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Photo from an indoor assembly hall with wooden panelled walls. A seated figure in a brown-orange cloth, with long rudraksha malas and gold bangles, sits in a large brown leather throne-style chair with a bright smile, receiving red apples from a kneeling devotee in a striped shirt at left. A standing man in white ritual clothes and a rudraksha mala on the right holds a white bowl of red apples. A man in saffron robes stands at the upper right, and a silver staff with a finial is visible at left. Seated audience members in front of the stage, many in orange lanyards, look on. Watermarked copyright text appears in the lower right corner.

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A seated figure in a brown leather throne chair smiles broadly while raising one hand toward a kneeling devotee in a white shirt who leans forward to offer a bundle of red fruit and a folded red cloth. The seated figure wears a rust-orange and gold robe, a heavy multi-strand rudraksha mala, a gold pendant, gold armbands and bangles, and has voluminous dark hair swept upward. A second person in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at right holding a white paper, and a metal ceremonial staff stands at left. Seated and standing audience members in the auditorium watch and clap.2015-12-16December 16 20152015-12-16December 21 20152015-12-21A photograph of a seated teacher in a large brown leather armchair at an indoor satsang hall with red carpet. He wears a rust-orange garment, a rudraksha mala, a long gold-beaded necklace with a gold pendant, and a headset microphone, and he smiles while extending two ripe fruits, possibly mangoes, toward a seated woman with a yellow flower in her hair. Around them sit devotees in white clothes and orange-trimmed attire, including a man with a white shirt and orange lanyard, and a woman with a red bindi. Water bottles and a small white flower rest on the carpet. Seated devotees on the carpet number roughly six to twenty.2015-10-19Photograph of a seated teacher in a red-brown and gold saffron-toned robe with a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace, wearing a headset microphone and white tilak marks, seated on a brown leather throne. A young blonde child in a white t-shirt with a saffron shawl stands at left, offering a wooden tray holding apples, lemons and a white sweet. Devotees in saffron and white sit behind, a bald attendant in the lower left foreground, and a silver trident-topped staff stands at right. The hall has wooden slatted walls and a crowd of onlookers.2016-02-16 +1 copiesA seated man in an orange-red turban, orange-saffron robes and layered rudraksha malas and ornate gold-beaded necklaces sits on a gold-carved throne with lion-form armrests, smiling and raising one hand toward a man in a white kurta with orange shawl who bends forward offering a plate of fruit and sweets. A silver trident stands beside the throne. Behind, a bald man in saffron robes and beads stands, and a woman in red and a man in a red shawl look on. Golden marigold garlands lie at the base of the throne and the seated devotees in the foreground form a dense crowd. The seated figure matches the Swamiji (probable) cues of turban, saffron robes, rudraksha malas and ornate necklaces, and is receiving darshan and offerings as the presiding figure.2015-12-23December 15 20152015-12-15A seated man in saffron and orange robes sits on an ornate brown leather throne-style chair, smiling warmly with a head microphone. He wears long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, multiple rudraksha mala necklaces, a green bead strand, a gold pendant, and gold armbands. A silver ceremonial staff with a trident-like finial stands to the left. In front of him a large audience sits facing the stage, including a woman with blonde hair in a turquoise top and a man in a teal shirt in the foreground, with other attendees behind, one standing man in white at the back. The wooden-paneled hall setting suggests a discourse session.2015-12-15A seated man in long dark-maroon robes with a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold-bead necklace, with long swept-back hair, extends a red fruit or ball to a man in a white kurta who leans forward with cupped hands. Probable Swamiji (probable): the seated figure's long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha mala match the Paramahamsa Nithyananda appearance cues, and he is seated in an orange-gold chair before a gold-embossed throne. A third man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and bald head smiles beside the throne. Behind them a red banner reads 'Satsang' in white script beside a gold arched backdrop.2014-03-08 +1 copiesDecember 11 20152015-12-11A seated figure on an ornate brown leather throne in a large hall, wearing a red saffron-toned dhoti and shawl, a long rudraksha mala with a gold pendant necklace, and a red bindi on the forehead, with a neatly styled dark hair crown. A tall silver ceremonial staff stands to the left. Around him, a crowd of seated attendees fills the room, many in orange and red garments, some wearing orange lanyards, with a tapestry and banners in red and orange behind. Swamiji (probable) appearance-based label applies only to the central throned figure with his crown, rudraksha mala, and saffron clothing. Audience members include women in saris and men in light shirts.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11