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A large tent hall hung with red and white drapes holds a dense audience seated on green carpet, most on red plastic chairs and some cross-legged on the floor. Many attendees wear white clothing with white headbands. At the front, a red-draped table and podium stand before a banner of a smiling saffron-robed man, with a second banner at right. A figure in white stands at the podium, a candidate for in_person appearance uncertain from this distance. The scene appears to be an arogya yoga meditation programme.

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Article - November 26 20062006-11-26Article - November 26 20062006-11-26November 25 20062006-11-25November 25 20062006-11-25A large white tented hall with red draped valances and ceiling fans hosts a yoga programme. Hundreds of participants sit on green floor mats and red plastic chairs, most in white clothing with white head cloths tied over their eyes. A few wear orange or saffron garments. At the far end a stage with a red dais holds a figure seated in front of a banner with a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" and Tamil text. Banners and printed brochures lie on a table at the lower right.2006-11-26A large audience of men in white shirts and white dhotis sits on red plastic chairs on green matting under a white tent with maroon scalloped valance, facing a raised stage with a red-draped table. On the stage sits a figure in saffron-orange robes in front of a backdrop banner reading Paramahamsa Nithyananda and Arogya Yoga in Tamil. Banners and portraits line the sides of the tent, and speaker stacks and lighting rigs hang overhead. The audience fills the frame, filling the chairs in rows.2006-11-25Article - November 26 20062006-11-26November 25 20062006-11-25A large white tent with red and white draped ceiling holds a yoga programme. Rows of red plastic chairs and seated participants on green mats face a stage backed by a banner reading Arogya Yoga and a portrait of a sannyasi. Many participants wear white clothes and white headbands. In the foreground a table holds stacks of books and DVDs, and a person in an orange shawl sits at the right edge. A distant figure in orange stands on the stage beside a microphone and lectern.2006-11-26November 25 20062006-11-25A large tented hall with a green floor holds a seated audience of many people in white clothes, most wearing white head cloths tied over their eyes, sitting on red plastic chairs facing a red-draped stage. On the stage a single person in orange clothing sits at a central microphone stand between white speakers, with a camera on a tripod in front. Behind the stage a large banner shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and orange robe beside Tamil text. A smaller banner on the right shows another figure in a white head cloth. Dark red swags decorate the tent ceiling, and a small logo appears at the upper left.2006-11-26Wide view of a large indoor Arogya Yoga program hall with a dense crowd of seated attendees in red plastic chairs, mostly in white and pastel clothes. A green mat runs down the centre aisle where participants in yellow, orange and blue saris and white clothing sit or practise. On a raised red-draped stage, a figure in orange robes and a tall orange turban sits on a white throne under a large banner showing a smiling man in an orange turban, with Tamil and English text. Side banners and a white podium with microphones complete the scene.2006-11-26