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A photograph of a speaker standing on a stage at a seminar, holding a microphone in his right hand and gesturing with his left. He wears a saffron-orange robe over the shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck, and has long dark hair with a red bindi. Behind him a large printed banner shows Tamil text in four panels, with a yellow-and-tiger-skin figure in a yoga pose at the bottom. Audience members are seen from behind in the foreground, some in colourful saris. A white cooler stands at the right of the stage. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), identified by the saffron robe, rudraksha mala and long hair while speaking at the event.

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December 13 20072007-12-13December 13 20072007-12-13December 13 20072007-12-13December 13 20072007-12-13A man in orange saffron robes stands on a stage holding a microphone and raising one hand while speaking. He has long, swept-back dark hair and wears a rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind him hangs a large Tamil-language banner titled with four states of consciousness, labelled Jagrat, Swapna, Sushupti and Turiya, beside a yoga figure image with a tiger and a stage backdrop of painted mountains. To the left stands a whiteboard on an easel with a hand-drawn diagram. The scene appears to be a teaching session or discourse.2007-12-13A man stands on a stage speaking into a handheld microphone, gesturing with his left hand. He wears a long saffron-orange garment wrapped around his body, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and has long dark wavy hair. Behind him a large printed chart in Tamil shows four states arranged in a grid, with a yoga-style figure and a tiger-printed mat at the bottom. A whiteboard on an easel stands to his left, a red and maroon drape hangs above, and a painted green landscape backdrop lines the stage floor. Swamiji (probable): the saffron clothing, long hair and rudraksha mala match the appearance-based cues for him, and he is the lecturing speaker.2007-12-13A photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair and rudraksha beads, standing on a stage with a handheld microphone and pointing at a large Tamil-language chart. The chart shows four states arranged in a grid, with labels in yellow and white on a purple and dark background, and a faint illustration of a spinal energy channel with a glowing figure lower on the board. Blurred heads of seated audience members fill the foreground, and a white pedestal fan stands at the right edge of the stage.2007-12-13December 13 20072007-12-13December 13 20072007-12-13Photograph of a seminar hall during a person Spurana programme. A figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair and rudraksha beads stands on a raised stage, holding a microphone and gesturing toward a seated audience. Behind him hangs a Tamil-language poster titled with four states, showing a meditating figure. A purple banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam is on the left, a white cooler and black speakers sit at the sides, and a painted waterfall backdrop lines the stage front. Roughly two dozen seated audience members, mostly women in salwars and saris, face the stage from the foreground. a person is the figure in saffron with rudraksha, appearing in person as the speaker.2007-12-13A woman in an orange sari stands on a stage before a large printed chart with Tamil headings and four labeled states, pointing with a marker while holding a microphone. The chart shows a tiger-skin seated figure at the bottom. A white portable cooler sits at right, a whiteboard at left, and red draped fabric at the top. The speaker has long dark hair and is the only visible person; the chart shows states such as jagrat, swapna, sushupti and turiya.2007-12-13December 13 20072007-12-13