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A slide from a presentation titled "Yoga as per the Sacred Hindu Scriptures" showing a stage performance. Two female performers in orange outfits hang from long ropes in shivastambha and rope yoga poses, suspended above a wooden platform with red curtains and stage lights. Behind them a large screen displays a deity figure and a Sanskrit-style caption. Seated audience members fill the lower foreground. The slide header reads Location: Bengaluru Aadheenam, Nithyananda Peetham, Bidadi, Karnataka and Date: June 9, 2012.

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A slide-style presentation graphic titled "Yoga as per the Sacred Hindu Scriptures" with a caption naming Shivastambha (also called mallakambha) Yoga and Kundalini Rajju (rope) Yoga by the female monks. The central photo shows a stage performance: a woman in orange robes balances on top of a wooden pole in a headstand-like pose, while other performers in orange robes form a human pyramid around tall wooden poles and a rope. Background screen shows a purple cosmic backdrop, a large white-and-gold image of a seated figure with a turban-like headpiece, and the printed logo "a person Yoga". A man in dark clothing stands at the right edge beside the equipment, and audience hands and heads appear in the foreground.Bengaluru Aadheenam PersecutionA two-panel graphic on a white page headed Yoga as per the Sacred Hindu Scriptures, showing photographs of male monks performing Shivastambha (mallakambha) yoga on tall wooden poles above purple mats on a stage. Performers in orange and yellow loincloths balance upside down and hang from the poles while other monks sit in rows at the base. Stage lights, red and yellow drapes and a black backdrop frame the scene. The header reads Location: Bengaluru Aadheenam, Nithyananda Peetham, Bidadi, Karnataka and Date: June 9, 2012.December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesA performer in an orange tunic and orange trousers hangs upside down from a white rope in a pink-walled hall, gripping the rope with one hand and hooking a leg around it, long black plaited hair falling downward. Behind is a golden ornate throne with red upholstery at left, a gold-framed photo panel of a Kumbh Mela crowd at Prayag Allahabad at upper left, and framed photo panels of crowds and ritual gatherings on the right wall. Several decorated dolls or statues in purple and white garments stand on a platform at right, and red curtains hang at the top of the room.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesDecember 18 20172017-12-18An acrobat in an orange outfit hangs upside down from a white rope in a hall with pink walls and red curtains. Framed photographs of a Kumbh Mela crowd line the walls. Gilded thrones with red cushions and decorated deity murti stand at the sides, with seated devotees and spectators watching from the lower edge of the frame. A woman in white at right holds a camera.2017-08-26A young woman in an orange top and orange trousers performs an aerial rope routine, suspended mid-air while gripping a white rope with one hand, body extended horizontally above a seated audience. Behind her, a golden throne-like seat with red fabric stands beside a row of deity murti and statues draped in purple and yellow cloth, garlanded. Framed photo panels on the pink wall show saffron-robed sadhus from Kumbh Mela 2007, Prayag-Allahabad. Seated devotees and spectators watch in the foreground, some taking photographs, including a man with a camera. Red curtains hang above the windows.2017-08-26 +1 copies