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A photograph of an indoor cooking demonstration in a plain room with white walls and a wooden dining table. On the table sit a cooking pot on a portable stove, an orange oil can, a Usha packet, bowls of ingredients and a red marigold garland. A woman in a white and gold saree stands at the table with hands clasped, beside a woman in a yellow salwar kameez with a braid and black beaded necklace. A banner reads Nithyananda Youth Foundation and Aanand Samaiyal, showing a portrait of a smiling figure in saffron robes with rudraksha beads, and a framed photo of a seated sannyasi hangs beside the table. A man in a white checked shirt and white trousers holds a camera on a stand at right, and a woman in a red saree works at a counter on the far right. A man in a checked shirt stands at left edge. The timestamp reads 14 9 2009.

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Two women stand at a wooden table cooking at a person Youth Centre demonstration. The woman on the left wears a rust-orange sari and glasses and stirs a pan with a flat spatula. The woman on the right wears a white sari with a gold border and a dark beaded necklace, and works with a bowl of food. Their table holds a yellow oil jerrycan labelled USHA, a packet of USHA oil, flowers in a vase, and several glass bowls of ingredients. Behind them a white banner shows a smiling woman in orange clothing and a Tamil heading. On the left wall, a portrait of a man with long hair and a crimson-draped robe sits within a red rose garland, and small book covers hang above it. A camera on a tripod is at the right edge.A cooking demonstration at a person Youth Foundation event. Two women stand at a wooden table under a large banner reading Nithyananda Youth Foundation with Tamil text. On the left, a woman in an orange-red sari with a dark blouse faces right and listens. 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