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A crowded seated congregation at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam gathering. In the foreground, several men in saffron and orange robes sit with rudraksha malas, some with bare upper bodies and orange cloth wrapped at the waist. A white-haired older man with a white beard and a white-and-red vertical tilak on his forehead sits beside a younger man with a shaved head. A bespectacled man in saffron wears layered malas and a gold necklace. Others in white and orange dhotis or saffron cloth, some with vibhuti or kumkum on their foreheads, fill the rows behind. No throne, deity or a person candidate is clearly visible among the seated devotees.

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A seated crowd at an indoor satsang gathering, with many devotees in orange and saffron-coloured clothing wearing rudraksha malas and pendant necklaces. Several shaved-headed young men in orange cloth sit in the foreground beside a girl with long hair and a beaded necklace. Behind them, people in white and in mixed everyday clothes face forward, some with white or yellow tilak marks on their foreheads. A man in a brown-orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits at right. The audience appears attentive, though no speaker or dais is clearly visible.2017-01-08November 04 20162016-11-04Dense crowd of devotees seated closely together at a gathering, mostly men in orange and white. In the foreground a shaved-headed man with white vibhuti stripes on his forehead and arms wears an orange shawl, rudraksha mala and a small gold chain, hands folded together. Beside him a man in an orange garment and rudraksha beads sits with clasped hands. Behind them, a man with long dreadlocks and white clothing, others in white dhotis and orange wraps, one in a green kurta. Several show white and red tilak marks. Foreground figures are partly out of focus. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-11-24July 20 20172017-07-20A large seated congregation of devotees at an indoor satsang or puja gathering. Foreground and middle rows show many men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with rudraksha malas and pendant necklaces, several with white and red forehead markings. One man in the centre wears a rust-brown robe with rudraksha beads and raises his hands in anjali. An older man in white stands at left, hands folded. A few devotees in white and blue clothing appear in the background. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figures are described by role only.2017-01-08April 14 20172017-04-14A seated crowd of devotees fills a hall during a satsang gathering. In the centre, a man in a rust-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and pendant is clapping, with a sandalwood-and-kumkum forehead mark. Around him, young men in saffron-orange cloths with rudraksha malas sit with eyes closed or looking forward, several with white and red forehead markings. Behind them, people in white and maroon clothing sit in the audience, and a man in a white shirt is blurred in the foreground. No swami is clearly identifiable by appearance, so no candidate is named.2017-01-08June 02 20142014-06-02August 13 20162016-08-13August 12 20172017-08-12January 08 20172017-01-08October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copies