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October 15 2008

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A large seated audience of devotees fills a hall with red floor mats, attending a satsang discourse. Most men wear white dhotis and shirts, while others wear coloured shirts, and several women in saris sit further back. Many have their hands raised in gestures of listening or instruction, and an older bearded man in white sits near the centre. Framed paintings hang on the wall behind them, and a few orange-robed figures stand at the back. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.2016-08-21A large seated audience fills a tented hall under white ceiling fans and overhead lights. Rows of white plastic chairs face a stage area at left-centre. Many attendees wear white, saffron and orange clothes; several women wear sarees in yellow, green, pink and maroon. A man in an orange shirt takes notes, and a woman in orange sits in the foreground. Behind the crowd, exhibition booths and a large orange banner hang between white partitions. Some people hold papers and bags. The scene resembles a conference or fair session, with no visible ritual.2009-02-06July 26 20152015-07-26October 15 20082008-10-15A large indoor satsang hall with green carpeting and a central aisle, filled with seated devotees on striped mats. Many men wear white shirts and mundu-style white dhotis with lanyard badges, while women in colourful saris sit at the left. In the foreground, several men in white and khaki stand and raise their arms near a tripod-mounted video camera. A tall brass or metal stand with a flowing cloth or fan-like element rises at the centre-right. Screens and a wall-mounted banner are visible at the lower left, and the scene reads as a teaching gathering rather than a ritual. No individual is clearly identifiable as the speaker, so no a person candidate is confirmed.2012-09-22Photograph of a large indoor hall during a satsang-style program, with a crowd of several hundred seated and standing people in white and cream clothes. In the lower right, a seated man in white clothes with long dark hair sits on a raised white cushioned platform beside a woman in a yellow sari playing a harmonium. Around them, musicians and devotees in white clothing clap and play hand cymbals and drums. A bright stage light glares from the centre, and framed portraits hang on the windows at the back. A cameraman with a tripod-mounted camera stands at left. a person: the seated man has long dark hair, white clothes and sits centrally on the raised platform, consistent with a presiding teacher; the appearance is only partly clear at this size.2005-11-24A large seated audience fills a hall with red floor mats, many people in white dhotis and white shirts, some in saffron and orange robes, and others in colourful kurtas and saris. Men with rudraksha or beaded necklaces sit in the foreground; a bearded elderly man in a white shirt sits centre-left. Paintings hang on the wall behind and sannyasis in orange stand at the back.2016-08-21February 25 2009 Nithyananda Spurana Convention2009-02-25A large open-sided convention hall with a thatched, lattice-patterned roof holds a dense audience of many hundreds seated on the floor and on white plastic chairs. Most attendees wear white, with some in saffron, orange, teal and maroon saris and kurtas. A woman in an orange sari with a lanyard stands near the left aisle. A video camera on a tripod films the crowd at right, and a green carpet and red runner lead toward the front. Large banners with portraits hang on the back walls, but no individual figure can be confirmed as a person from this distance.2010-02-04A photograph of a large crowd of devotees standing in a white tent with a red carpet and rows of white plastic chairs. Most men wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, and many raise their hands in prayer or applause. Several people in the foreground have their palms pressed together. A framed portrait stands near the back of the tent on a draped cream backdrop, with a small decorative stand beside it. Overhead lights and tent poles are visible.2006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14A large audience seated in plastic chairs inside a plain green-walled hall with exposed ceiling fans and fluorescent tube lights. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while women wear sarees in bright colours such as yellow, pink and green. Some people sit near the front, and a red carpet runs along the right edge toward the stage area. On the back wall hangs a banner showing a figure in orange robes with a bird emblem visible at the top left. Several dozen people are visible in the frame.2008-10-15 +1 copies