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Photograph of a devotional music session on a red stage with a white flower arrangement behind. A bearded older man in glasses and a saffron-toned shawl with a beaded necklace sings into a microphone at left. Beside him, a man with a moustache and a white dhoti with a purple border leans on a wooden harmonium-style stand, singing, wearing a multi-strand beaded mala and bare chest with white sandalwood paste on his arms. Two younger men sit behind, bare-chested, wearing white dhotis and beaded or gold-chain necklaces, with vertical tilaka marks on their foreheads. Microphones stand in front of the singers.

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December 28 20092009-12-28December 28 20092009-12-28A photo of a devotional music performance on a stage with a red backdrop. A young man at centre, bare-chested with white dhoti and purple-bordered cloth, sings while playing a wooden harmonium with a microphone in front of him. Rudraksha malas hang on his chest and white paste marks are on his arms. Seated behind and beside him are several men with shaved or short hair, bare-chested or in white dhotis, some wearing glasses, some with sacred thread and forehead marks. One older man on the left has a white beard and glasses. Microphones on stands surround the group, and a green cloth covers the floor with books and a bunch of white flowers nearby. A watermarked caption on the lower right reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam.2009-12-28December 28 20092009-12-28Two bare-chested men sit side by side on a stage before a microphone on a metal stand, with a silver pedestal and flower garlands behind them. The man on the left, with hair tied up, a forehead tilak and a beaded rudraksha mala with a gold chain, speaks into the microphone. The man on the right, with a red-and-gold pendant and beaded mala, listens with his head turned toward the speaker. A dark red curtain and a golden background with colourful flowers frame the scene, and a white cloth is draped over the left man's lap.2013-07-18October 19 20152015-10-19Three men sit cross-legged on a green-draped stage before a red backdrop with a large painted figure, performing a musical or devotional session. The man on the left, bare-chested with a beaded necklace and white arm bands, plays a large barrel drum with coloured strings. In the centre a young boy, bare-chested with white sandalwood stripes on his chest and a white necklace, sits beside a water bottle. The older man on the right, bare-chested with a white beard and glasses, wears gold chains and sits behind a microphone beside a harmonium. Small framed pictures and a bouquet of white flowers rest on the stage.2009-12-28A devotional music performance on a green stage cloth in a hall with striped orange and white hanging tassels. Two young men in matching orange-red silk kurtas and white dhotis sit cross-legged singing into microphones, one with hands raised in gesture. Behind them a man in a red kurta plays a tanpura-style stringed instrument, and a seated player beside him holds a sitar-like instrument. At left a tabla drum rests near stands, and a red ceramic kalasha-shaped vessel sits between the singers. Audience members are seen at the edges.2010-10-10July 02 20162016-07-02Three men sit on a red carpeted stage during a seated talk. The central man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border holds a microphone and gestures with his left hand while speaking, a red bindi on his forehead. To his left, a man in white dhoti with gold border, dark brown shawl, rudraksha mala and glasses listens attentively. To the right, a man in a maroon kurta sits with hands clasped. A red curtain hangs behind and a white fan is visible at left.2016-09-11October 10 20102010-10-10Photograph of a seated group of men in white dhotis and orange-saffron shawls at a stage event in front of red drapes and gilded thrones. In the centre a man with a black microphone speaks and smiles; he wears a rudraksha mala, a thin silver chain and a white-and-gold cloth. Beside him a smiling man in an orange shawl and beaded mala sits. At right an older man with white forehead markings, layered gold chains and rudraksha beads sits with hands clasped. Others sit at the left edge, one with white markings and an orange shawl. Gilded peetha-style chairs stand behind them.2017-08-15