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Outdoor seated gathering of devotees with eyes closed in meditation, most wearing white clothes and saffron-orange shawls. In the foreground a bald man with a red tilak on his forehead and a red-orange shawl sits beside a man in a white hooded top with a rudraksha mala and a saffron-orange shawl, hands clasped in his lap. Behind them other seated men in white and orange, one in a grey patterned kurta, sit on red and blue plastic chairs beneath tree trunks. No one is clearly identified as a person, and no ceremony is visibly established.

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A seated group meditating indoors with eyes closed. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in saffron-orange and rust-red robes, with orange beads around his neck, a red dot on his forehead and white horizontal tilak stripes, sits upright. To his right a man in orange and red robes wears a rudraksha mala and white markings. Behind them, rows of participants in white shirts with orange lanyards sit cross-legged on the floor, some with white tilak on their foreheads. A young boy in a dark shirt sits at left with white forehead marks. Red chairs are visible in the background. The scene reads as a satsang or meditation session.2013-03-13Photo of a seated group of participants in white shirts and white kurta-style clothing wearing orange-red scarves and orange lanyards with name badges, eyes closed in meditation inside a hall with a red plastic chair and a red-and-white striped mat. A man in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala and sits before a brass plate with red offerings and a small lit flame. Many others in the background sit in rows, some with bags behind them, and a red mat and metal barrier poles are visible.2012-10-17Several men in white kurta-style clothing sit with eyes closed in meditation or satsang, most wearing red-orange shawls. The central young man in glasses wears a red shawl printed with 'Om Nithyanandaya Namah' and a lanyard ID badge. Beside him a bald man with a red tilak on his forehead and an orange shawl sits with head bowed, and on the left a man with a moustache and ID badge sits with eyes closed. Behind them other seated devotees are partly visible, and a stone bench stands on the right.2013-03-31A seated satsang audience in a hall, with several men in white shirts or white dhotis wearing red-orange shawls printed with dark script. Foreground, a man with short light hair in a white shirt wears a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala and an orange conference lanyard; beside him, a silver-haired man in white with a similar lanyard and red shawl looks forward. Right, a man in a white shirt and red shawl sits with a red tilak on his forehead. Left, a bearded man presses his palms together in anjali, and behind him a man with a white tilak and round glasses sits in a red shawl. Orange and red decorative cloth and a deity-related banner are visible at the top edge.2015-10-10October 20 20122012-10-20October 14 20122012-10-14September 05 20122012-09-05Seated devotees in white kurtas and red-orange shawls with black printed text sit with eyes closed in meditation during a satsang gathering. In the foreground, a man with a moustache and red tilak sits at left and another in profile sits bottom centre. At right, a long-haired man with a red tilak, rudraksha-style pendant and red shawl sits with closed eyes. Behind them, other participants in white and a woman in white sari fill the hall. Attendee badges hang from some necks. The image is a photograph of people meditating; no figure is identified here by face.2014-07-24Photo of a seated group of devotees in meditation during a satsang in an interior hall. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border wears a rudraksha mala and a red bindi, eyes closed. Beside him a man in a white dhoti with gold border and a black rudraksha mala sits with hands folded, eyes closed. Behind them, rows of people in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas sit in meditation, some with white vibhuti stripes on their arms. A wooden door and white walls form the backdrop.2015-11-08April 23 20162016-04-23A seated group in white kurta-style clothes with orange-red shawls sits in a meditation session. In the foreground, a man with short hair and a blue lanyard badge sits with his eyes open. Beside him on the right, a bald man in white with a dark rudraksha mala leans his head back with eyes closed and mouth open. Behind them, a woman on the left presses her palms together, a woman in the centre wears glasses and a red bindi, and others sit with forehead markings of tilak and vibhuti. The setting is an indoor hall with a pink wall and a blue banner.2016-02-10 +1 copiesSeptember 04 20122012-09-04