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A large seated audience of women in white and cream saris with gold borders fills a tented hall at a person Spurana programme. Many wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and gold earrings, and several rest their chins on their hands while listening. A man in white stands at the upper left near the stage area, and a video camera on a tripod is visible at the right. Banners and framed portraits hang along the tent walls behind the crowd, and some attendees wear pink, purple and red saris among the white.

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Large crowd of women seated on a red floor covering at a discourse programme, most dressed in white or pale cream saris and salwar with colourful borders in yellow, green, pink and orange. Many wear mala beads and some have flowers in their hair. Banners with portraits hang in the background behind the rows. Some attendees hold paper and notebooks, and a few wear name badges on their clothing.2006-12-17A large seated audience fills the frame at a satsang-style programme, with rows of devotees dressed mostly in white and cream garments. Many people sit cross-legged on red and blue mats with hands folded or resting on their faces, some holding papers. A camera operator with a handheld video camera stands among them near the centre. One man in the back row wears an orange-saffron shawl. Women wear saris and salwar in white, yellow and green, and many have hair pulled back. The scene looks like an attentive discourse audience listening intently.2006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17A large seated audience fills a tented hall on a red carpet, with many women in sarees and salwar kameez in pink, yellow, white and green, and men in white shirts. Several people hold small booklets or papers. Three framed portraits of a bearded, white-haired man in white-and-saffron hanging on a cream draped backdrop show a label reading Nithyananda Spurana in the tent's signage. A speaker stands at right, and the crowd is seen from behind a seated front row. Gold necklaces and bangles are visible on several women.2006-12-14December 17 20062006-12-17A large photograph of a crowded white tent hall during a person Spurana programme in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Hundreds of women sit closely on the floor in rows, mostly in white and cream saris with coloured borders, along with saris in yellow, orange, blue and green. Many wear name badges on lanyards and hold their hands together in prayer or sit with eyes closed. Overhead fans, tent poles and light fixtures line the ceiling, and floral banners hang along the far wall.2007-12-13A photograph of a large seated audience at a satsang-style programme under a white tented hall with fabric-draped walls and hanging speakers. Hundreds of people in predominantly white ritual clothing sit on red mats and white cloth, many with men in white shirts and dhotis in the foreground. A video camera operator stands at right, and a framed portrait hangs on the back wall, but the portrait's subject is not clearly visible. A woman in white sits near the left edge beside a white woven chair.2006-12-17November 25 20062006-11-25December 17 20062006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17A large seated audience fills a tented hall at a person Spurana programme, with many people in white ritual clothes and some in colourful saris and salwar. Most attendees sit cross-legged on mats in dense rows, watching toward the stage. In the foreground, a video camera on a tripod records the crowd, and a woman in a teal sari smiles. Among the crowd, a man wears an orange scarf and a few men wear white dhotis. Behind them, banners and framed portraits hang on the white fabric walls of the tent.2006-12-17