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A crowded press meet in a wood-panelled hall. In the centre, a man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth wrap and a rudraksha mala stands behind the seated crowd, wearing glasses and sacred markings on the forehead. Beside him a smiling bald man in a light shirt stands. In the foreground a cameraman in a checked shirt films with a large camera, while a man in white shirt and lanyard sits nearby and a man in a pink shirt with lanyard rests his hand on his face. A wall sconce glows on the right, and a small screen is visible at the top left.

A seated group of people with eyes closed in a bright hall, apparently in meditation or prayer. In the centre, a shaved-headed young man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha mala stands with eyes closed, wearing glasses. Behind him, a man in a white shirt stands with hands folded, and a man in a cream shirt stands beside a red curtain. Younger boys in casual clothes sit in the foreground, one in an orange shirt and one in a checked shirt with a red lanyard. Several people wear white clothes and tilak marks on their foreheads.

October 09 2016

A photograph of a seated audience at a satsang or discourse, mostly men in white and pale shirts. In the foreground a young man with a shaved head, white forehead markings, a red bindi, rudraksha mala and a white dhoti with gold border sits in focus, wearing wire-rimmed glasses. Behind him, several seated devotees in white and light-coloured shirts, some wearing glasses, listen attentively in a blurred hall. No identifiable a person figure is visible; the scene shows only devotees.

2012-09-29 +1 copies

A seated audience in an indoor hall with wooden doors and cream walls, listening attentively. Foreground, a bare-chested priest with white sacred ash marks on his arms and forehead wears a saffron cloth and a rudraksha mala. Beside him, a man in a light blue shirt and jeans sits with hands clasped. A man in an orange-red kurta with a rudraksha mala and pendant sits in the centre with eyes half-closed, his white dhoti bordered in gold. To the right, a white-clad figure with braided hair, sacred ash on the arms and a gold-bordered white shawl sits with folded hands. Several men in white shirts and dhotis fill the rows behind, with a small red book on a chair in the foreground. The people in the scene are visible; no caption or name is printed on the image itself.

October 10 2012

July 22 2013

A large seated audience fills the frame at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam gathering, with many men in white kurtas and dhotis, some in yellow and purple shirts. Several wear rudraksha malas and forehead vibhuti or tilak marks. Most have attendee badges clipped to their shirts. Their expressions are attentive as they face a stage out of frame. In the foreground, a man in a white robe with a red-orange shawl sits with eyes lowered, and another man in white garments sits to the left. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the visible scene.

June 22 2017

2017-06-22 +1 copies

A crowded indoor satsang seen from behind a dense front row of seated devotees. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts, and a few carry malas or wear saffron-orange shawls. Behind them, standing men in white clothes and a man in a grey vest look toward the front of the hall. A man in a light blue shirt sits in the middle of the rows. Yellow walls and a framed poster on the wall form the background. The crowd is large, so the count is given as a range.

A seated audience at an indoor event, viewed from the front. In the foreground left, a man with swept-back dark hair and a white forehead bandage wears a white dhoti with a saffron-gold border, a bare chest with sandalwood-style marks on his arms, and gold bangles, holding a small object. Beside him, a man in a white shirt with a lanyard badge sits with clasped hands on a black chair. On the right, an older man with glasses, a moustache and a rudraksha mala wears an all-white outfit and a lanyard. Behind them, rows of men in white shirts and white dhotis sit attentively, with some lanyards visible, under warm lighting.

2016-08-28 +1 copies

A densely packed crowd of men seated on the floor of a hall during a discourse, most dressed in white dhotis and shirts. A man in the front center wears wire-rimmed glasses and a white shirt, another front-left wears a mustard-yellow kurta, and a man at right has a white tripundra forehead marking and a sacred thread over bare chest with a gold chain. Some men wear rudraksha or gold neck chains, and one front-center man wears a green kurta with a red bindi and bangles. The audience sits attentively facing toward the stage, with pillars and gold-toned columns visible at the top edge.

2017-04-30 +1 copies