stand along one side. The number of visible people is well above one hundred.

June 17 2009

2009-06-17 +1 copies

A large indoor hall with white chairs and a seated audience of mostly men in white shirts and white trousers, some sitting on mats and others on white plastic chairs, several holding papers and booklets. Hanging from the ceiling are long cylindrical banners in bright red, yellow, blue and green patterns with yellow fabric drapes. At the far left stands a framed deity image on an altar near a painted backdrop. A video camera on a tripod stands at left, and a wall clock hangs on the right. A man in the front row sits with hands folded in a prayer gesture. No speaker or a person candidate is clearly visible in the frame.

February 24 2007

A large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and colourful hanging pillar banners holds a seated ritual gathering of many devotees on mats in rows. Most sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer, dressed in white kurtas and dhotis, with yellow lanyards around their necks. A few wear orange or blue clothing. Brass plates and small oil lamps sit on the mats before them, and a shrine with a deity murti stands at the left against the wall. The scene suggests a homa or tharpanam offering.

A large hall filled with seated devotees on orange mats during a satsang or Inner Awakening session. Most attendees wear white kurtas and dhotis, some in yellow, orange and dark shirts, and many wear lanyards. Colourful decorative hanging pillars with patterned fabric and yellow tassels line the ceiling, with ceiling fans and lights above. At the left a painted deity mural is visible. No single speaker is clearly identifiable in the frame, and the seated crowd is dense across the room.

A wide photograph of a large hall filled with seated attendees on yellow and green striped mats at a Nithyanandam conference. Most people wear white or cream clothing, and a few wear saffron or pastel saris; several women sit cross-legged in the foreground with handbags and bags beside them. Hanging from the ceiling are colourful striped fabric pillars with yellow tassels, white fans and tube lights, and a large saffron cloth draped overhead. The front of the hall is not visible, and no individual is clearly identifiable as a person.

A large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and hanging yellow, orange and blue decorative banners. Hundreds of seated men and some women, mostly dressed in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, fill the floor in dense rows, many wearing lanyards with purple badges. A white draped table with items sits at the right edge, and a framed picture hangs on the back wall above a set of wooden doors. The audience faces toward the front of the hall, out of frame.

September 27 2009

2009-09-27 +1 copies

June 22 2008

A large hall with a white tent-like ceiling hung with colourful striped cylindrical lanterns. Hundreds of seated participants in white clothes and white lanyard badges fill the floor, many on orange and red floor mats. In the distance at the front, a painted banner shows a seated figure in orange robes before a stage, with a video camera on a tripod nearby. Shelves of books line the side walls, and the seated delegates appear attentive to a session.