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A large hall filled with seated devotees, most dressed in white dhotis and shirts, some with rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks. In the foreground a bald man in white holds a saffron-orange cloth over one shoulder and sits cross-legged on a red carpet. Behind them musicians perform on a stage backed by a lattice screen lit in blue, with a red-clad drummer and a green-clad performer. Framed photographs line the walls.

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March 07 20162016-03-07A large seated congregation fills a hall during a satsang, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with white tilak markings and rudraksha malas. In the foreground a man with grey hair wears an orange-and-red shawl over bare skin and a white dhoti, and beside him men in white sit cross-legged on red mats. Background portraits hang on the walls, and at the right a stage with blue lighting holds seated performers. The scene is consistent with a Mahashivaratri event but the attendees are many and only partly visible.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07August 21 20162016-08-21March 07 20162016-03-07A large seated congregation of men in white ritual dhotis and shawls fills a hall during a puja at the Bengaluru ashram. Many wear rudraksha malas; several have bare upper bodies with yellow sacred threads, and a few wear saffron or orange shawls. In the foreground, a man with white hair wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, while a bald man in white sits in front of him. On a raised stage at the far right, musicians perform beside lit lamps under blue lighting, with a carved stone screen behind them and framed portraits on the wall. The congregation counts well over twenty people in view.2016-03-07A large seated congregation fills a pink-walled hall at a Guru Purnima gathering. Many men sit cross-legged on the floor in white dhotis with gold borders, some bare-chested and wearing rudraksha malas, others in white kurtas, and several in saffron or orange cloths. Several hold their palms joined in anjali while looking forward toward an unseen speaker. A tripod-mounted camera and a large screen stand near the back wall, and framed portraits hang above the doorways. Crowd members are visible throughout the room. No individual is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance, so no a person identification is made.2017-07-09July 31 20152015-07-31A large seated congregation fills a hall at a Mahashivaratri satsang, with many men dressed in white dhotis and shirts and wearing rudraksha malas and lanyard badges. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala sits beside a man in a white Adidas-style shirt with a tilak on his forehead. To the right, a man in orange-red cloth with a rudraksha mala sits among devotees, and a young boy in white sits near the centre. Religious paintings and a wooden carved shrine decorate the walls behind them, and a red digital clock is visible at the top right. The crowd is seated on red mats and fills the room beyond the front rows, with no clearly visible speaker on stage.2016-03-07A large seated congregation of men fills a hall for a Shiva diksha teaching session. Most wear white dhotis and shirts with orange-red garlands, sitting cross-legged on red mats in rows that extend toward the back of the room. A bald man in the front centre wears an orange shawl over white clothes and sits with hands folded. Gold-coloured ornate panels and framed religious pictures line the walls, and ceiling lights hang overhead. Many people in the crowd number well beyond twenty, so the count is in the hundred-plus range.2015-09-05May 20 20182018-05-20Large seated audience of men in white shirts and white dhotis fills a bright hall during a satsang at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Many sit on red floor mats and chairs, several wear rudraksha malas and tilak, and some have name badges. Near the back, staff in white stand beside a bookshop display with colourful items and a whiteboard on the wall. One man in the front row wears an orange shawl and a bald-headed man beside him has tilak and a cloth wrap, with no clear identification of any central figure. The scene shows a dense crowd attending the event.2013-07-22