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A crowd of devotees sits in an open tent with orange walls and a thatched canopy, many with palms pressed together in anjali. Foreground figures include a bald man in a white shawl with glasses, a woman in a white sari with hands folded, and a man in a beige jacket. A turbaned devotee in white and orange sits at right, and a man in a white dhoti stands at left. Behind them, men in grey jackets and white shirts stand near a bamboo lattice. A large banner at top shows Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Kumbha Mela imagery. The scene appears to be a satsang gathering.

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February 08 20132013-02-08February 08 20132013-02-08February 08 20132013-02-08February 08 20132013-02-08February 08 20132013-02-08A large crowd of men sits and stands in a tented outdoor gathering with orange and saffron fabric overhead. In the foreground, a man in a pink checked shirt with a red lanyard sits near the front, while a man in a blue sweater and a man in a maroon vest with white shawl sit beside him. Behind them, many men wear white dhotis, saffron turbans, kurtas and sweaters. A man at left holds a mobile phone up to photograph. Large colourful banners with temple imagery and printed text hang on the back and right side of the tent, and a decorative yellow-and-red embroidered banner hangs from a white pole. The setting appears to be a satsang gathering with devotees seated on green matting.2013-02-11February 08 20132013-02-08A seated congregation fills an orange-walled tent on green mats, many with hands pressed in anjali. Men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred threads, sit in rows; a woman in a pink sari and a woman in an orange shawl sit on chairs at the right. At the far right a white-draped table holds a golden star-shaped object and offerings, and a tall white pole stands in the centre. Banners and a small orange flag hang on the walls, and a decorative lamp with tassels is visible at top right. This appears to be a satsang gathering; no clearly identifiable a person is seated in the frame.2013-02-08A seated congregation inside an orange tent at a satsang, with a white tent pole in the centre. Front rows are men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas, including a woman with blonde hair at the far left edge. Behind them, a man in a red knit cap and brown shawl sits on a folding chair. Monks in pink, white and saffron shawls, several with shaved heads, and a bearded elder in orange with a trident sit at the back near a white-draped table. Printed posters with text hang on the orange tent wall, and a small saffron pennant hangs on a pole.2013-02-08Indoor satsang in a room with orange walls and white draped fabric overhead. Seated in the foreground are several men in white and dark clothes; a bald man at lower left wears a red tilak. In the centre, a man in a cream hooded shawl sits on a red plastic chair beside an older man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a second older man in a grey shawl. A standing man in white dhoti and shawl wears a rudraksha mala and is visible at top centre. Two orange banners with white text hang on the wall, and a small figure in white sits in the upper left background. Green carpeting covers the floor. A man in a cream shawl is the only figure with plausible distinguishing presentation, but his appearance is not sufficiently distinctive to confirm the page's claim.2013-02-08A crowded tent interior at the Maha Kumbh camp with an orange fabric backdrop. Seated devotees and sadhus fill the rows: a bearded sadhu in saffron with a red cap and rudraksha mala at centre, a saffron-robed man in a white turban, and a man in a yellow robe with a brown cap. A large iron trident stands at left beside a man in red and white. Some men wear white shirts, dark shawls or maroon scarves, and a bare-chested man with white markings sits at right. Hanging banners at top show printed text and imagery. Several people sit with hands folded or in the front row. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person by appearance.2013-02-10October 10 20152015-10-10