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A seated satsang audience sits on orange mats inside a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange walls. Tall decorated cloth banners hang from the ceiling, one with blue, red and yellow geometric and floral patterns and a white dove motif. Foreground devotees in white ritual clothes and red shawls sit with hands joined in prayer, while behind a metal railing more seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill the rows. A woman in a green and yellow sari bends forward at left. The photo shows an audience gathering rather than a visible throne or a person.

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December 16 20092009-12-16A wide photograph of a covered open-sided hall with orange walls and a corrugated roof, filled with seated devotees on orange mats and white chairs facing a shrine at the far end. Several people sit cross-legged on the floor in the foreground, while a woman in a yellow sari stands at left and a figure in a white and orange robe stands near the centre aisle beside a red carpet. Tall decorated pillars with painted patterns frame the hall. At the back, an altar holds a deity murti decorated with flowers and garlands, with a kalasha and lamps visible. Framed printed posters with photographs and text hang on the left and right walls. Many people are seated in white and pastel clothing, with a lady in a red sari and others in red, yellow and teal tops visible. The scene suggests a satsang gathering.2010-12-23A seated congregation of devotees fills an indoor hall with orange-red walls, a corrugated metal ceiling and a palm tree visible through an open window. Hanging from the ceiling are long panels of cloth with bold red, orange and blue patterns and dove motifs. Women in cream and white saris, many with rudraksha malas, sit cross-legged on the floor, with a boy in an orange shirt in the foreground. A woman in front wears a white sari with a red border and tilaka on her forehead. Several people in white clothing sit behind a metal railing at the back. Framed photographs hang on the far wall.2010-09-29Indoor gathering in a metal-roofed hall where devotees in white clothes with red-and-saffron shawls stand and sit on mats. Foreground women in white with red shawls and beaded lanyards sit near the front. Behind them, a row of men in white with red shawls stands. To the left, a Malaysian flag hangs beside an ornate golden palanquin and a decorated deity murti under a green leafy arch. Orange and yellow hanging decorations are visible overhead. No individual can be confidently identified as the a person, so no candidate is labelled.2015-09-12October 31 20102010-10-31 +2 copiesA photograph of a large hall where many seated devotees, mostly women in white and orange-saffron clothing, sit on mats before rows of brass thalis, lamps and offering plates set on orange cloths for a puja. In the foreground a woman in orange sari sits with her hands near the offerings. Near the front, several people in white and orange shawls sit on a red carpet beside a camera on a tripod. On the right, a man in white sits cross-legged at a low table. The hall has painted red-and-yellow pillars, a tin roof and a banner on the wall above a shelf with steel vessels.2010-09-21December 16 20092009-12-16November 29 20112011-11-29October 08 20152015-10-08A photograph of a covered satsang hall with orange-draped floor seating and a gilded throne-like seat at the lower right edge. In the foreground a grey-haired man in a white shirt, cream trousers, rudraksha mala and lanyard sits cross-legged on an orange mat, with a boy in white and orange sash beside him and a man in white with a mala behind. Further back, rows of seated devotees in white and orange fill the hall, with large colourful woven banners in red, blue and orange hanging on pillars. An archway opens onto a bright outdoor area. No one is clearly identified as a person in this frame.2010-12-23A photograph inside an open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange walls, showing a seated congregation of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts or wraps facing a distant shrine. Many sit on mats on the floor with small oil lamps and brass plates with offerings in front of them, while others sit on raised platforms behind a silver metal railing. Tall hanging cloth banners with bird and floral patterns in red, blue, green and yellow frame the space. Framed photographs and notices are mounted on the walls. A shrine at the far end displays a colourful deity image under warm light.2010-10-31 +1 copiesA seated audience fills a hall at a Nithyanandoham event, with many attendees wearing orange lanyards. In the foreground, a woman with long blonde hair in a white top and brown shawl sits with her hands clasped, beside a woman in a dark top with a gold shawl. Behind them rows of attendees in orange, red, purple and blue clothing face forward, while an older man in a cream shirt sits at left. Orange drapes and a framed red-and-white hanging decorate the back wall, with a large banner at top right showing a robed figure and gift-related lettering.2015-12-08 +1 copies