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A large crowd of devotees fills a white tented hall decorated with tall, colourful cylindrical hanging banners patterned with elephants and birds and fringed with yellow tassels. Many people wear white or saffron and orange garments, while others wear yellow, pink and blue. Standing devotees face a stage draped in blue fabric with a yellow lettered banner. Several people are seated near the front in the crowd, and many are young children. The atmosphere suggests a festival gathering, though no specific ritual is clearly visible.

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A large crowd fills an indoor pavilion with a white tent-like ceiling, hung with long cylindrical fabric banners in red, yellow, blue and white patterns with orange tassels. Many people in white ritual clothing stand and sit in rows, including men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris and salwar in pink, yellow and orange, and several children. A blue draped backdrop with partial lettering stands at the far end, and a banner reading Nithyananda is visible on the right wall. Some men wear rudraksha malas. The scene suggests a festival gathering, with no clear individual candidate for a person identifiable.2008-12-28A large crowd fills a white tented hall with hanging colourful cylindrical banners decorated with elephants, birds and geometric patterns. Many people in white traditional clothes, some in saffron or yellow shawls, stand close together; a man in a white shirt and saffron shawl is at the front right. A blue draped stage backdrop with yellow lettering stands at left, and a wall sign reads Nithyanandam. The people visible number in the dozens, so the count is 21-100.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28Photograph of a large crowded tented hall with a white ceiling and hanging cylindrical banners decorated with elephant and geometric patterns. Many devotees stand closely packed, mostly in white clothing, with some in saffron, orange and yellow garments. A blue draped backdrop with a partially visible banner stands at the far end. In the foreground a man in white with a rudraksha mala stands near a white-covered platform, and a wheelchair is visible. Visible people number well over twenty.2008-12-28A large crowd fills a tented hall under white fabric ceiling with hanging cylindrical banners decorated with elephant motifs and yellow tassels. Many devotees in white clothes stand and face the front, including children in white, women in saris, and a few in orange and yellow. A blue draped backdrop with a partial banner reading "...ratsav 2009" sits at the far end, and a small shrine-like display is visible on the right wall. In the foreground, an older man in white with a rudraksha-style mala stands beside a young boy in white with a beaded mala. No figure in the foreground is clearly identifiable as a person.2008-12-28A crowd of devotees fills a large white tent hall with a curved ceiling, decorated with tall cylindrical fabric hangings in red, blue, yellow and white with geometric and animal motifs. Many people wear white clothing; some women wear white and orange saris, and a man at the right wears saffron robes. Some devotees stand with raised arms while others sit on colourful striped mats. At the far end a portrait is displayed on a stand near a banner reading Nithyanandapedia, and a clock hangs on the wall. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no probable candidate is noted.2008-12-23December 27 20082008-12-27A large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling hung with colourful cylindrical banners in red, blue and yellow. A wide crowd of devotees stands in rows on a carpeted floor, many in white dhotis and kurtas, others in saffron, yellow and sarees. At the front, an orange and yellow cushion or mat lies on the floor, while a stage with a blue draped backdrop displays the banner Anandotsavam 2009. A person in white stands at the stage with a microphone, and musicians sit behind. Several devotees have their hands folded in prayer. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from this distance.2008-12-27A large crowd of devotees sits on the floor and on white plastic chairs under a white tented hall decorated with hanging cylindrical banners in bright patterns with fringed yellow tassels. Many attendees wear white, cream, pink, red and saffron saris and shirts; a woman in a red blouse with a long braid stands in the foreground beside a man in a striped blue shirt. At the far end, a stage area bears framed photographs and banners on the back wall, and one man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl stands near the centre aisle. Some people fold their hands in prayer.2008-03-20Indoor event in a large white tent-roofed hall with many people standing and milling about in white and cream clothing, some in saffron and red. Hanging decorative cloth banners with yellow tassels and colourful geometric and bird patterns hang from the ceiling. A wall clock, a framed image display and a signboard reading Dhyanapeetam Music Temple are visible along the back wall. A few people in the foreground wear glasses or white shirts. No individual can be clearly identified as a specific figure from this distance.2008-12-28December 27 20072007-12-27June 27 20102010-06-27