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Photograph of a crowded hall with many devotees in white and orange clothing. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind wears an orange robe and sits with hair tied up, facing a group of smiling devotees. A woman in a white sari with gold border and a girl in white with a blue sash smile at him. Men in white shirts and orange shawls stand nearby, some holding small items. Background shows many seated and standing people in white and colourful saris, with yellow hanging banners above.

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A crowded indoor hall during a free healing and blessing event. In the foreground a woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange shawl sorts papers at a table, and a young man in a white kurta with an orange shawl stands at right, handing out leaflets. Many devotees fill the room behind them; a girl in a pale green and white sari and a woman in white with a red-beaded necklace take cards from the table. Other attendees wear white, saffron and colourful saris, and some of the crowd is blurred from motion. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.2008-03-28March 28 20082008-03-28March 28 20082008-03-28May 09 20082008-05-09July 17 20082008-07-17Crowded indoor hall with a concrete floor and white-walled pillars, where many men in white kurta-style clothes and white dhotis mill around. In the centre, a man in a full saffron-orange robe with a bright orange turban and a long rudraksha mala holds a steel bowl of food, while others in white and orange scarves stand nearby. Along the left, a small altar table holds garlands and a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with a saffron-clad figure. Some people hold plates, and a wall-mounted notice is partly visible.2006-12-15January 07 20172017-01-07Indoor photo of a darshan blessing. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead and an orange robe, leans forward and touches the head of a child in a white polka-dot dress. He holds rudraksha beads in one hand and a paper slip in the other. A woman in a green and white sari with a long braid kneels to the left, watching. Behind them, a shaved-headed man in orange and another in white stand near a table with flowers and printed cards. Swamiji (probable) wears the distinctive long hair, orange clothing and rudraksha cues, and appears in person at the darshan.2008-03-12Photo of a crowded evening event with a long queue of devotees. On the right, a smiling young person in an orange turban and orange sleeveless top, with long curly hair and a rudraksha mala on the wrist, stands facing the line and extends a hand. Beside the queue, a bearded man in an orange robe and glasses, with a red bindi, presses palms together in greeting. Behind them, men in white and an older man in a checked shirt wait, with more people and white-draped tables in the background. Orange robes and turban are the dominant colours. The appearance-based label a person applies to the orange-turbaned figure on the right, who has long hair, orange robes and rudraksha beads; the bearded man in orange is a devotee.2008-05-10A crowded indoor hall with rows of white plastic chairs and many attendees. In the foreground, a person in orange robes with an orange shawl sits at left with palms pressed together. A man in white with an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style mala stands at center, while a younger man in white with an orange shawl and short hair reaches toward a seated devotee bending forward. A woman in a white sari with a red-orange border and a woman in a magenta sari appear nearby. Behind them, many people in white, orange and pastel clothing move through the hall, and yellow banners hang from the ceiling. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this image.2008-03-28A photograph of a crowded indoor hall during a healing and blessing session. In the centre, a man in orange sleeveless robes with long dark hair tied back extends his hands toward a small child held by a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala. Beside them a woman in a cream sari with a gold bangle watches, and a man in white stands nearby. At the lower right, a table holds offered items including a stack of paper packets, sweets, red beaded garlands and small printed cards. Other people in orange and white stand around the chairs, with a red curtain behind and a folding fan at the top left.2008-03-27September 26 20112011-09-26