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A crowded indoor hall with cream walls, ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. Many devotees in white clothes, some with garlands and white flowers in their hair, stand with palms pressed together in namaskar and raised hands. A large black banner in the background shows two framed portraits with Tamil text reading a press meet heading. The banner portrait on the right shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and saffron garment with a rudraksha mala. Several figures in the centre background wear saffron and orange clothes near a golden seat. The scene suggests a devotional gathering facing the stage.

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April 29 20122012-04-29 +1 copiesDecember 13 20072007-12-13April 29 20122012-04-29 +1 copiesA large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of devotees seen from behind, most dressed in white and raising their hands in the air. On the stage at the far end, a figure in an orange robe stands with hands together, flanked by white draped fabric and red and gold curtains. Above the stage hangs a purple banner showing a smiling man in an orange turban and a white-robed figure beside him, with printed text reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, International Hindu Monk Community, and Nithyananda Spurana Program. Ceiling fans and lights hang overhead. The scene suggests a devotional gathering or satsang.2007-12-15A large crowd of devotees, mostly dressed in white, fills a tented hall at night, many with arms raised. On a stage a poster reads NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETAM with a banner reading NITHYANANDA SPURANA and a large portrait of a man with a red-orange turban. On the stage, a figure in an orange sari stands with hands folded, while several people in white and saffron stand behind with arms raised. A white board and a side banner with a purple panel are visible, with ceiling fans and marigold garlands overhead.2007-12-13A large crowd of mostly men in white shirts and light clothing fills a hall, many with raised arms and hands in gestures. At the front, a large banner portrait shows a smiling man with a white turban and dark hair, labelled in Tamil with the words for Nithyananda Spurana Dhyanamukam. Near the stage a figure in orange and gold clothing sits or stands behind a microphone, with a yellow curtain and a colourful circular target-like graphic beside the stage. The scene suggests an audience at a person Spurana program.2006-12-14A large indoor tent hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees dressed in white, many wearing white head bands, sitting on red plastic chairs facing a stage. On the stage a figure in orange robes stands near a white-draped backdrop. Behind them a tall blue banner shows a portrait of a smiling man in a large orange turban and the printed words "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" and "Nithyananda Purana Program". Blue fabric trims the tent edges, white ceiling fans hang overhead, and a small orange and gold decoration hangs from the ceiling. One devotee in the foreground raises an arm. a person cues on the stage are the orange robes and the turban shown on the banner, though the stage figure is too distant for a confident identification.2007-12-15A large tented hall during an evening programme, with many seated and standing participants in white clothes and white saris lifting their arms upward. A banner reading "NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETAM" and "NITHYANANDA SPURANA ASHRAM" hangs at the back, with a portrait labelled with the same institution name showing a man in an orange turban and a speaker in an orange garment standing on the stage. Ceiling fans, hanging marigold-style garlands and stage lights are visible, and the crowd is seen from behind and the side.2007-12-15December 15 20072007-12-15A large indoor tent hall filled with many people dressed in white, with some women in yellow and cream saris, seated and standing with raised arms during a gathering. At the front, a large purple banner shows a portrait of a smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and a sign reading NITHYANANDA SPURANA PROGRAM, with the header NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETAM and INTERNATIONAL VEDIC HINDU... beneath it. A woman in an orange sari stands on the stage beside a white-clad figure at a microphone. Overhead hang ceiling fans, stage lights and a small orange and yellow decorative hanging. Blue and red drapes frame the stage.2007-12-15December 23 20082008-12-23December 13 20072007-12-13