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A photograph of a hall with polished white floor where many participants sit kneeling and cross-legged on blue, brown and black mats in rows, several with hands pressed together or resting on knees, facing the same direction. Foreground: a man in a black t-shirt and black trousers sits on a purple mat at right; a man in white shirt and dark sarong kneels with palms joined on a brown mat at left-centre; metal dumbbells and a blue water bottle lie near the front. Participants wear black and white clothing. Maroon curtains, colourful woven banners and metal stanchions line the room. The scene suggests a meditation or yoga session at an ashram-style hall.

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March 21 20132013-03-21A large bright hall with glossy white floor where a group of people sit kneeling on colourful yoga mats in prayer pose, palms pressed together at the chest. Foreground, a man in a black t-shirt and dark trousers kneels on a purple mat, and beside him a bald man in white and a man in a green shirt kneel similarly. Rows of mats extend back, with more participants in black, white and red clothing. Metal dumbbells lie on a blue mat at right. Red curtains, hanging decorative colourful banners with patterns, and framed pictures on the walls complete the setting. This appears to be a yoga or meditation session, with no visible a person in the scene.2013-03-27March 01 20132013-03-01A large, bright hall with polished floor and red curtained windows hosts a seated yoga session. Many participants sit cross-legged on colored mats in white and light clothing, some in orange and yellow. Small metal dumbbells lie on the floor between mats. Framed portraits hang on the back wall. Most participants appear to be in a meditative seated posture with eyes closed. No one is identified as a person in this scene.2011-07-10A wide indoor hall with glossy cream floor and recessed ceiling lights, where many people sit cross-legged in meditation posture on coloured mats, hands pressed together in prayer. Most wear white or light clothing; one man in orange robes sits at left and another in yellow shirt sits nearby. Small dumbbells lie beside several mats. Red curtains hang at the windows and framed pictures hang on the walls at the back. A blue mat at the lower right bears printed Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam lettering. The scene looks like a group yoga or meditation session.2011-07-10Large indoor hall with a white marble floor and draped grey ceiling, decorated with tall multicoloured striped pillars with tassels. Thirty to fifty men in orange and saffron clothes sit and kneel on yoga mats in purple, blue and green, many with their palms pressed together in prayer. Some have small metal dumbbell-like objects placed beside their mats. In the foreground a young man in a blue and white striped polo sits cross-legged on a green mat facing forward, while a man in a red and blue shirt kneels nearby. A woman in white stands near the back centre. Maroon curtains and a red-cushioned bench line the right side. No single presenter is clearly identifiable.2013-03-01February 26 20132013-02-26A large indoor hall with polished white floor where many people in white and casual clothing are seated and kneeling on colourful yoga mats, several with small metal dumbbells placed beside them. Participants lean forward in a bowed posture during a morning yoga session. Framed photographs and portraits hang on the pale walls, a large black screen hangs above, and red curtains and a display of folded garments are visible at the sides. Many participants wear white kurtas or t-shirts, with yellow, red-striped and blue shirts among them. No specific deity or ritual identification is clear from the image.2011-12-03A hall with a polished marble floor where devotees sit kneeling on yoga mats with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed, in a meditative or prayer posture. In the foreground a man in a dark navy t-shirt with tattooed forearms kneels, with a steel water bottle beside him. Behind him a man in a green shirt with a red waist cloth and white dhoti kneels, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers kneels on a purple mat. Others in black shirts with red sashes kneel further back. Chairs, water dispensers and a side table line the back of the room.2013-03-27March 05 20132013-03-05March 13 20132013-03-13February 26 20132013-02-26