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July 30 20052005-07-30Photograph of a seated audience at an indoor satsang hall with white plastic chairs and red and green striped floor runners. On a raised white-covered platform at the front, a man in orange robes and an orange head wrap sits in a white chair, gesturing with his hand while speaking. Behind him hangs an orange banner reading "Dhyana Peetam" and a blue backdrop. On the left, a large portrait shows a smiling man in orange robes and an orange turban. Along the right wall, a chart depicts a human figure with marked energy points. Audience members wear mostly white shirts and traditional saris in mixed colours, seen from behind. The speaker's orange-clad figure is the platform focus. Possible probable identification is based on appearance cues only.2004-05-01A standing man in a light blue shirt and dark trousers speaks into a handheld microphone in a whitewashed hall, facing a seated audience. Most listeners wear white clothes with orange-saffron shawls, and rows of white plastic chairs fill the room. A yellow cloth hangs on the left wall, a dark blue backdrop with projected text sits behind the speaker, and a small amplifier and fans stand at right. A chair marked D-P 58 is visible in the foreground. No one visible is identifiable as a person.2007-08-29May 01 20042004-05-01A photograph of a hall decorated with tall hanging cloth banners in orange, yellow and blue with floral and bird motifs. Rows of white plastic chairs face a small stage where two people stand: one in white clothes and one in an orange sari. Behind them a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a figure in orange robes, surrounded by marigold garlands, above a white-draped altar with lamps and offerings. Seated devotees fill the floor, many in white and orange clothes, and several chairs in front hold people in white shirts and orange garments. The portrait is a depiction; no clearly identifiable candidate is physically on stage.2007-10-21Indoor Independence Day celebration in a bare white-walled hall with a tiled floor. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes and orange stoles face a small raised platform at the front. On the platform, a woman in an orange sari sits to one side while a man in white stands at a lectern near a tricolour-draped table. Behind them hang a framed picture of a deity and a portrait of a turbaned man in a blue-and-white frame, which is a printed portrait. Colourful paper streamers in pink, green and yellow decorate the wall at the right, and a ceiling-hung balloon cluster appears at the top left. Some attendees wear orange robes and others white, with a few standing along the right side.2007-08-15A large seated gathering of men dressed in white clothing sits on white mats inside a tented hall decorated with colourful striped pillars, hanging green and yellow garlands, and tinsel. Many attendees face the front, where a standing woman in a white sari with an orange shawl stands near a microphone stand. Large black-and-white and colour portrait photographs are mounted on the wall behind the speaker area, along with banners and printed posters. Several people are seated near the left side and in the foreground, with heads and backs visible.2007-02-15July 30 20052005-07-30May 27 20072007-05-27A photograph of a seated audience facing the front of a plain hall with cream walls, ceiling fans and fluorescent tubes. A speaker in orange robes and an orange head covering sits at a draped table with a microphone stand, in front of a framed image of a seated saffron-robed figure. Attendees in white clothes sit on white plastic chairs on a patterned floor mat, some holding paper. On the left wall hangs a blue banner with a diagram of a standing white human figure showing energy points. Colorful tinsel decorations hang from the ceiling.2004-07-11A seated teacher in an orange robe and orange head wrap sits on a low platform in a plain room with pale yellow walls, speaking into a microphone on a stand. Behind him a framed portrait shows a seated figure in orange robes, and a blue wall chart depicts a white human figure with colored energy centres. Audience members sit on white plastic chairs and on a striped mat: a woman in a peach and navy sari in the foreground, a woman in a patterned top, a woman in a pink sari at right, and men in white shirts and dhotis at left. Two men sit in chairs at the far left by a window, and a small framed image hangs on the left wall. The scene resembles a satsang or discourse. Four to six visible people are present.2004-07-11September 23 20062006-09-23