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A long covered pavilion with red carpet running down the centre and a green carpet runner along the middle aisle. Two lines of young people stand along either side: on the left, young women in salwar kameez and dupattas in pink, purple, blue and white; on the right, young men in white shirts and light trousers. A few people walk along the green aisle toward a stage at the far end. The stage backdrop shows portraits and the banner text, and tall orange and gold hanging decorations line the tent. Several framed portrait posters are mounted on the tent poles.

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A covered outdoor event hall with a long green carpet runner down the centre over red carpeting, lined on both sides by students in white shirts and light trousers and salwar-kameez-clad girls in pastel tones who stand in two rows facing the stage. Large banners on the backdrop show a bearded man's face, and a central banner reads Nithyananda Spurna Program. Several people in white clothes stand near the stage, a camera tripod is set up, and a seated audience sits on the floor in the background. Framed portraits hang on the tent poles.2006-09-17September 17 20062006-09-17A photograph taken inside a large white marquee tent during a programme, with a long green carpet running down the centre aisle between two red-carpeted lanes. Hundreds of people line both sides, many with hands joined in namaskar, mostly young men in white shirts and dhotis on the left and women in white and coloured saris on the right. Near the middle of the aisle a figure in an orange-saffron robe walks toward the front, with another figure in white beside him. Yellow and red bunting drapes the tent ceiling, and decorative yellow-and-green banners with sunflower motifs line the sides, with lights and scaffolding overhead. Several hundred people are visible.2006-09-17November 25 20062006-11-25A photograph inside a large white tented pavilion at night, lit by strings of overhead fluorescent tubes and spotlights. Long red carpet runners with a green carpet strip down the centre run the length of the hall, and a yellow and green fringed drape hangs from the tent ceiling. Dozens of men stand in rows along both sides, many in white shirts and white dhotis, others in striped shirts and trousers. Several standing men in the centre wear white, and a few women in saris stand at the right edge. Some attendees hold small objects in their hands. The scene suggests an orderly gathering or session in progress, with the aisle left clear.2006-09-17September 16 20062006-09-16September 17 20062006-09-17Photograph inside a large white tent with a red carpet, where a long queue of men and boys in mostly white and light clothing stands along a barrier on the right. A man in a white dhoti walks across the carpet, a uniformed police officer in khaki walks beside a woman in a white sari with a red border, and a child in a green shirt walks at left. Ornate golden thrones or palanquin-like seats stand at the far right beside a standing man in white with an orange turban. Colourful paper lanterns and streamers hang from the ceiling, and a screen shows a small image at top left. Seated people sit on the floor at lower left.2016-05-02September 17 20062006-09-17April 22 20162016-04-22A long queue of devotees moves along a red carpet inside a large white tent at a darshan line. Several men in white kurta and dhoti stand at the front, one holding a folded cloth. Other people in shirts and trousers wait behind, and a few children stand among them. A large screen above shows a crowd. On the right, a golden ornate deity or throne structure is partly visible. Some people in red sashes walk on the left. Visible people are numerous, and the count is roughly in the range of twenty or more.2016-04-30Large indoor satsang hall with green carpeting and a raised stage at the far end. A large orange-and-red backdrop shows a smiling portrait of a man in an orange turban, labelled "Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam" in the banner text. A person seated in front of the backdrop on a red-cushioned dais, wearing saffron-coloured clothing, faces the crowd. Hundreds of devotees fill the floor: men in white shirts and dhotis on the left, women in saris of yellow, pink, green and blue on the right, many standing with hands folded or raised. Speakers, video cameras on tripods and a projection screen surround the hall, with ceiling fans overhead.2012-09-22