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April 19 2008

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Interior of a large hall during an evening discourse, with the audience seated on white plastic chairs and on striped mats on the floor, facing a raised stage at the far end. Many women in white and pastel kurtas, salwar and sarees fill the rows, several with long dark hair, one with a grey bun in white. Colourful yellow and multicolour banners hang from the ceiling, and a camera on a tripod records the stage. The speaker is small and distant on the platform, too far to describe in detail; no identity is claimed from appearance.2009-08-18Photograph of a large indoor event tent with a dark draped stage at the far end, decorated with patterned hanging banners in red, blue and yellow with tassels. A large audience of devotees seated on the floor and on white plastic chairs, mostly dressed in white, fills the foreground, with a central aisle lined in yellow leading to the stage. A video camera on a tripod is set up in the aisle facing the stage. Several figures in white are visible on the stage, and some devotees wear a white shirt printed with the dhyanapeetam website. Fabric wall hangings and string lights line the tent. +1 copiesA photograph of a large indoor hall used for a seated meditation therapy convention. Rows of attendees sit on white plastic chairs and on the floor; many women wear sarees in pink, purple, maroon, yellow and green, and several men wear white kurta-style clothes. A standing speaker in white stands at the far left near the front. Hanging decorative pillars with yellow, blue, red and white patterns hang from the white ceiling. On the right, a saffron-orange cloth draped over a seat sits near a camera on a tripod and a figure in orange on the floor near the front. Participants hold papers and booklets. Speakers and fans hang from the ceiling.2009-09-27A large indoor hall with a white tent-style ceiling and colourful striped hanging panels. Rows of white plastic chairs hold many seated attendees, most in white, pink, green and yellow clothes, viewed from behind. At the front, a woman in a white sari stands at a lectern beside a screen. Near the stage an orange cloth-draped seat is set up, with a framed portrait on an easel and a flower arrangement. A video camera on a tripod records the session. The setting suggests a meditation therapy talk, with a large crowd present.2009-09-27A photograph inside a large white tent-pavilion at night, with lit ceiling tubes and hanging decorative banners in red, yellow and black. Rows of people sit on striped mats and white plastic chairs facing a stage at the far right, where a figure in white sits on a white-draped seat beneath a backdrop with a framed image. Several seated attendees wear white, lavender, orange and blue saris and kurtas, and a man in a checked shirt sits in the foreground. A video camera on a tripod is set up near the centre. Banners on the walls display portraits and a sign reading Nithyananda Spiritual Program, and a bottle sits on the ground at left.2007-04-17A wide hall photographed from the side shows a seated audience of devotees on orange and blue mats facing a stage at the right. Many women and men wear white clothes, and several women wear orange or saffron saris. Two standing figures near the right wear white robes with yellow shawls, and one of them holds a microphone. A video camera on a tripod stands in front of the stage. Striped Indian banners hang from the ceiling, and red chairs sit at the left side of the hall. A man in the front rows wears orange clothing. The scene resembles a satsang gathering.2010-07-11October 08 20062006-10-08October 07 20062006-10-07November 25 20102010-11-25A large tented hall with a central aisle lined with white plastic chairs, filled with seated people dressed mainly in white, with some in orange and gold saris. Striped patterned hangings with tassels hang from the tent ceiling, and a stage at the far end has a dark backdrop and a few seated figures in white and orange. Many attendees face forward toward the stage, and a figure stands near the centre of the stage. A small portrait of a woman with dark hair hangs at the left edge. The scene suggests a seated healing or discourse session.2006-10-08A photograph of a seated audience in an indoor hall with a dark red curtain backdrop and a stage. Many devotees in white clothes sit on mats on the floor, many with long dark hair in braids, some with orange shawls. On a raised platform at the front right, a person in orange and red ceremonial clothing sits on a chair, addressing the gathering. Standing fans, a tripod-mounted camera, and framed portraits on a small table are visible, with colourful striped cloth hangings near the top of the frame.2006-12-29A wide photograph of a large indoor satsang hall seen from the back, with a crowd of many dozens of devotees seated on the floor facing a raised stage. Most attendees wear white, cream, pink, green and saffron-orange saris and kurtas, and some sit on mats. On the stage, a seated figure in a green-and-red robe sits on a gold throne before a backdrop of carved temple pillars and a deity murti. Hanging from the ceiling are tall banners with blue, white, red and yellow geometric patterns and orange tassels, with a white dove-logo emblem at the upper left. Projection screens flank the stage.2010-11-25 +1 copies