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A seated congregation fills a white tented hall decorated with hanging striped fabric panels and green leaf garlands. Many attendees wear white clothing with marigold or flower garlands around their necks, some in yellow shawls and one in orange. A man at the lower right smiles while wearing a white outfit and garland. A deity image hangs on the back wall beside a framed picture, with fluorescent lights and a camera stand visible above. The scene suggests a satsang gathering with devotees seated on mats.

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A large seated congregation inside a white tented hall at a satsang or discourse, with many devotees in white clothes and marigold garlands pressing palms together in namaskar. Yellow cloths cover the floor in the foreground, and a few men wear saffron or navy garments. Strings of colourful fabric lanterns and green leaf garlands hang from the ceiling, and a painted backdrop of a deity hangs on the far wall. Cameras and a lighting stand sit at the left edge. No single figure is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.2009-06-09A photograph of a large seated congregation inside a white tented hall, with many devotees sitting cross-legged on yellow, green and striped mats and cushions. Most wear white kurta-style clothes with yellow lanyards, and a few wear orange or saffron garments in the foreground. Decorative hanging bunting in red, green and yellow with elephant motifs hangs from the ceiling, and a painted deity or devotional image is displayed on the back wall. A camera on a tripod stands at left among the audience. No single figure is clearly identifiable as the speaker from this view.2009-06-09A large seated congregation in white clothing fills a tented hall decorated with green garland swags and hanging cloth banners in red, yellow and blue. Many men and women sit cross-legged on white mats and cushions, most wearing white kurtas or saris with yellow and white shawls and marigold garlands. A camera on a tripod is set up at the left side of the hall, and a framed deity image hangs on the far wall above the seated devotees. Several people in saffron robes sit near the front of the crowd. Some attendees wear white and yellow shawls and lanyards, and a shaved-headed man with a white forehead mark sits in the foreground.2009-06-09A large indoor hall filled with seated attendees, mostly men in white clothes, sitting cross-legged on mats and cushions on the floor, many holding paper handouts. Some wear yellow or colourful shirts. Hanging from the ceiling are long decorative cylindrical banners in yellow, blue and red patterns, and a yellow cloth canopy overhead. At the far end, a framed painted deity image hangs on the wall beside a wooden lectern area. The attendees appear focused toward the front, consistent with a seated talk or session. Several fans and fluorescent lights hang from the white ceiling.2009-09-27A large indoor hall under a white tent-like ceiling holds a dense audience of devotees dressed entirely in white, many wearing purple lanyards, seated on the floor in rows facing a distant stage. Hanging from the ceiling are tall cylindrical banners and yellow lanterns with colourful geometric patterns. At the far front, a small figure in orange robes sits on a raised platform beside a painted backdrop of a dark mountain under a blue sky. Several people in front and to the right are shown in the foreground with some holding mala beads.2008-03-06June 17 20092009-06-17 +1 copiesA seated assembly of large crowd in a tented hall with hanging colourful tassel banners and ceiling fans. In the foreground, several young men in white dhotis and white shirts with saffron or yellow shawls sit on mats, some with rudraksha malas. Two monks in saffron robes sit at the left edge. A man in a white shirt wears a white garland-like necklace and sits cross-legged on an orange mat. Behind them, rows of attendees in white clothes sit facing forward toward a stage area with a camera on a tripod at left. Text on the wall reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam.2010-08-08August 25 20092009-08-25June 22 20082008-06-22A large indoor hall packed with many seated devotees in white clothes, most wearing lanyards, sitting on red and orange patterned carpets. Colourful cylindrical hanging decorations line the white tented ceiling. At the far front, a figure in orange robes sits on a raised dais under a dark backdrop, with a video camera on a tripod in the foreground. Rows of attendees face the stage, forming a dense audience of sitting men.2008-03-06June 22 20082008-06-22June 10 20092009-06-10