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A seated audience of many people, mostly in white clothing, faces a front platform in a whitewashed hall during a session. On the right, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl stands at a lectern holding a microphone and reading from paper. Beside him a woman in a cream sari with red blouse stands with hands clasped. At the left, several people in orange and saffron robes and rudraksha malas stand near the wall, and a cameraman films with a video camera. A laptop sits on a small table. On the right, a golden lamp stand and a table decorated with red flowers and a golden kalasha-style arrangement sit near the stage. Some audience members wear white and some wear yellow-orange garlands. The scene is a discourse or satsang.

A hall with white walls where a seated audience of many devotees faces a small stage at right. A man in white dhoti and shawl, holding a microphone and a sheet of paper, speaks at a decorated altar with brass lamps, a garland of red flowers and sheaves of grain. Beside him stands a woman in a white sari with a red blouse and a beaded necklace, holding a microphone. At left, two men in saffron/orange robes stand near the wall; one wears a saffron wrap and a ceremonial yellow scarf is worn by a man in white beside him. A cameraman in white with a video camera stands at the doorway. A laptop sits on a table near the stage. Many seated attendees wear white clothes and yellow or orange scarves.

Indoor ashram hall with white walls, fluorescent tube lights and a ceiling fan, where a seated group in white clothes gathers on mats. A man in saffron robes with a shaved head stands at left near a window, and another saffron-robed figure with long hair stands beside him. At centre, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a gold-edged cloth bends over a steel pot, while a dark-robed saffron figure stands at right. Women in white and yellow sit on the floor, one holding a garland. A water bottle sits on the floor in front, and marigold petals are scattered on the mats.

A seated group of women in a bare tiled hall sits in a row with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed in prayer. Most wear cream or white sarees with orange or red shawls and some have yellow borders; one woman in the front right wears a cream saree with green and gold border. Before them on green banana leaves are served portions of food and steel tumblers of water, arranged in a line along the floor. At left, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a garland of flowers and a beaded necklace sits on the floor beside a microphone stand. A speaker stands on a stand at the back, and a table with orange cloth holds audio equipment near the window.

November 12 2007

A hall with white walls, ceiling fan and tube lights shows a group of devotees seated on the floor on mats and leaf plates, many in white clothes. A woman in a white sari with red border walks at left, and a woman in orange stands near a raised red-and-orange cloth setup with a fan-like umbrella. A man in white and a woman in a blue sari bend over metal vessels and leaf plates at right, and a woman in red stands at centre. Curtains with flower garlands hang at the windows. No one is clearly identifiable as a person in this view.

Indoor hall with white walls and fluorescent tube lights. In the foreground, a woman in an orange head covering and orange top, seen from behind, holds a microphone and addresses a seated audience. Several women sit at a long table draped in orange cloth, dressed in white and light-coloured clothes with ID badges and neck lanyards. A brass plate and small oil lamps sit on the table in front. Behind them, a man in white sits on a chair near a water cooler and a dark cabinet, and orange cloths hang on the walls and chairs. Some women sit on orange mats on the floor at the right.

A seated satsang gathering of women in a hall with white walls, a pale-curtained door and a red curtain at left. Most women sit cross-legged on the floor in orange or saffron shawls over white and cream sarees, with several holding open notebooks, and food offerings in small plates and containers are arranged on a mat before them. Along the back, women sit on chairs; one in white and orange holds a microphone at right beside a keyboard and speakers, and another in white with an orange shawl sits at the far right. The scene reads as a women's spiritual discourse session with ritual food offerings.

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June 22 2009

Photograph of a whitewashed hall where rows of seated devotees in white clothes with orange-saffron shawls sit with palms pressed together on striped mats, facing a framed portrait of a figure in orange garments on a draped seat. Long rows of leaf plates with offerings, small cups and lamps line the floor between the two groups. Orange ceremonial staffs stand along the left wall, and a man in white stands at the far doorway. Fluorescent lights and a ceiling fan are visible.

A photograph of a large hall where many women sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, most in white or cream saris with gold borders and others in orange or deep maroon clothing. Each woman holds a small brass lamp or ritual vessel with a lit flame, and brass plates with offerings sit on mats and cloths in front of them. A wooden stage and a decorated canopy with hanging orange and blue banners appear in the background. Among the seated women, one in a white sari wears a gold chain and another in orange wears a red-orange shawl. A small a person candidate is not clearly visible, so the identity cannot be determined from appearance. Approximately 60 women are visible.