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A photograph of a seated congregation in an indoor hall, mostly men in white kurta-style clothing sitting cross-legged on white mats with orange and striped blankets. In the front centre, a smiling man in a white outfit with a red tilak on his forehead sits with his hands resting on his lap. To the left, a bald man with glasses and a long brown rudraksha mala sits in white. On the right, a bald man in white with a tilak smiles toward the front. Behind them, other devotees in white sit and listen, and one man wears a name badge.

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A large seated gathering of men dressed in white kurtas and white shirts sits on orange and blue mats on a hall floor, listening to a discourse. In the centre foreground, a shaved-headed man in a white kurta with a red bindi on his forehead smiles broadly while seated cross-legged. Behind and beside him, other men in white sit with rudraksha-style malas and name badges visible on some chests. Several participants smile, laugh or hold hands near their faces. No stage or deity is visible, and the scene conveys a satsang-style sitting session.2010-09-03June 06 20162016-06-06A photograph of a seated group of about a dozen men in identical white kurta-style clothing sitting cross-legged on woven straw mats in a covered corridor. Several wear white vibhuti or tilak marks on the forehead, and some wear rudraksha malas. A younger man in a white Puma polo shirt sits in front, and a plastic water bottle lies on the mat. Several participants wear name badges, and a standing older man in white with glasses stands at the rear. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues, so the a person field is none.2013-03-13August 28 20162016-08-28Devotees sit on red mats in a bright hall with red curtains and framed religious pictures on the walls during a satsang. In the foreground a man in white kurta and white dhoti sits cross-legged, wearing a wristwatch and a tilak on his forehead. Beside him a man in white kurta sits with one foot raised and bare feet visible, holding a notepad near a water bottle. Behind them more men in white clothes, some wearing lanyard badges, sit and listen attentively. An orange cloth lies on the floor among the mats, and a few people in the background look toward the front of the room.2013-07-01Seated devotees in a hall during a satsang-style gathering, sitting on blue-and-white striped mats. Foreground: a smiling young man in a grey and red argyle sweater. Centre: a smiling man with a moustache wears white kurta clothes, a dark rudraksha-style mala and an orange-brown pendant, with a name badge on his chest. Behind him, a man in a white shirt with a dark mala and a man in a yellow shirt sit among others in white ritual clothes, some wearing lanyard badges. Cream walls and a blurred background.2011-11-05A 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.2010-08-26October 10 20102010-10-10December 07 20132013-12-07 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20172017-01-15A night-time photograph of a seated group of devotees on colourful woven mats, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts. A man in the foreground wearing glasses and a white shirt smiles broadly, and a young man on the right wears an orange shawl over white clothing. Several men wear rudraksha malas and one has a gold bangle. A man in a light blue shirt with a name badge sits behind them. The people look upward toward something out of frame, with dark hall walls behind them.2007-02-15July 02 20152015-07-02