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A seated audience of roughly fifteen to twenty people sits on white plastic chairs in a plain hall with cream walls, white curtains and a thatched roof with exposed beams. Men in white shirts and dhotis and others in striped or checked shirts face the front. In the foreground a man in white clothes sits with his back to the camera, holding a microphone on a stand over an orange cloth-covered floor. Fluorescent lights hang from the ceiling, and an open doorway shows green fields outside.

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A photograph of a seated assembly in a whitewashed hall with a terracotta tiled floor and ceiling fans. Many people sit cross-legged on orange and blue mats in rows, mostly in white clothing, several wearing lanyards. A speaker in the right foreground sits in a yellow armchair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and headwrap, facing the audience with a microphone on a stand before them. Orange curtains hang at a window on the right.A satsang hall with a long open-sided tent-like roof of beige fabric and metal beams. Rows of white plastic chairs face a seated teacher at the far end, wearing saffron-orange robes, sitting before a white wall with a green door and a small window. Several devotees sit on the chairs in white shirts and dhotis or light clothing, while women in orange, red and green saris sit on a raised bench at left. A microphone stand and speaker stand near the front, with a white board nearby.2013-05-19A seated speaker in a white shirt holds a microphone on a white chair at the left edge of a thatched-roof hall with an orange floor cloth bordered by a purple band. Facing him in rows of white plastic chairs sit about twenty men and women, several in white dhotis and shirts and some in lighter or pastel clothes, many holding notebooks or papers. A bookshelf stands behind them, with a red flower arrangement and a water bottle on a small table near the speaker, and a blue chart is visible on the wall.2010-07-10A large seated audience fills a hall with white walls and pale draped curtains. In the centre, a man in a white-and-blue striped shirt with a rudraksha mala stands holding a microphone and gesturing as he speaks. Behind him, a young man in white with a red-beaded mala stands near a wooden cabinet holding small items. Most seated attendees wear white kurtas or white dhotis, with red malas around their necks, and many sit in rows facing forward. Wooden doors frame the left side of the room.2016-12-15A large indoor hall filled with a seated audience of many hundreds of people facing a stage out of frame. Most attendees sit in white plastic chairs in rows, with men mostly in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers and women in colourful saris in blue, pink, green and yellow. A red carpet runs along the left side toward the stage. Ceiling fans, fluorescent tube lights and barred windows line the pale green walls, and a banner hangs at the back of the hall. Several people in the front rows are smiling and some wear rudraksha or chain necklaces. The scene reads as a satsang session with a large seated crowd.2008-10-15July 23 20102010-07-23December 25 20082008-12-25April 07 20082008-04-07July 10 20102010-07-10 +1 copiesFive men sit in a row of plastic chairs at a long metal-topped table with steel tumblers, in a simple open hall with bamboo blinds and a bundled-sack stack behind them. The man third from left is bare-chested with a red-and-gold wrap, rudraksha-style beads, a red tilak and a beard, arms folded. Two men on the right wear white shirts, one with a white moustache and one with white hair; the left two wear checked and striped shirts. Their attention is directed off-frame to the left.2006-12-20Indoor photo of a meeting in a plain white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof and ceiling fans. Seated men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing yellow shawls, sit on plastic and metal chairs and a striped mat facing a seated figure. That figure, on a white cushioned seat at right, wears orange-saffron robes and long dark hair, with a microphone in front. Standing monks in orange robes stand at the right edge. A video camera on a tripod and a cameraman are at the centre. At left, a framed portrait labelled with an orange-robed figure sits beside brass lamps and flower garlands on a small altar. The portrait is a depiction and the seated figure is only a probable candidate with uncertain appearance cues.2010-01-08August 29 20072007-08-29