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A photograph of a large seated audience in a hotel ballroom with gold-backed chairs and warm lighting. Many attendees wear orange lanyards, and some wear rudraksha malas and white or pastel clothing. In the foreground a woman in white with a red bindi sits with her eyes closed, and a man in a teal-green shirt with an orange lanyard sits with head bowed, possibly in meditation. Other participants sit in rows behind them, some with hands folded, some looking forward, and a few partly visible in the front.

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A large seated audience fills a hall at a Nithyanandoham programme. Many attendees wear orange lanyards and white or light clothing, with a woman in a white top and dark scarf in the centre, and women in saris and shawls around her. A man in a dark green jacket with an orange lanyard sits at right, and several people are blurred in the foreground. Gold chairs and a red and gold banner are visible at the top edge.2015-12-09July 19 20162016-07-19A crowded indoor satsang hall where many seated devotees, mostly women and men, wear red and orange shawls with lanyards around their necks. Several sit with eyes closed in meditation, some with palms joined, others with heads bowed. A woman in the foreground wears a teal blouse and gold earrings, while a man in a white kurta sits with a red shawl. Some attendees wear saris and bindis, and the foreground is blurred with more people in red shawls. No single clear presenter with distinctive a person cues is visible in the frame.2015-07-21A seated audience fills a hall at a KAILASA satsang, with rows of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, several wearing identity badges on lanyards. A bare-chested man with a sash-style yellow-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a gold chain sits near the centre, while others wear orange and saffron shawls, blue shirts and green tops. A man in a white kurta wears a rudraksha mala. No individual candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance, so no identity is claimed. The seated crowd is numerous, with many people visible across the frame.2017-04-02December 09 20152015-12-09A large seated audience of devotees in white and orange attire sits with eyes closed in a hall during an Inner Awakening darshan session. Many wear orange shawls, and several have orange lanyard badges. A bald man in a striped shirt and rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed near the center, and a man in a white shirt with an orange mala sits nearby. Blurred foreground heads and purple patterned backdrop frame the scene, with orange cloth piled at the right edge.2015-05-07A large indoor meditation gathering in a hotel ballroom with a patterned brown and gold carpet. Many devotees sit cross-legged in white ritual clothing, with rudraksha malas around their necks, in rows of seated participants. Some women wear white and yellow saris and others wear white kurtas. A few men in the foreground wear white with rudraksha malas, and one man in front wears a white t-shirt and a rudraksha mala. Some attendees in the back wear saffron or red shawls. Dozens of people fill the room. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from this distance and angle.2013-12-03A seated group of devotees with eyes closed in meditation at a large satsang hall. In the foreground a man in white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant, with a lanyard badge. Beside him a younger man in white wears an orange-and-red shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white kurta. Lower left, a man with long swept-back hair in white clothing sits with eyes closed. Behind them, rows of attendees in white and blue shirts sit in meditation. The scene is a meditation or discourse session, and no one visible is identified as a person.2017-04-23December 23 20152015-12-23A seated satsang gathering of many devotees on striped mats in a hall with ornate patterned wall panels. Foreground devotees sit with eyes closed or heads bowed; a man in a green kurta sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Several wear white clothes with orange lanyards and rudraksha malas. A standing man in white kurta and white dhoti is at the left edge, partly cropped. Others in the back row wear pink, white and blue clothing.2012-08-22April 02 20172017-04-02December 09 20152015-12-09