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A photograph of a large seated audience at a mass Living Enlightenment convention, filling the frame with rows of white plastic chairs. Most attendees wear white or pale shirts and kurtas, while women wear saris in pink, yellow, purple, green and dark tones, some with sindoor and earrings. A man at the left wears an orange-and-white garment, and a bald older man at the right has a vertical forehead mark. Many faces are turned toward the stage, which is not visible.

A dense crowd of seated devotees fills a hall under ceiling fans, most wearing white shirts and dhotis or saris, with some in bright colours like orange, teal, pink and green. Many wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces on white shirts. Plastic chairs fill the rows and a string of lights hangs at the upper right edge. The crowd is facing a stage out of frame. No single figure is identifiable as a person in this view.

Wide photograph of a large hall filled with a dense audience seated on white plastic chairs under rows of ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. Many attendees wear white, cream, pink and blue saris and shirts; a woman in a rust-coloured sari holds a small child on her lap in the foreground, and an older man with grey hair in a white shirt sits at the lower left. Children sit among the adults. Stage and speaker not visible in frame.

A large seated audience fills a hall during an evening gathering, with white ceiling fans overhead and a camera on a tripod in the foreground. Most attendees wear white or light clothing, while many women wear saris in red, pink, green, yellow and orange. Rows of white plastic chairs fill the room, and several men stand along the back wall. The crowd is packed densely in the frame, with a few people wearing rudraksha-style necklaces among the white-clad devotees.

A photograph of a large indoor hall filled with a dense audience seated on red plastic chairs, facing toward the front of the room. Most attendees wear white shirts and dhotis or white kurtas, with some in striped shirts, pastel tops and plain shirts. In the foreground a woman in a blue sari and a young woman in an orange-yellow sari sit beside a man in a striped shirt. Fluorescent tube lights and ceiling fans hang over the hall, and the walls have decorative brown and beige patterns. No clearly identifiable a person is visible among the seated audience.

A photograph of a seated audience at an indoor meditation convention in a hall with a patterned tile floor and latticed windows. Rows of people sit on white plastic chairs, mostly women in colourful saris and men in white shirts and dhotis. In the foreground, a woman in a rust and red sari with a pale blouse sits beside a woman in a white and orange sari, and a man in white sits on a red and blue striped mat. Several attendees appear attentive, and their attention is directed toward the front of the hall, which is out of frame. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.

A large tented hall filled with a dense audience of mostly women seated in white plastic chairs, facing toward the front. Many wear white or pale garments, with some in pink, blue, orange and saffron saris. Ceiling fans and hanging lights line the tent roof, with a stage area and speakers visible at the back. a person cannot be confidently identified in this crowd view.

A large seated audience fills a hall with rows of white plastic chairs, attentive to something off-frame. In the foreground a woman in a rust-orange sari holds a toddler in a yellow outfit, beside a woman in a mustard-gold sari and a boy in a blue checked shirt and white trousers. A woman in a teal-blue silk sari sits at right, and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style pendant sits in the background. Many more people in white and pastel clothing fill the rows behind them.

A photograph of a very large indoor satsang hall filled with a dense crowd of devotees seated in white plastic chairs in rows facing a stage at the far end. Most attendees wear white saris and white dhotis, alongside women in colourful saris of green, yellow, pink, purple and orange. Many hold small items and some children sit among them. A small black television monitor sits on a stand at the right edge of the front rows, and a few banners hang near the back. White ceiling fans and rows of fluorescent lights hang from the high ceiling above the crowd.

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A large seated audience fills a hall in front of a draped white silver curtain with pleated swags. Men and women sit cross-legged or on mats, mostly dressed in white shirts, cream and pastel saris, and salwar kameez, with some wearing ID lanyards. Several older men with white hair and beards are near the centre, smiling and attentive. Women in the foreground wear glasses, nose studs and bindis, and a few smile warmly. No speaker or stage figure is clearly visible in the frame, and no identifiable a person figure appears in the scene.

A large seated crowd of devotees, mostly women in white and pastel saris, fills an indoor hall during an evening ritual. Foreground women wear yellow, brown, lavender and pink saris with gold bangles, a small boy in a striped top sits at lower right, and a lavender-sari woman holds prayer beads. A blue barrier rope runs across the crowd, and a balcony with more seated devotees is visible behind. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this view, so the presence of a leader cannot be confirmed from the image.