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A seated group of young men in white ceremonial clothes sits on an orange mat in a hall during a talk. Several wear lanyards with identity badges, and the front-left man has a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind them, a man in a white shirt with a badge sits on a red-cushioned chair, hand near his face. Plastic chairs are stacked at the right and water bottles sit on a side table near the back wall.

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A seated group of shaved-headed young men in plain white kurta-style clothes sit closely together on a carpeted floor, attentively facing forward. Many wear rudraksha malas and lanyard-style name badges, and several have white or red tilak marks on their foreheads. Behind them stand rows of empty beige plastic chairs, white scaffolding, a hanging decorative cloth and a ceiling fan. A partial orange-robed figure is visible at the bottom left edge. No one is clearly identifiable as a person in this frame.2010-09-05A photograph of a seated group of shaved-headed young men in white clothes, wearing rudraksha malas and white tilak marks on their foreheads. A young man in the centre holds a microphone and speaks, while others sit on a striped mat before rows of beige plastic chairs in a hall.2010-09-05Photograph of a seated audience at an indoor programme. A shaved-headed young man in white clothes, wearing a dark rudraksha mala and a blue lanyard, holds a handheld microphone and speaks while smiling. Beside him a shaved-headed man in white clothes with a white forehead mark and a rudraksha mala sits and listens. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white and a man in glasses sit on a floor covered with a patterned mat. Behind them rows of white plastic chairs stand empty, and a white-clothed person sits at the right edge.2010-09-05A photograph of several men seated cross-legged on a blue-and-white striped mat in a hall with red chairs behind them. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with white sandalwood markings on his shoulders and forehead wears a white dhoti with a red border and a rudraksha mala, eyes closed in meditation. Beside and behind him, three men in white short-sleeved shirts sit with eyes closed or gazing forward; one wears glasses, another has a white forehead mark and a dark mala, and one wears an identification badge. Several people are seated in the foreground at left edge. The atmosphere is calm and meditative, with a satsang or meditation session in progress.2011-10-22A seated group of devotees with eyes closed during a satsang or meditation gathering on a blue-striped mat. In the foreground, a bespectacled man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a lanyard badge sits with hands folded. Beside him, a man in white with vertical tilak on his forehead sits with eyes closed, and a bald man in white looks down. On the right, a bare-chested man with white ash markings on his arms and forehead wears a white dhoti and red cloth. A child is blurred in the lower foreground, and other seated people are visible in the background.2011-10-15December 03 20132013-12-03March 13 20132013-03-13A photograph of a seated audience at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style programme, with shaved-headed men in white ritual-style shirts sitting on orange and red mats. In the foreground a man with glasses and a dark beaded mala around his neck looks forward, while behind him a man in white with a mala and another in white lean forward attentively. On the left, a man in a white shirt with a dark mala sits near a folded blue blanket. On the right, a person in a striped T-shirt and beige trousers sits, and in the background other seated attendees in pale clothing are visible.2010-08-26A young shaven-headed man in a white kurta holds a black handheld microphone to his mouth while seated among a seated audience in white clothes. He wears a brown rudraksha mala and a dark lanyard with a round badge, and has a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, several seated participants in white garments wear similar lanyards, and one man at left rests his hand near his chin. The setting is a floor gathering with orange-brown mats.2010-09-05November 05 20102010-11-05March 13 20132013-03-13October 22 20112011-10-22