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A large seated congregation fills a hall decorated with strands of orange and white flower garlands and string lights hanging from the ceiling. Most devotees wear white or pastel clothing, many with rudraksha malas; several women in white saris and a woman in a red-patterned sari sit with hands pressed in prayer or raised in gesture. Children in yellow shirts and boys with rudraksha beads sit in the front rows. No a person candidate is visible in the frame. The setting resembles a satsang or puja gathering during a birthday celebration.

A crowded indoor hall of seated and standing devotees, mostly dressed in white, with some women in yellow, red and pink saris. Garlands of orange and white flowers hang from the ceiling above them, and the group gazes forward attentively toward an unseen focal point, as at a satsang or darshan. A boy on the left wears a rudraksha mala. Several people hold phones or small objects. No central figure is clearly visible in the frame, so no identification is made.

A dense crowd of devotees gathered indoors under strings of orange and white flower garlands hung from the ceiling, with a pale yellow pillar in the background. Many people are seated and clapping, some with hands pressed together; an older woman in a green sari, women in white and cream saris, and several boys and girls in white kurtas wear rudraksha malas. A man in a teal jacket and a bearded man in white stand out in the foreground. No central figure is clearly visible, and no individual is identified.

November 22 2015

A dense crowd of devotees sits with palms pressed together in namaskar in a temple hall lit by small oil lamps and green lights. Most wear white clothing, and several have white or ash markings on their foreheads. A woman in the right foreground wears an orange top, and a man beside her wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Some older women in white sarees and white headscarves sit in the background near a tiered altar with brass lamps. The scene appears to be a puja or satsang with devotees in prayer. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd.

November 26 2017

A photograph of a seated crowd of devotees filling an interior room with wood-panelled walls and glass display cabinets behind them. Most men wear white shirts or dhoti-style white clothing with rudraksha malas around their necks, and several women wear sarees in cream, yellow and maroon. A woman in a patterned saree stands at the left edge, and a few men in white stand near the back against the cabinets. Faces are turned toward a point off-frame. A small child sits in the lower right. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

A dense crowd of devotees seated on the floor at an evening event, facing a stage. Most wear white clothes, and several men wear rudraksha malas. Some people have their hands raised or clasped and others look up toward the front. Behind them a stage is decorated with garlands, a gold-toned ornate shrine structure and a deity murti. A tall portrait of a figure is visible at the upper right. A figure in orange robes sits at the upper right near the stage, and a person in a white shawl sits at the top centre. A pillar and a white sheet frame the background.

April 14 2017

December 25 2005

A packed indoor hall of devotees raises their arms and claps during satsang. Many men and women fill the frame, some in white dhotis and shirts with rudraksha-style malas, others in colourful saris, salwar and a black t-shirt. A woman in a red and green sari claps in the lower left, and a smiling young man in a black shirt with a red tilak raises both hands at right. Metal barrier railings separate rows of seated people, and a white-walled room with a grilled window and a framed picture is behind them. No single speaker is clearly identifiable in the crowd.

A large seated crowd fills a hall with polished marble-patterned walls, mostly devotees in white clothes. Front rows include women in white saris with coloured borders, a woman in an orange sari, and an elderly woman with glasses in a white and blue sari with folded hands. Several young boys in white shirts and saffron or maroon shawls sit in front. Men in white shirts and dhotis with rudraksha malas sit among them, and more people stand along the back wall. Their attention is directed forward toward an unseen speaker or ritual. No single person is identifiable as a person in this view.