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A photograph of a bare, whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal ceiling and an orange-cushioned sofa at left. A long-haired person in orange robes sits on the sofa with bare feet on a blue mat, hands resting in the lap. A silver-coloured ceremonial vessel sits on a low platform on the floor in front. A standing person in orange robes and an orange shawl stands near the sofa. A row of devotees in white dhotis and yellow or orange shawls stands along the right wall, several holding folded hands, and one man holds a camera. A standing fan and orange curtains are visible, and a row of ceremonial staffs stands along the back-left wall. Several people are visible in total, with the seated figure most prominent.

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Indoor photo in a plain concrete hall with a raised orange-covered platform and a large framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with long dark hair and garland behind it. A man with long dark hair in an orange robe sits on an orange-draped sofa-style seat, a sannyasi style figure with a rudraksha mala, while a devotee in white with a yellow shawl bends forward toward a silver padapuja-style vessel on the floor in front. Two other men in white with yellow shawls stand at the edges, one holding a phone. Long rows of wooden staffs with orange tassels line the walls, with orange and yellow drapes hung between them. A poster-style banner above reads The Spiritual Journey of Paramahamsa Nithyananda with several photographs.2008-06-19A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with a red-painted platform. A woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron sari-style robe, sits smiling on an orange-draped sofa with a small red cushion. A devotee in white clothes with a yellow shawl kneels on a blue mat before her. Beside them stands a silver-rimmed kalasha or ornate silver vessel with red kumkum on a gold-trimmed cloth, and a white-draped side table. Behind her hangs a framed portrait of a woman wearing a necklace, above a row of brass-capped staffs with orange pennants along the wall. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at right. Two people stand at left, one holding a bag strap.2008-06-19June 19 20082008-06-19June 19 20082008-06-19A photograph of a discourse in a plain whitewashed hall with a concrete floor. A seated figure on the right, wearing an orange robe with a rudraksha mala, sits on a cushioned seat behind a white-draped table with a microphone and water bottle, gesturing while speaking. Two men in orange clothing sit cross-legged on mats at left, and a man in white sits on the floor centre-left. About a dozen standing men in white clothes and rudraksha malas line the back wall, some with arms folded. Blue cushioned chairs and a doorway with a yellow grille appear in the background, with a blue mat and a brown rug on the floor in front of the speaker.2008-03-23A photograph inside a plain hall with white walls and a grilled doorway, showing a seated figure in orange robes and long dark hair on a cushioned seat with a microphone on a stand and a white-draped table. Facing the seat, a man in a white dhoti lies prostrate on the floor in full obeisance on a blue mat. Standing nearby, several men in white dhotis and kurtas and one man in a purple shirt look on, with a bearded man in white among them. Five seated people in orange robes sit on the left on mats, and a video camera is at the right edge. A printed2008-03-23A photograph of a hall with a raised platform at the right, where a person with long dark hair wearing an orange saffron robe and a red rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged on a red cushioned seat and smiles, with a microphone stand nearby and a blue mat at their feet. Around fifteen men in white kurtas and white dhotis stand in a semicircle facing the platform, several with hands folded and some with white shoulder cloths; one man in orange sits cross-legged on a mat at the lower left and another in white sits on the floor near the front. Orange-and-red ceremonial cloth strands and brass lamps hang along the back wall, with a brass lamp on the right edge. Folding chairs are stacked at the left.2008-03-23A seated figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, sitting on a dark cushioned seat before a white draped table with water glasses and a microphone on a stand. A group of about ten men in white ritual clothes stands in a semicircle, some with hands folded, while one man in white kneels on the floor near the front. A blue mat and a small dark mat lie on the floor, and orange cloth hangs in a window at right, beside a wall of hanging ceremonial staffs. a person: the seated figure has long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, cues consistent with the page's identification, presiding over a satsang.2008-03-23Indoor photograph of a satsang hall with white walls and a concrete floor. A long-haired figure in an orange saffron robe with an orange shawl sits cross-legged on a raised dark-red cushioned seat, with a microphone stand and a white-draped table beside them. Several men in white dhoti and kurta stand in a group, one pointing toward the seated figure, while a man in white kneels on a blue mat before the seat. Seated saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees sit on mats along the left wall, and a man in a yellow shawl stands at the back. The seated figure in saffron appears to be the presiding guru, though the identification is uncertain.2008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23A photograph inside a plain white-walled hall shows a long-haired figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala seated on a cushioned white-draped seat behind a microphone stand and small table. A man in white dhoti and shirt prostrates full-length on a blue mat in front of the seat, while a group of men in white ritual clothes stand around the room, several holding folded hands or small items. Two seated people in orange robes sit at the left edge.2008-03-23