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A large hall with pink walls and a white ceiling draped with fabric, decorated with tall colourful patterned pillars trimmed with orange tassels. Many rows of people in white clothes sit cross-legged on orange mats, many with yellow or red waist cords, performing a meditation with hands covering their ears and eyes. Camera tripods stand at the left edge. A black mat in the foreground reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Some people in the front wear white shirts with a printed portrait. Hands over the face and ears indicate a listening exercise.

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September 17 20102010-09-17A large hall at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style yoga session with a crowd of several hundred people seated on orange and green mats in rows, mostly in white clothing with red or yellow waist cords. Many are covering their eyes with their hands in a meditative practice. A camera on a tripod films the group from the left. Colourful striped cloth pillars with yellow tassels hang from a white ceiling, and ceiling fans turn overhead. A black mat bears the printed text Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. On the right, a seated figure in a white shirt with a printed photo sits near an ornate golden throne-like seat.2010-09-09September 17 20102010-09-17A large hall with white draped ceiling and colourful striped hanging banners with orange tassels. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged on orange and cream mats, performing a hand-over-eyes meditation practice with palms covering their closed eyes. In the foreground a bald man in white kurta and orange-and-maroon dhoti sits in lotus-style posture, and beside him a man in a white T-shirt with a printed portrait of a woman in orange, wearing a rudraksha mala with an orange sash, does the same. A small deity murti or altar figure appears in the far background, with a few people in saffron-coloured clothing among the crowd.2010-09-09A large indoor hall filled with seated people in white clothes performing a hand-over-eyes meditation posture. Many men with shaved heads sit on orange mats with red and yellow waist sashes, hands covering their closed eyes. Hanging colourful decorative banners and orange drapes decorate the ceiling. In the background, a distant figure appears near a small altar. The scene suggests a satsang or meditation session.2010-09-09A large indoor hall filled with many seated people in white clothing, most wearing white dhotis or kurtas, with some having yellow or red cloth sashes at the waist. They sit on white floor mats and orange mats in rows, many with both hands raised to cover their closed eyes in a meditative practice. Orange and yellow hanging banners decorate the upper walls and ceiling. A few people in the front wear orange or red sashes and bead necklaces. No single leader is clearly visible in the frame, and no one can be identified as the a person from appearance here.2010-09-09A large hall filled with a seated crowd of devotees in white clothing with orange and red sashes, sitting on orange mats in rows and performing a hand-over-eyes meditation gesture. In the foreground, a man in white with a red sash covers his eyes with both hands on a green mat, and a mat printed with a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam logo lies on the floor. In the far left, a few figures in orange robes sit apart from the group. Colourful woven hangings in red, blue, yellow and orange with orange tassels hang from the white ceiling, and a video camera on a tripod films the session. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in person.2010-09-09A large hall filled with many people seated on the floor in white ritual clothing, many with yellow or red waist cords, sitting on orange mats and white cushioned mats. Most participants sit with palms covering their eyes in a meditative practice, while a few in the front row sit with hands folded in prayer. Orange and multicoloured decorative hangings with tassels line the upper wall, and video recording equipment on a tripod stands at the left edge of the room.2010-09-09A large hall with a white tent-like ceiling and colourful striped pillars wrapped in patterned fabric hangs with fans. Many devotees in white clothes with orange or yellow waist cords sit in rows on orange and blue mats, most with hands covering their ears or eyes in a listening meditation posture. In the foreground, a few people sit on orange mats, one wearing an orange robe at the far left. A tripod-mounted camera stands on the left. A black mat near the front displays a printed logo. The scene appears to be a yoga or meditation session.2010-09-09A large hall of seated participants in white clothes with orange and yellow waist sashes sits on orange and white mats. Most people, many with shaved heads, cover their eyes with their palms in a meditative listening practice. Hanging orange and red decorative tassels line the top of the room, and a small altar with ornate decorations is visible at the right edge. Headphones rest on the floor among the mats.2010-09-09 +1 copiesA large hall filled with rows of seated devotees in white clothes with red or yellow waist sashes, sitting on orange and green mats and practising a hand-to-face meditation posture with fingers over eyes and ears. Some seated figures in the foreground have shaved heads. A figure in orange robes sits at the left edge on an orange mat. Overhead hang tall cylindrical banners in colourful patterns with orange tassels from a white draped ceiling, with ceiling fans and a camera on a tripod visible. A grey mat bears a small logo at the lower left. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person by the cues described.2010-09-09September 17 20102010-09-17