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A blurred photograph of a meditation programme. A man in orange robes sits on a white-draped seat with orange cloth behind him, a water bottle on a small table beside him and a microphone on a stand. In the foreground, several people with their backs to the camera wear white clothes, and two women seated near the front have hair tied back. Behind the speaker hangs a yellow banner reading Professional Meditation Therapist, Designed and blessed personally by Enlightened Master Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and the FIMT introductory meditation programme. A printed copyright line overlays the lower centre of the photo.

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October 12 20082008-10-12A photograph of a meditation teaching session at a hall with a yellow and white banner behind the stage. A man in orange robes sits cross-legged on a white-draped seat with a microphone stand beside him and a water bottle on a small table. Two other figures in orange sit on the sides of the seat. Seated devotees in white clothing occupy the lower left foreground on a red-patterned mat, and cables run across the floor. The banner reads about a professional meditation therapist programme and an accredited candidate being ordained as meditation instructor, and a Dhyanapeetham address is partly visible.2008-10-12A photograph of a seminar hall at a Fellowship in Meditation Therapy (FIMT) convention. A man in white clothes sits at a small table in front of a large yellow banner reading FIMT and Fellowship In Meditation Therapy, behind an orange-draped seat. An audience sits on the floor in white and light clothes, many wearing headphones, with a flat-screen monitor at left and bamboo blinds along the walls. a person: the seated speaker wears white clothing and short hair with no distinctive presentation cues to confirm identity, so the appearance is uncertain.2008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30A seated man in saffron-orange robes speaks into a microphone from a large orange upholstered throne with black carved armrests and backrest, set against deep red velvet drapes on a stage. He wears a red kumkum-style mark on his forehead, long dark hair, and a beaded rudraksha-style mala necklace, and holds a sheet of paper. In front of the stage, a seated audience of mostly women in white and yellow-trimmed white clothes, with long braided hair, faces away from the camera; one woman wears green and one person in the back wears an orange garment. A water bottle sits on a white pedestal at left. The scene shows a discourse or satsang. A small faded logo appears at lower left.2010-09-06A seated teacher in saffron-orange robes, with a shaved head and a rudraksha-style necklace, sits on an orange-draped raised seat behind a white podium with a vase of pink flowers and a microphone stand. Above him hangs a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure seated under a tree, labelled as a portrait. Seated on the floor in front of the platform are rows of devotees, mostly in white clothes, including women with braided hair and a woman in a pink sari, with a fan and whiteboard at the right side and a water bottle in the foreground. The scene is an indoor satsang or discourse hall with dark red drapes.May 01 20042004-05-01September 30 20082008-09-30A photograph of a seated audience facing a raised orange-draped stage in a hall with dark maroon curtains. A man in a long orange robe with long dark hair sits on an orange armchair with a microphone on a stand, apparently speaking. Behind him hangs a framed painted portrait of a robed figure in orange seated under a tree, with a garland. A small white podium holds a vase of pink flowers. Audience members in white clothes sit cross-legged on orange mats on the left, and women in white, pink and orange saris and a girl with a braid sit on the right. A white standing fan and a white board stand on the right side, with water bottles on the floor.October 10 20112011-10-10