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Stage set in a tented hall with dark maroon drapes. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a wooden bead necklace, stands at left smiling and waving beside a gilded deer or stag figure on a wheeled cart. Centre stage is an ornate gold throne with a tiger-skin base, its back arched with red, white and green garlands. At right, two deity murtis sit on a gold-canopied dais with pink and blue cloth, decorated with garlands and jewellery. The tent ceiling has a fan and a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham-style logo at upper left. Ritual decorations suggest a festival setting.

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April 17 20132013-04-17A photograph of a festival stage at a temple-style hall with a dark curtained backdrop and a fan on the ceiling. On the left, a man in an orange-brown dhoti and an unadorned upper body, wearing a beaded necklace, smiles and raises one hand in greeting beside a gilded vahana-style figure of a peacock-like bird mounted on a cart with red wheels, draped with garlands of red, white and green flowers. In the centre, an empty ornate throne is decorated with arches of marigold and white flower garlands and a tiger-skin carpet on its gold base. On the right, two deity murti figures in pink and blue silk sit under a gilded arch wreathed with garlands. A red and gold patterned carpet covers the floor.2013-04-17 +1 copiesApril 17 20132013-04-17April 17 20132013-04-17 +2 copiesA photograph of a stage set for a satsang. A man in orange-saffron robes with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a gold-trimmed throne (peetha) framed by a rainbow arch of red, yellow, purple and white flower garlands. Flanking him on the left and right are two decorated deity murti on pedestals, one dressed in green and wrapped in green and red garlands and the other with gold ornaments and a green silk skirt, both adorned with flower garlands. A maroon velvet curtain forms the backdrop, with a gold-trimmed low table and a patterned rug in front. A plain fan hangs from the ceiling. The only physical person is the seated man; the murti are statues.2013-04-22November 26 20172017-11-26November 28 20172017-11-28 +1 copiesA seated man in an orange-saffron robe with a red-and-orange turban and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a silver throne-like seat with red cushions, in front of a golden arch decorated with garlands in yellow, pink and green, and a golden bull (nandi) figure beside it. Flanking him are two golden deity murti shrines: on the left a seated deity murti in blue garments with a heavy necklace and garlands, and on the right a seated goddess murti in blue and green garments with garlands. On the far left a standing attendant in orange garments holds a fly-whisk-like object toward the murti. Small oil lamps stand on the floor. A red curtain forms the backdrop.2017-11-28April 17 20132013-04-17 +1 copiesNovember 28 20172017-11-28November 27 20172017-11-27November 29 20172017-11-29