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A large indoor yoga or meditation session in a tented hall with many devotees dressed in white kurtas and white dhotis, seated and standing on mats. Many people raise their arms and hands in an aarti-like or chanting gesture, while others sit with palms pressed together. Colourful striped and patterned hanging banners in yellow, blue, red and green decorate the ceiling, and a mural with a deity image is visible at the left. Several men wear lanyards. Some devotees wear striped shirts and sports tops. The scene is crowded with roughly a hundred people visible.

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A large indoor hall with a white tent-style ceiling and tall vertical banners in yellow, red, blue and green patterns hanging from above. Hundreds of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, many wearing rudraksha malas, stand on a blue-and-orange patterned mat with arms raised and hands folded, appearing to chant or sing together. Some devotees wear orange or saffron shawls near the back. Scattered paper and a small plastic bag lie on the floor. Framed photographs hang on the far wall. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd.2006-10-06June 22 20082008-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22July 16 20082008-07-16A large crowd of devotees stands in a tented hall decorated with hanging colourful woven pennants featuring elephants and geometric patterns. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, many with lanyards and badges, while some wear orange headwear and a few wear checked shirts. Many raise their hands and clap, standing on striped rugs. Background shows a stage area with a portrait screen and a banner reading Nithyanandapuram Ashram-related signage. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible among the people in front.2008-12-27A large crowd of devotees stands on striped woven mats in a decorated hall with raised arms, palms open toward the front. Many wear white ritual clothing; a man in white with a white shawl and a red-banded sash stands centre, and a woman in white with a red-banded shawl raises her hands at right. A woman in an orange sari with a shawl stands at far right, and a small boy in a yellow shirt kneels in the foreground. Hanging colourful striped cloth banners and a framed picture on the back wall decorate the space, with drums and a sound system visible at left. Text on a banner appears partially visible at upper left.2008-12-27A large hall filled with many devotees dressed in plain white clothing and white dhotis, several wearing lanyards with ID badges. Many stand with arms raised or hands folded in devotional movement, while others sit on striped woven mats on the floor at left. Hanging from the ceiling are long cylindrical decorative banners in yellow, red, green and blue patterns. In the background at upper left a small altar area with a deity murti is visible. A large group of more than twenty people is present in the scene.2008-06-22June 21 20092009-06-21A large satsang gathering in an indoor hall with pale walls and draped orange and multicoloured fabric hangings overhead. Many people, mostly men in white ritual clothes and some in white with orange or gold trim, sit cross-legged on mats and raise their arms and palms upward in devotion. A few wear rudraksha malas and gold necklaces; one man in a pale shirt sits on a chair at the right. Behind them a wall backdrop shows a portrait of a figure in orange, and a canopied orange seat stands at the right edge. The scene is a crowded guided meditation or satsang.2011-02-20 +1 copiesA large crowd of devotees dressed in white clothes fills a tented hall decorated with hanging cylindrical banners in yellow, red, blue and green patterns. Many men in front raise their arms and clasp hands in devotion. A man in the foreground wears a brown-red shirt and a name badge and gestures with one arm outstretched. Several devotees wear white lanyards and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Photographs and banners line the walls behind the crowd. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this view.2006-12-23June 22 20082008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22