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Interior of a large temporary hall with a metal truss roof and white ceiling sheets, decorated with hanging striped cloth pennants in orange, blue and gold. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor on thin mats: children and teenagers in white kurtas and dhotis, girls in yellow, blue and pink salwar, a woman in a red saree, and older men in white with rudraksha malas at the front right. A banner reading Ananda Galleria hangs on the left wall. Speakers are mounted high on the walls. The people face toward a dim doorway at the far end, where a small altar area is visible.

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October 15 20072007-10-15October 15 20072007-10-15A photograph inside a corrugated-roof open hall at an ashram, with many devotees seated cross-legged on striped mats facing a shrine at the far end. Most seated people wear white clothing; a few women in colourful saris sit in the front rows, one with a long braid. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated with red and gold cloth, flanked by tall decorated pillars with striped banners. To the right, a signboard reads Ananda Galleria with product categories. The people are seated in a sea of white, with a few orange garments visible among them.2007-08-26August 26 20072007-08-26June 27 20102010-06-27A photograph of a seated congregation inside a plain white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged on striped mats facing a small altar at the far end, where a decorated deity murti is lit by electric lamps. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts, some women wear white saris and others wear saffron shawls or red saris. Hanging banners with blue, red and white patterns hang from the ceiling near the altar. A framed picture hangs on the right wall beside a sign reading Nithyananda Galleria. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person, and the scene shows a group puja or arati setting.2007-08-26December 10 20072007-12-10A photograph of a large hall with a white-walled interior and a metal roof truss, hung with colourful woven fabric banners with orange tassels. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor on mats and blue plastic chairs, many with hands folded in prayer or eyes closed. Men in white dhotis and shirts with rudraksha malas sit near the front, women wear cream and orange saris, and a bald man in white cloth sits at the lower right. Overhead fans are visible and the far end of the hall shows a small altar area. The scene suggests a satsang or meditation gathering.2011-10-09December 24 20072007-12-24December 16 20092009-12-16October 13 20072007-10-13October 17 20072007-10-17