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Nithyanandapedia
Wide indoor hall during a seated gathering with a large audience of devotees in white and saffron-orange robes, many sitting on white plastic chairs and others on striped floor rugs. Some wear yellow shawls. Decorative colourful hanging banners with geometric patterns hang from the ceiling. Several drums are visible at the right edge. On the left stage area, a blue draped backdrop and a small altar-like setup can be seen, with a framed photograph on the back wall and a wall sign reading Nithyanandapeetam Music Temple. A portrait of a saffron-clad figure appears in a framed display, but the people in the foreground are devotees, not identifiable from appearance. Many people are visible, numbering well over twenty.

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