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Indoor satsang in a pale pink hall with a golden throne. A seated man in an orange-red robe with a headset microphone sits on a gilded chair on an orange-draped platform, one hand resting on the armrest. Around him on the tiled floor sit thirty-odd devotees, mostly women and men in white clothes with gold borders, some with long braids, sitting cross-legged and listening. A woman in orange sits at left with a water bottle. Behind them hang framed photographs including a portrait labelled Paramartha Puja at Nithyananda Ashram and a wall board titled The Mission Worldwide with event photos. Cables run across the floor and a door marked Ladies Toilet is visible.

A photograph of a large hall where many people sit on the floor in orange and saffron clothing, arranged in rows facing a central seated group. Foreground devotees, mostly women with hair tied back, wear orange saris with red-maroon borders and red-brown shawls; some hold their hands together. Small water bottles and plates with offerings sit on the floor before them. Behind, a central seated figure in orange robes is surrounded by others in orange and red garments, and several people in white stand along the back wall beneath framed photo collages. This appears to be a group puja or satsang session in an ashram hall.

September 02 2015

Indoor ritual meal service in a large hall with pink walls and framed photo collages. A long-haired man with dark, tied-back hair and a rust-orange cloth sits on a gold-and-red throne-like seat at left, reaching into a silver bowl. Beside him a woman in a white and gold sari and white head covering and gloves serves from a steel tray, while a man in white kneels at right placing items on green leaf plates laid on the floor. Dozens of seated devotees in orange and white clothing watch and sit in rows across the hall, and a woman in a dark red sari stands at right near a lit oil lamp. A green banana leaf and steel tiffin carriers are in the foreground.

A photograph of a large hall where many people in saffron and orange robes sit on the floor and move between rows, with a standing woman in white and gold garments near the centre. Several seated men wear white dhotis, bare chests, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, holding brass plates of food and offerings. Women in orange saris and white garments are seated on mats and banana leaves, while saffron-clad attendants walk along the aisles. Hanging lanterns and orange fabric decorations are overhead, and a wall display of framed photographs and a Mission Worldwide banner sits behind, beside a Gents Toilet sign on the left.

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Photograph of an indoor hall during a ritual event. In the foreground, a bearded man with long dark hair in a rust-red and saffron wrap sits on a red-cushioned seat with gold trim, handling a silver bowl of yellow-green offering. Beside him, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari and hairnet pours from a large steel vessel. A white-clad man kneels on the floor near a bucket, and a woman in a saffron-and-cream wrap with a bindi stands nearby. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing sit on mats with banana-leaf offerings and small plates. A woman in a long dark-red robe stands at the right, and a brass lamp tray rests on the floor. Wall panels above show a collage titled The Mission Worldwide.

A large hall with cream walls and framed photo collages lines the back wall, with a red-curtained stage and a gold-and-red throne with a figure seated on it at the far right. Many devotees sit on the floor in rows on white mats, mostly in saffron-orange and rust-red robes with gold borders, some in white clothes, and several women with long braids. Green leaf plates with small offerings, oil lamps and water bottles are arranged before them, and several people have their palms joined in prayer. The scene suggests a puja or satsang in progress, and the seated figure on the throne appears to be a central guest of the gathering.

Indoor satsang or initiation gathering in a tiled hall, with devotees seated on the floor in white dhotis and mundus with gold borders and red shawls, many wearing rudraksha malas. A bare-chested man in a red-orange cloth sits on an ornate gold throne-like seat at the left, with a microphone and orange-draped table in front. Other devotees in white hold their hands to their faces in a gesture of prayer and sit in rows. A golden deity murti stands in an alcove at the back, with a red-draped table at right and a standing man in white with a mala at far right.