Devotees sit cross-legged in meditation on a blue-and-white striped mat inside a tented hall with a white fabric ceiling decorated with colourful tasselled poles. A young man in the foreground wears a cream kurta and black trousers, eyes closed, hands resting on his knee. Beside him, men in white kurtas and dhotis sit in meditation, and a microphone stand is visible at left. - Nithyanandapedia

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Devotees sit cross-legged in meditation on a blue-and-white striped mat inside a tented hall with a white fabric ceiling decorated with colourful tasselled poles. A young man in the foreground wears a cream kurta and black trousers, eyes closed, hands resting on his knee. Beside him, men in white kurtas and dhotis sit in meditation, and a microphone stand is visible at left.

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