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July 17 20142014-07-17Large group of devotees seated on a patterned carpet during a ritual, most dressed in white kurta-style clothing with red-and-black woven shawls. Several men in front have a sacred ash or kumkum mark on the forehead and touch their brows or foreheads with their fingers, while others behind also raise hands to the forehead. Some wear lanyards and name badges, and a woman in the middle wears a white top. Warm red stage lighting and a blurred background suggest a large hall during a meditative or puja-style gathering.2016-07-02June 21 20152015-06-21 +2 copiesOctober 18 20152015-10-18September 15 20152015-09-15December 04 20102010-12-04A crowded indoor gathering of devotees dressed in white kurta-style clothing with orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground a man with short greying hair closes his eyes and touches his brow with his fingers, while a bald man at left raises his hands near his face. Behind them more seated participants, some with tilak marks, sit close together in a warm, red-lit hall.2015-10-23A large seated group of devotees fills a hall, with many people performing a breathing or hand-to-nose meditation practice with eyes closed. Foreground women wear orange and maroon saris with long braids and rudraksha malas, while others wear white or cream clothing. Several people sit cross-legged on white mats, with their hands raised to their faces. The room has white walls and red chairs at the back, and the people appear focused and still during the kriya.2015-06-21A seated satsang gathering in a hall with purple patterned wall panels. Devotees in white clothes wear red-and-white checked shawls and red-orange lanyard badges. Many sit cross-legged on a carpet, some with eyes closed in meditation, some with hands folded. A man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and orange tilak sits centre-right, and a shaved-headed man in white sits centre. Many people in the foreground are seen from behind, with their heads and shoulders in silhouette.2015-05-09A large crowd of participants in white clothing with orange-red shawls performs a seated meditation practice, hands raised to the top of their heads in a palms-on-crown gesture. Many have orange and yellow tilak marks on their foreheads and wear gold bangles and wristwatches. The dense gathering fills the frame, with faces of men and women of varied ages visible among the raised arms. No single individual is identifiable as a presiding teacher in this view, and no a person candidate is clearly visible.2015-05-26A large seated audience fills a hall at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style gathering, many dressed in white shirts and white dhotis with red-and-maroon shawls and orange-red lanyard badges. In the foreground, a young man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and forehead markings sits with hands pressed together in prayer, beside another in orange with a bead necklace and a young girl in orange with a red tilak. A boy in light blue shirt sits cross-legged at the bottom centre. Behind them, rows of attendees sit in chairs and on the floor, with a warm-lit wall and ceiling beyond.2016-09-30October 08 20162016-10-08