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A dimly lit hall where a long, dense line of people stands along a white wall, many in white or light clothing, with some in red, pink and striped shirts. Above them hangs a dark banner with a photo montage titled The Spiritual Journey of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and a sign reads Things Used by Paramahamsa in his young age in English, with Kannada and Tamil text beneath. A vertical poster on the left says BE BLISSFUL. The people appear to be queuing toward the wall displays.

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Indoor photo of children and teenagers queued in an ashram hall with white walls and a grey floor. A row of youths stands in the foreground, several wearing white dhotis with gold borders, and a line of girls in colourful salwar kameez, skirts and long dresses in green, pink, orange and yellow stands before a wall of framed photographs. Above the frames hangs a black panel reading The Spiritual Journey of Paramahamsa Nithyananda with small portrait images, and below it a second panel in Kannada and English reads Things Used by Paramahamsa in his young age. A banner beside the door reads BE BLISS, and a woman in white stands at a table on the far right.December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a large hall with white walls, brick-patterned ventilation panels and hanging woven banners with yellow fringe. Many young boys and men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with saffron or orange shawls, stand in rows and circle on a concrete floor marked with yellow lines. In the foreground a man in a white outfit with an orange shawl raises one arm high, while a bald man in white with an orange cloth stands centre-left reaching toward a boy. Behind them a wall display with photographs and a framed panel reads about the spiritual journey of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Roughly forty people are visible.2007-10-01Photograph of a crowded indoor corridor with a white-tiled wall. A large dark signboard reads in English, Kannada and Tamil 'Things Used by Paramahamsa in his young age'. Below it, a glass display case holds objects. Around the case, a group of children and young people stand and move about. Several wear plain white tunics or shirts, and a few young women wear orange shawls and white or green salwar-style outfits. A young woman in the centre wears a white top with a round badge and holds a tote bag. To the left, a white wall panel shows partial lettering 'ISSFUL' and 'Nithya...Dhyan' fragments. A small framed picture hangs at upper right. Dim lighting and the overall scene suggest an ashram-style exhibit visit.2007-05-04A photograph of a seated audience in a hall with white plastic chairs and a concrete floor. Men in white dhotis and white shirts sit in rows, several with tilak marks on their foreheads, while one man in a pale pink kurta and white dhoti sits in the front right. Behind them, framed photographs hang on the wall and a glass display case of objects labelled 'Things Used by Paramahamsa in his young age' stands at left. The room is dimly lit. A printed portrait stands at upper right, beside a yellow and orange cloth hanging from the ceiling.2006-12-26A dimly lit photograph of a large dense crowd seated in a hall, mostly devotees in white clothing, with many women visible and some with white flowers in their hair. Several people have hands pressed together in namaskar or are seated in a meditative posture. Above the crowd, a wall displays a framed black board with white lettering and a sign reading BE BLISSFUL in large letters. The upper area shows a grille window. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this image, and the scene does not show a speaker on a stage clearly enough to confirm his presence.2007-01-01Indoor photo of a communal meal service in a hall with plain white walls and a concrete floor. Seated guests at a long white-clothed table are served from banana leaves with small steel bowls and flatbreads. A woman in a white sari stands at the serving table holding a steel vessel, while a man in an orange-bordered white dhoti and a woman in a red and gold sari sit at the table. A young man in an orange shawl and white kurta stands at left with a bowl among others in white clothing with orange shawls. A poster on the wall shows photographs under the heading The Spiritual Journey of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and a plaque below reads Hymns Used by Paramahamsa in his young age. A tall banner with geometric patterns hangs at right, and a cabinet of steel vessels stands along the wall.2007-12-26A large seated congregation of devotees, mostly dressed in white, fills a hall during a Guru Poornima satsang. Many women and men sit in rows, some wearing white kurtas and white salwar, with a few in pale blue and mixed clothing. A yellow cloth hangs from the upper left, and a wall displays framed photographs and a sign reading "Things Used by Paramahamsa in his young age". Glass cabinets hold display objects along the back wall, and a white scaffold frame with a fan is visible at upper right. The audience faces forward toward an unseen speaker.2007-07-29Indoor photo of a crowded hall with a light tiled floor and yellow painted lines marking a walkway. Many children and teenagers stand in a loose queue, barefoot, in mixed everyday clothes: a girl in a red kurta with a long braid, a girl in a white top and long cream skirt with a braid, a boy in an orange T-shirt reading Bey Blade, a boy in a dark green shirt and jeans, and a girl in an orange-and-cream salwar. A woman in white stands near the back. On the wall are a black sign with Tamil and English lettering and framed photographs of saffron-robed figures at the top right. The 2006 program is not visible in the frame itself.A wide indoor hall with a white tent-style ceiling hung with colourful cylindrical lanterns in orange, yellow and patterned fabric. A crowd of roughly thirty people, many in white and in bright salwar kameez and kurta colours, stands grouped in a line near a brown wooden door on the left wall. Along the right wall are large framed portraits of a woman in pink and red and other large printed images on display boards. A striped woven mat in red, green and blue lies in the foreground on the right, and a wall banner with text hangs above the doorway. Several people sit on the floor at the far left.2007-05-04A dim indoor hall packed with a large crowd of devotees dressed in white, many with rudraksha or beaded necklaces, seated and standing with hands folded in prayer or held before them. Framed photographs hang high on the walls and a tall orange and black banner hangs at right, with white metal scaffolding visible at the edge. Some faces are lit while most of the foreground is in shadow. Printed Tamil and Kannada text on the wall signs reads as a satsang-style gathering.2007-01-01April 04 20082008-04-04