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A seated congregation at a Nithya-Satsang gathering, with many devotees sitting cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation. Foreground figures wear orange saffron cloths and rudraksha malas, with white horizontal and vertical tilaka markings on their foreheads. Others wear white ritual clothes and white shawls with gold borders, some with white sandalwood paste on their faces. A man in a light blue shirt and glasses sits in the middle, and a bare-chested man with a sacred thread stands at left. A young boy in white sits at lower left. Behind them, a standing figure in white holds a wooden stick, and a man in a purple shirt stands near a black speaker. Background shows a pillared hall with a red-painted doorway.

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A seated group of devotees with eyes closed during a satsang gathering in an indoor hall. Front row sannyasis wear saffron-orange cloths with rudraksha malas and white tilak markings on their foreheads. Behind them men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with rudraksha malas, sit with hands folded. A young boy in white clothes sits at the lower left. Several men in the back row are standing or seated near wooden furniture and a pillar, and a man in a lavender shirt is visible at the top. No individual is identified as a person in this image; the visible people are devotees and sannyasis.2017-11-27A seated group of devotees fills a hall during a chanting session, with many people in the foreground wearing saffron-orange robes with gold-yellow borders, rudraksha malas, and white forehead bands. Behind them, a row of people in white ritual clothing sit on red chairs and mats, some with hands folded in prayer. A few wear orange-and-white satsang attire. A partly visible figure in orange stands at the upper right near a framed image on a red wall, and a small child sits among the seated rows at the back.2015-02-02November 27 20172017-11-27A large seated audience fills a hall at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style gathering, many dressed in white shirts and white dhotis with red-and-maroon shawls and orange-red lanyard badges. In the foreground, a young man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and forehead markings sits with hands pressed together in prayer, beside another in orange with a bead necklace and a young girl in orange with a red tilak. A boy in light blue shirt sits cross-legged at the bottom centre. Behind them, rows of attendees sit in chairs and on the floor, with a warm-lit wall and ceiling beyond.2016-09-30September 16 20162016-09-16November 22 20182018-11-22A large seated congregation in a hall, photographed from the front. In the foreground a man with grey hair and glasses wears a teal striped shirt beside a younger man in a white jubba-style shirt with a red bindi. A man in a white kurta with a red tilak and a bead necklace sits at centre-right, and a bearded man in an orange-red robe sits at far right. Behind them many devotees sit in white and orange-saffron clothes, several with white vibhuti or tilak marks, some wearing rudraksha malas and gold chains. A faint purple logo appears at the top left. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible among the seated people.2016-11-26 +1 copiesA seated gathering of many young boys and a few men in an ashram hall during a puja. Foreground centre, an elderly bald man with white beard and glasses wears a white shirt and a long rudraksha mala, sitting with a plain expression. Behind him a teenage boy in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sits upright, while younger boys in orange and gold-bordered dhotis and white sacred ash marks on their foreheads sit around them. At right, a man in white with a red tilak and rudraksha mala holds his hands in namaskar. The crowd behind is visibly larger, with many boys in white, orange and red clothing, and the setting appears to be a formal ritual gathering.2015-06-03April 23 20162016-04-23June 02 20142014-06-02January 01 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA large seated congregation fills an ashram hall during a satsang gathering. Most people sit cross-legged on white mats wearing white dhotis and shawls, many with orange or red shawls, rudraksha malas, and white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads and bodies. A bald man in the lower foreground wears an orange shawl, and a young person with long dreadlocked hair wears an orange robe and rudraksha mala beside him. Blue exercise mats are stacked on a shelf behind them, with coiled ropes hanging from the wall. A stage with red draping and a lit backdrop with a painted image appears at the upper left and right. The crowd is large and mostly seated in rows.2017-09-30