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A large indoor hall with white walls, orange-and-yellow checked curtains and white pillars, where many children and some adults lie prone on striped mats and orange cloths performing a backbend (cobra-like) yoga pose, heads lifted and gazing upward. A girl in the foreground wears a white top and white pants on a purple mat, and a girl on the left wears a navy top and blue pants. Others wear pink, red, green, yellow and orange clothing. A small tripod, a projector screen and a cabinet with a television sit at the back, with plastic chairs and colourful buckets along the wall. No figure appears to be a person; the scene shows participants only.

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A hall with white walls, white pillars and a terracotta tiled floor, where many people are performing a forward-bending yoga posture on striped red-and-blue mats and folded blankets. Participants in mixed clothing, including white shirts, yellow, green, navy and orange tops, bend forward with heads down and hands on the mats. Orange and yellow curtains hang at the back left, and a large dark screen stands on the right. A person sits near the back left, and some mats are empty in the foreground.2010-12-15A photograph of a yoga hall with terracotta floor tiles and whitewashed walls, showing a group of students in forward-bend and downward-facing postures on colourful yoga mats. A woman in a white top and yellow scarf stands at right with hands on hips, watching the class. Behind the students, other people sit and stand near a small table, and a young girl in a yellow top and red skirt stands with hands together at right. Orange and yellow checked curtains hang on the walls, and a blue mat at lower left carries printed lettering. The scene shows a person yoga session. No person is clearly identified as a person in the visible frame.2010-12-05A indoor yoga class on terracotta floor tiles in a plain hall with white pillars and orange-and-yellow striped curtains. Children and young adults sit and stretch on colored yoga mats, including a girl in a red and white striped top bending forward with arms extended, a girl in a white top and blue patterned pants seated in a forward fold, and a girl in an orange salwar kameez seated on a pink mat. A woman with curly hair in a white dress with yellow trim sits cross-legged near the centre. A man in white clothes sits in the background, and a pink mat bears the printed words Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Plastic chairs and a water dispenser are along the wall.2010-12-05A yoga class in a large hall with terracotta tiled floor, white walls, a thatched roof and orange-and-yellow striped curtains at the windows. Many children, mostly schoolchildren in t-shirts, kurtas and jeans, stand and stretch on colourful yoga mats and cloths, some in lunge or wide-legged poses with arms raised. A few adults move among them, including a woman in a purple top at left and a man with a folder at the back. No a person figure is visible in the scene.2010-12-05A large indoor hall with a tiled floor and white pillars shows many children seated cross-legged on striped mats in a meditation or yoga session. A girl in the foreground wears a white t-shirt with a black mala necklace and rests her hands on her knees. Beside her, a girl in a pink salwar with gold border sits upright with eyes closed. Behind them, rows of children in mixed clothing sit on blue, red and purple mats. A lone adult standing in white clothes stands near a black backdrop at the back, and a blue banner hangs on the right wall.2010-12-18A photograph of a large hall with a tiled floor and a thatched ceiling supported by white pillars, where many children are practicing yoga on striped cushioned mats. Most children are bending forward into stretches, some kneeling with hands on the mats, while a few stand or sit in the background. A girl in a white top in the lower left and a boy in an orange shirt and red shorts on the right are prominent. Orange curtains hang at the windows and a black screen stands at the right. No adult with white or saffron ritual attire is clearly identifiable, so no presence of the swami can be confirmed.2010-12-15A photograph of a large hall with tiled orange floor where many people lie supine in relaxation on striped red-and-white mats and blue or purple yoga mats, some on orange cloth. Participants wear mostly white, pink, red, blue and green clothing. A woman in white stands at the left edge near a pillar. Orange curtains hang along the wall, and mats are stacked at the upper right. This appears to be a yoga or meditation session with participants resting after practice.2010-12-15A large tiled hall with white walls and a thatched roof, where many children and some adults are doing yoga on striped mats laid across the terracotta floor. Several children in bright clothes bend forward or balance on their hands and feet, while a few adults in white, pink and green stand and watch from the back. Orange cloth lies in the foreground, and a blue mat sits in the centre. Windows with orange curtains and ceiling fans are visible.2010-12-16A group of people sit on striped mats in a large hall with a low tiled roof and white walls, raising both arms overhead with palms open in a yoga or meditation practice. In the foreground a girl in a pink top, with a bracelet on her wrist, leads the pose. Behind her a young woman in white sits with arms raised, a boy in an orange shirt and red shorts kneels at right, and a child in a blue patterned outfit sits near the centre. Orange curtains hang on the left wall and a dark stage backdrop with a blue panel stands at right. The participants appear to be seated delegates of a yoga session.2010-12-15April 17 20112011-04-17A photograph of a yoga session in a large whitewashed hall with a tiled floor and a corrugated roof. Many participants are practising inverted and forward-bending postures on colourful mats laid over orange cloths; one person in a white shirt and grey trousers holds a headstand-like pose with legs raised, while others in white, red, green, blue and yellow clothing bend forward with heads down. A person in a white dress stands at the back, and orange-and-yellow checked curtains hang on the walls. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-12-05A hall with terracotta floor tiles and white walls where a large group practises yoga on orange and blue mats. Many participants lie prone in the cobra-like backbend, palms pressed to the floor, wearing white clothes and rudraksha malas. A standing instructor in white with an orange sash stands at the top left near a speaker, with orange drapes and white plastic chairs along the back.2010-02-08