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Large outdoor crowd of devotees seated on red plastic chairs and standing in the open, facing a stage at the base of a forested hill. An arched white gateway reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and frames a decorated stage with a central figure in orange and white flanked by attendants. Screens, speakers and scaffolding surround the grounds; many attendees wear white, saffron and colourful saris. Crowd size is clearly in the thousands.

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December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29Large outdoor gathering at dusk in front of a hillside. Hundreds of people, mostly in white clothing, sit on red plastic chairs on a dirt ground facing a raised stage. The stage has a white arch with the printed name "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" and a central seated figure in front of a golden-lit backdrop. Floodlight towers, side screens and a red-and-white banner on the left frame the scene. Volunteers in white and orange stand among the seating, and a small child is visible near the center. Mountain and trees fill the background.2010-12-29Large outdoor gathering at a mountain-backed open ground with a stage under a white arch reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam". Hundreds of people, many in white dhotis and white shirts, sit on red plastic chairs or stand among them in dense rows. The stage holds a central figure in orange and white ceremonial dress with a red-and-gold backdrop. Flanking white screens, scaffolding with lights and blue tarpaulin tents frame the grounds. A few women wear colourful saris and an orange-turbaned man stands near the front right.2010-12-29Wide outdoor photo of a large crowd filling a field in front of a stage backed by a hill with trees. Hundreds of people, mostly in white clothes with some in colourful saris and salwar, sit on red plastic chairs or stand in rows. A decorated stage with a white arch reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, with a deity murti and figures on it. Floodlight towers, white projection screens and speaker stacks surround the area.2010-12-29A large outdoor crowd of devotees fills a open ground in front of a stage at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Thiruvannamalai. Many people wear white and cream clothing, with women in pink, orange, blue and green saris and salwars scattered through the crowd; some sit on blue and orange plastic chairs. On the stage, a decorated deity murti and a figure in saffron-coloured robes sit under a red and gold canopy, flanked by attendants. A large white screen and tall speaker stacks stand at the sides, a saffron banner hangs on a pole at left, and wooded hills rise behind the venue.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A large outdoor crowd fills rows of red plastic chairs on a open ground in front of a stage, a festival gathering at an ashram-style event. Many attendees wear white, cream and saffron clothes, with women in colourful saris and salwars, and several men in white dhotis and shirts. Behind the crowd a white arch reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam above a stage with a decorated backdrop and figures seated in the centre. Two blank white screens flank the stage, a red flag flies from a pole, and a wooded hill rises behind. Flags and banners line the sides of the field and white-uniformed volunteers move through the rows.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29