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A photograph of a large hall with peach-coloured walls and a matching orange floor mat, where a crowd of about thirty people stands and sits in rows of red chairs. In the foreground, a bald man in a white dhoti and yellow shawl, with a rudraksha mala, stands with hands folded. Beside him, a grey-haired man in a white dhoti and orange shawl sits with palms together, and a man in a light blue shirt sits near them. Women in orange and yellow saris and men in white kurtas and yellow shawls fill the room. Colourful decorative tassels hang from the ceiling, and framed pictures are arranged on a table at the right.

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Indoor hall with an orange carpet and blue-patterned mats where a crowd stands with hands pressed in anjali, many in white traditional clothing. A white-robed man in the centre holds a bundle of flowers. A woman in a white saree with red blouse stands in front, a man at the far right wears a rudraksha mala and white kurta, and a bald man in dark glasses and white clothes stands near the foreground. Hanging woven banners with elephant motifs decorate the ceiling, and white draped fabric lines the walls. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person from visible cues, so this reads as a group devotional gathering.2010-07-24July 17 20082008-07-17A large hall with a white fabric ceiling and colourful hanging tassels, filled with seated devotees in white dhotis and kurtas. Many men wear yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, and some sit with hands in anjali. A row of framed portraits lines the back wall. In the foreground, a man in white with a wooden rudraksha mala sits on a white plastic chair, while a few bald men in white and yellow shawls sit on an orange mat. Audience-style seating suggests a satsang or ceremonial gathering. A clock hangs on the rear wall.2009-12-30December 23 20082008-12-23Indoor gathering in a plain white hall with paper streamers in pink, yellow and blue hung on the walls. In the foreground, a figure in saffron-orange robes with long, swept-back dark hair sits on a white-draped chair holding a microphone, eyes closed. Behind and beside them, seated devotees wear white with orange shawls, some with an Indian flag emblem on the shawl. Standing devotees in saffron and white line the back wall, and an elderly woman in white with glasses sits at the right. A white plastic chair and a sitter's shoes are in the lower foreground. Mood is attentive and formal.2007-08-15A large indoor satsang in a wood-panelled hall with a seated teacher on a brown armchair at the far centre, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and saffron cloth draped over his lap, a mala-adorned figure in front of a white table. Around him, a dense crowd of devotees sits on white floor mats in white and cream clothes with orange-red shawls and sashes. Hanging banners with geometric patterns, a white screen and framed pictures decorate the walls. A woman in the foreground wears a white t-shirt over white garments, and seated devotees in red shawls fill the lower frame, as in a sitting-on-the-floor discourse setting.2015-10-09Wide indoor hall during a seated gathering with a large audience of devotees in white and saffron-orange robes, many sitting on white plastic chairs and others on striped floor rugs. Some wear yellow shawls. Decorative colourful hanging banners with geometric patterns hang from the ceiling. Several drums are visible at the right edge. On the left stage area, a blue draped backdrop and a small altar-like setup can be seen, with a framed photograph on the back wall and a wall sign reading Nithyanandapeetam Music Temple. A portrait of a saffron-clad figure appears in a framed display, but the people in the foreground are devotees, not identifiable from appearance. Many people are visible, numbering well over twenty.2008-12-23A seated congregation in a large hall with a white tent-like ceiling hung with decorative yellow, orange and blue cloth banners. Most participants wear white with red or orange shawls and rudraksha malas, sitting on yellow and orange mats with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the front row, a man in white kurta sits beside a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala, then a woman in orange with folded hands and a young man in white with red shawl. Further back, a monk in orange robes stands at the left edge. A camera on a tripod is set up in the middle aisle, and a raised altar with a lit lamp is visible at the far end.2009-06-01December 30 20092009-12-30April 27 20122012-04-27August 18 20092009-08-18July 21 20102010-07-21