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A large hall filled with seated devotees on mats during a satsang gathering. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt sits holding a phone, beside a priest with shaved head and white dhoti with gold border and sacred thread. Many younger men in maroon and saffron-toned robes and white head bands sit in rows, with a crowd of seated people stretching back to the rear. Colourful striped cloth banners with orange fringes hang from the ceiling, and a video camera on a tripod is in the right foreground. Brass vessels and small plates sit on the floor near the front row.

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A large hall with a white tented ceiling and hanging colourful woven banners. Rows of seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts fill the floor, many wearing rudraksha malas. In the front left, a row of monks in saffron and orange robes and white sits on blue and orange mats, with one monk in a yellow shawl and another in an orange-red shawl. A video camera on a tripod films the gathering. A painted backdrop of a deity with a crown and trident hangs on the left wall, and orange cloth covers the floor at right. The scene is a seated satsang or discourse with a large audience, and a banner on the mat reads Dhyanapeetham.2010-08-08September 17 20102010-09-17A large hall filled with seated monastic devotees in white robes sitting on orange and white mats in rows facing a stage at the front. Many shaved-headed men wear white dhotis and shawls, some with orange or yellow shawls and rudraksha malas. Colourful woven banners with orange tassels hang from a white ceiling canopy. A video camera on a tripod films the audience at left. A few monks in orange robes sit near the front, and one holds a book. No clearly identifiable a person appearance is visible among the foreground seated figures, so the presence of a person is uncertain.2010-09-18August 15 20102010-08-15A large hall filled with seated devotees for a Dasara celebration at Sripuram Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Many people sit on the floor in white and cream ritual clothes, while several men in front wear saffron-orange robes and beaded necklaces. Small oil lamps and offering plates sit on red cloth mats before them. On the right, a bearded elder in orange and a turban sits on a gold-trimmed throne with a red cushion. A woman in a cream sari stands at left operating a camera on a tripod. Colourful striped hangings and orange drapes decorate the ceiling.2010-10-17January 19 20132013-01-19Wide photograph of a large indoor satsang hall with a white draped ceiling and tall cylindrical banners in red, blue, yellow and white hanging from it. Hundreds of devotees, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, sit cross-legged on the floor and on mats facing the front. A microphone on a stand stands at left near a seated man in a white shirt. Near the centre, a figure in orange-saffron robes sits on a raised white mat among the devotees; the figure has a shaved head and no visible long hair, swept-back hair, crown, or ornate ceremonial adornments, so the identity cannot be established from appearance. Several people stand at the back and along the walls.2013-01-20A seated congregation fills a hall decorated with hanging colourful tassel banners in red, yellow and blue. In the foreground, a bald man in a white dhoti with gold border and a bare chest sits cross-legged, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala, with a sandalwood-marked forehead and arms. Beside him, shaved-headed young men and boys in maroon and saffron robes with gold borders sit on the floor, some with white paste markings on their arms and chests. Behind them, many devotees in white and grey clothes sit in rows, some women in saris. A small orange bag and a plastic container sit on the floor at the front.2013-01-12December 25 20072007-12-25A wide view of a large hall during a seated puja gathering. Hundreds of people in white ritual clothes sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, many with small brass plates and oil lamps set on orange-and-red cloth mats in front of them. Several monks in saffron and orange robes sit among them, and a few cameras on tripods film the scene at the front. Tall cloth pillars in bright patterned blue, yellow and orange hang from a white draped ceiling, with ceiling fans overhead and a raised white platform at the left edge.2010-09-19Wide view of a large hall during a seated satsang with a crowd of several hundred devotees sitting cross-legged on mats. In the foreground, men wear saffron-orange and maroon dhotis with white cloth over their shoulders, some with white sandalwood or ash markings on their foreheads and arms; a bald man with white tilaka stripes sits with his hand to his chin. Others wear all-white dhotis and shirts, and a few children sit among the rows. Tall cylindrical banners with blue, red and yellow geometric patterns and orange tassels hang from the white draped ceiling along the hall. A small brass vessel sits on the floor near the front row. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this view, and the people are shown from the back and side.2013-01-20A large seated gathering in a tented hall with white draped ceiling, ceiling fans and colourful hanging cylindrical banners with orange tassels. Many people sit cross-legged on striped red-and-blue mats in rows. Most wear white clothes, and several wear yellow shawls or saffron and orange robes, including monastic figures at the front left. A man in a pink shirt sits at the left foreground, and a man in light blue shirt sits on the right. A video camera on a tripod is at the left edge. Participants appear to be listening attentively to a talk. a person is not visibly identified in this image.2011-03-03