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A large seated audience fills a hall, with many men dressed in white shirts and white dhotis, and several wearing rudraksha malas around their necks. Most face toward the front, out of frame. Some wear checked or striped shirts, and a few older men sit in the foreground. Name badges hang from some shirts. Hanging overhead are tall cylindrical banners in orange, red, blue and yellow geometric patterns, and a blue bird logo appears in the upper left corner. The scene suggests a satsang gathering.

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October 02 20082008-10-02April 10 20172017-04-10March 22 20082008-03-22July 17 20082008-07-17October 06 20082008-10-06Interior of a large white tented hall with a curved ceiling, hung with many tall cylindrical decorations in red, blue, yellow and orange patterns with yellow tassels. Rows of seated devotees fill the foreground, mostly men in white shirts and white clothes, several wearing lanyards and purple ribbons. At the far left, a small stage area shows a figure in orange-saffron clothing seated near a backdrop of mountains and a camera on a tripod. Windows with latticed grills line the right wall, and a screen is mounted on the wall above the crowd.2008-03-06A large tented hall packed with hundreds of seated devotees in white clothing, many wearing purple lanyards, facing a stage at the far end. A backdrop painting shows a mountain and a saffron-robed figure seated on a raised platform near the front, with a camera on a tripod in the central aisle. Strings of colourful hanging banners and lanterns decorate the tent roof. The crowd fills the frame with heads and shoulders in the foreground, most sitting cross-legged on the floor during a satsang or discourse.2008-03-06A large seated congregation of hundreds of men dressed in white fills a hall with white walls and hanging decorative banners in yellow, red and blue. In the front row, a bearded man with long hair wears an orange-saffron robe with a red shawl and sits on a red patterned mat. Nearby men in white shirts wear beaded necklaces and lanyards, and a video camera on a tripod stands at left. The audience faces forward attentively.2008-03-06A large seated congregation fills a tented hall during a Navaratri celebration. Hundreds of devotees, mostly men and women in white clothes, sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats across the floor. Above them hang decorative yellow and multicoloured cloth lanterns. At the far end, a painted backdrop and a deity murti sit on a raised platform, with an orange-clad figure seated before it. A tripod-mounted camera stands at left, and bookshelves line the right wall.2008-10-07Draft:Hindu Parliament Pure Vegetarianism2020-11-14 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20102010-09-10A photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall at the Nithyanandam ashram, with many men in white shirts and dhotis sitting on striped mats on the floor. Some wear rudraksha malas and orange or white garments; a few women and a child in a red dress sit at the left edge. Behind them a banner reads Nithyanandam beside a framed portrait, and a panel advertises International Temples. Colourful woven hangings hang from the white ceiling, and a loudspeaker is mounted on a metal truss. No speaker is clearly visible at the front of the room.2008-12-28