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A seated group of devotees in a hall during a satsang-style gathering. In the foreground a bald monk in a red-orange sannyasi robe with a gold-bordered cloth and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with palms together, beside a shaved-headed man in white with a red garland and a red-banded orange shawl. To the right, two men in white kurta with red rudraksha garlands sit with hands folded, and a child in orange clothes sits nearby. Behind them rows of seated attendees in white and orange fill the floor, and a water bottle and small items rest on the glossy floor.

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July 11 20142014-07-11A seated congregation of devotees in a hall sits on mats during a ritual gathering. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged, wearing a red-brown rudraksha mala. To his right, a young boy in orange robes with a red-brown mala sits near a brass plate of offerings. In the foreground, a man with white horizontal forehead markings and a bare torso sits with a red-brown mala, and at the lower right a man in a red-orange robe with a mala sits with hands folded. Many others in white and saffron-orange garments with forehead markings and malas fill the rows behind, and a few people stand at the back.2015-08-02August 17 20142014-08-17Indoor seated assembly of many devotees on red mats at what appears to be a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam programme. In the foreground two shaved-headed sannyasis sit cross-legged in saffron-orange robes with gold borders, wearing rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets, with white ash marks on their foreheads and arms. Behind them rows of men wear white shirts and dhotis with rust-red rudraksha garlands and smile attentively. No clearly identifiable a person figure is evident in the frame, so the sannyasis are described by role only.2014-08-23Photograph of a seated group of men in a hall during a meditative programme. In the foreground, a bald man in white with glasses sits on the left, a man with a shaved head and white horizontal forehead and arm markings in orange and maroon robes sits centre-left with hands folded, and a bespectacled man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits centre-right with hands folded. Other men in orange and white clothing, some with white forehead bands, sit in rows behind them. Red curtains hang in the background, and a figure in orange sits on a raised seat in the rear. Several men wear rudraksha malas and red shawls. Some have eyes closed in meditation.2014-08-23A large seated congregation of devotees fills an indoor hall, most wearing white dhotis and kurtas with rudraksha malas and orange or saffron shawls. Many have white vertical tilaka marks on their foreheads and arms. In the front row, a bald man in orange-and-saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and beaded bracelets smiles broadly at the centre, flanked by similarly dressed devotees. A seated man at right wears white with a rudraksha garland and glasses. Red chairs and a white-clad crowd stand in the background of the hall. The image is a photograph of an ashram gathering during a discourse.2015-08-09July 09 20172017-07-09August 09 20152015-08-09July 05 20172017-07-05A seated congregation during a satsang hall gathering, with many devotees in saffron-orange and red robes and white dhotis and shirts. Several men wear rudraksha malas and orange shawls, and some have ash or white vibhuti marks on their foreheads and arms. A front-row devotee with long hair rests his head on his hand, and others sit with eyes closed or heads bowed in meditation. Bald-headed young disciples in orange sit close together while older men in white sit among them. Above the crowd, a person in orange sits near a red-curtained backdrop, and the scene reads as a quiet devotional assembly rather than a formal stage event.2014-06-02May 18 20122012-05-18A seated group of devotees in an indoor hall with pale floor mats and a red curtain behind them. In the foreground a bald man with white forehead and arm markings wears an orange-and-maroon robe with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, sitting cross-legged with hands folded. Beside him a man in saffron robes with a red sash and glasses holds a notebook. Behind them others in white and orange robes with rudraksha malas sit attentively, some with white ash markings, while a man in a white shirt with a red garland sits to the left. Several people are seated in rows in the background, looking forward toward an unseen speaker.2014-08-23