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June 21 2009

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August 23 20142014-08-23A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees, mostly women, dressed in white sarees with coloured borders and tied with green and white rosette badges. Many sit on white mats in rows, some with hands pressed together in namaste or clapping. Colourful striped hanging banners and a white tent canopy decorate the ceiling, with speakers and metal scaffolding overhead. At left, a deity murti and a large framed portrait sit near the stage area. Several men in white are visible at the back and right. The scene suggests a satsang gathering in progress.2007-02-15A photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a seated audience of many women in white and orange-red garments, clapping. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a green blouse and gold border stands smiling with palms pressed together, facing a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who bows with folded hands. A yellow and blue embroidered banner hangs from the white draped ceiling, and a camera on a tripod is visible at the doorway. The setting resembles an ashram satsang hall with white drapery and windows with lattice grilles.2009-06-21A photograph of a temple-style indoor gathering. In the centre, a smiling woman with a long braid wears a white sari with gold borders and a dark rudraksha-style mala, bending forward. Behind her, a man in white clothes and an orange shawl operates a video camera on a black tripod. On the right, a woman in a white outfit with a yellow shawl smiles, and a woman in glasses and a floral blouse, with a red bindi, claps her hands together. Several people in the foreground are partly visible, and an orange wall and a fan are in the background.2009-06-21A large seated audience at a satsang hall, mostly women in white and cream saris with gold borders, many smiling and laughing. Several wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and bindi or vibhuti marks. Some have hands pressed together in namaste near the centre. Name badges are visible on a few chests. The back rows show more seated devotees in white. No speaker or a person is clearly visible; the frame is filled with the audience.2013-01-19A large seated gathering of women in white and cream saris with gold borders, many wearing rudraksha-style red beaded necklaces and white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. In the foreground a smiling woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a red bindi and long red beaded necklaces laughs broadly, while a woman in a yellow-bordered sari beside her also laughs. Behind them many more devotees sit closely packed in a blurred hall with colourful banners in the background. The scene conveys a satsang or programme gathering.2014-08-23Indoor gathering in a large hall where many women in white saris with gold borders sit on the floor in rows, most wearing white or cream saris, some in red or maroon. Several wear rosette ribbons with rosettes pinned to their saris. A woman in a cream and orange sari sits on a white plastic chair at the left, laughing, near a raised platform with a glass display case, a monitor, and a garland-decorated stand. Hanging orange and yellow lanterns and a red and white bunting line decorate the ceiling, with a white metal frame structure at the upper left.2007-02-15October 02 20082008-10-02A photograph of a seated crowd of devotees at an evening darshan or satsang, behind metal stanchions and a chain barrier. Most are women in white and cream clothing, several with rudraksha malas and blue lanyards around their necks. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with an orange border sits beside a woman in an orange and yellow shawl, with a tilak on her forehead. Others in the back row smile, one in a multicoloured sari and another in a yellow garment. A small lamp glows in the upper background. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.2012-10-20A photograph of smiling women seated closely together at a gathering, most wearing white or cream saris with gold borders and red-orange rudraksha or coral-bead necklaces. In the centre a woman in an orange blouse and white sari wears a dark bead mala and gold chain and looks off to the side. Several other women have red bindis and vermilion or tilak marks on their foreheads. Attention is on a programme in front of them, with no visible speaker or throne in frame. Visible people number about six to nine.2014-08-23A photograph of a line of devotees standing in a hall with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, a gesture of prayer and greeting. Most are women: a woman in a white saree with a gold border and a rudraksha mala at the centre, a woman in a white dress with a red and white shawl, a woman in a blue-green top at the right edge, and several others in pink, green and yellow sarees. Two younger women at the left wear white with orange and red shawls.2013-05-07A large seated audience of women fills the foreground of an indoor hall at a satsang or darshan gathering. Many wear white saris and white kurtas, with some in pink, red, and orange-striped garments, and several have long braids and dark hair. Some smile or laugh while looking toward the stage. Behind them, two standing men in white kurtas with saffron-orange shawls film the event, one operating a video camera on a tripod. Large framed portraits hang on the wall above the crowd, and hanging orange lanterns decorate the ceiling.2006-12-27