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A seated man in an orange-red robe with a dark rudraksha mala and a gold necklace sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne, raising one arm and holding a tall silver ceremonial staff topped with a canopy. Around him, a large audience in white and cream clothes, saffron shawls and rudraksha malas sits on the floor, with some people in saffron and others in ivory saris. A yamaha keyboard sits on a small silver side table. Paramahamsa Nithyananda, shown in this photograph with a long dark hair style, orange robe, rudraksha beads and gold chain, appears to be the presiding figure of a satsang-style gathering. Swamiji (probable) seated on the throne in orange-red robe with rudraksha mala and long hair.

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