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Indoor ballroom session with a crowd of standing and seated devotees in white ritual clothes, many wearing orange-and-white lanyards with name badges and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A foreground man in white kurta stands with palms pressed together in anjali, next to a man in white shirt, and a woman in black top and patterned skirt with hands folded in prayer. Golden-backed banquet chairs fill the foreground, a microphone stand sits at right, and a framed portrait of a deity or saint with a green-and-gold turban hangs on the back wall. The scene suggests a satsang gathering.

A photograph inside a carpeted hall with ceiling chandeliers, where a line of devotees in orange and saffron shawls stands with palms pressed together in anjali. In the centre, a figure in an orange saffron robe with a dark rudraksha mala and long dark hair walks forward with hands folded, while a tripod-mounted video camera stands at left. Some participants wear white or striped orange clothing, and rows of brown chairs line the room.

2011-08-09 +1 copies

A photograph of a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala, standing with palms pressed together in anjali in an indoor room with wooden chairs and a white-draped table. Behind him, several people in white clothes stand with hands folded in greeting; a younger man in white with an orange cloth stands at left. Decorative brass plates hang on the wall. a person is shown in the foreground wearing saffron and a rudraksha mala with long swept hair, greeting the group.

July 02 2007

A seated group of devotees with hands in anjali mudra during a pada puja. In the centre, a woman in a white sari with gold border kneels and chants into a microphone held by a young man in white and yellow. An older woman in white with a rudraksha mala kneels beside a golden plate of flower petals, washing or honouring the feet of a seated figure in orange robes whose feet rest in the plate. Standing at the right, a long-haired person in an orange sleeveless top also presses palms together. Behind them, a man in white with an orange shawl stands by a wall painted terracotta, and devotees in yellow and white sit along the back. An orange cushioned seat and orange cloth fill the foreground.

A large indoor hall with a polished floor where a group of devotees stands in prayer with palms pressed together at chest level. Most wear orange or saffron robes and rudraksha malas, while several women in plain white garments stand among them. Small brass plates and oil lamps sit on the floor before them, and wall panels and framed photographs line the room. No individual is clearly identified as a person in this view.

A photograph of a carpeted hall lined with brown chairs, where a group of people stand with palms pressed together in namaste along both sides. A woman in an orange sari and matching orange head covering walks down the central aisle, and a person in a white shirt stands farther back near the doorway. On the left, a man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala films with a camera on a tripod. Ornate ceiling lights and dark wood-panelled columns frame the room.

2011-07-15 +1 copies

A photograph of a group of devotees standing in a row in a warmly lit hall with purple-patterned pillars and an ornate panel on the wall. Most wear white clothing, many with red lanyards or red-and-white malas. Several raise their hands in greeting or prayer, and a woman in a white outfit at center raises one arm high. A man in white near the front holds his hands together in namaste. A man at left in white holds a small bundle of red cloth. Petals are scattered on the floor. A partially visible woman at lower right has curly hair. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd.