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A photograph of a seated audience inside a plain indoor hall with cream walls and pale curtains. Many people sit on blue-and-white striped mats and orange cloth. In the foreground a young man in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged, facing right. Beside him a man in white clothes with a red shawl and yellow-and-white scarves sits among other devotees in white kurtas, some wearing yellow sashes and rudraksha malas. A boy in a green t-shirt sits on the left. Several people in the back row look toward the front. No speaker or throne is clearly visible in this frame.

A seated congregation fills a hall during a satsang, with many devotees on striped mats in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. In the foreground, three men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls sit cross-legged with hands folded in prayer; the central man has a white band across his forehead, white body markings and a long rudraksha mala. Small brass plates with offerings, a kalasha-like vessel and an oil lamp sit on the mat before them.

2012-05-14 +2 copies

October 01 2008

A large hall filled with rows of seated devotees in white traditional clothing, many wearing rudraksha malas, sitting on mats during a satsang or meditation session. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in white with a red-and-gold trimmed cloth sits cross-legged on a mat, hands clasped, beside a man in orange and red sash and a man in yellow-trimmed white. Some attendees wear headphones, and a power strip and a small red booklet lie on the orange mats. Walls are cream and red with a wall clock visible in the background.

A crowd of boys and a few adult men dressed in white shirts and white dhoti-style clothing sit closely packed in an indoor hall, many wearing rudraksha beaded necklaces. Several boys have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. Some are smiling, others look attentively toward the front, and a bespectacled boy sits in the lower foreground. The scene suggests a seated assembly of young delegates during a person event, though no speaker or a person is visible in this frame.

2017-02-13 +1 copies

July 31 2015

January 1st 2013

Seated participants in white clothing fill a hall with striped blue-and-white floor mats. In the foreground two young boys sit cross-legged in white kurta-style garments; the one on the left wears a black bead mala and a red tilak on his forehead, and the one on the right wears a rudraksha-style bead mala. Behind them, adults in white kurtas and white dhotis sit attentively, some with lanyards, and a man with glasses and a beard sits in the middle. A plastic water bottle lies on the mat at left, and a brass lamp rests on the floor near the right edge. Soft orange and red drapes hang in the background.

October 14 2011

May 31 2012

A seated audience fills a wood-panelled hall with patterned wall fabric and orange curtains during a program. Many participants sit cross-legged on red-and-white striped mats, most in white kurta-style clothes with red and tulsi-bead malas, some wearing name badges. Foreground figures include a man in white with a red-bead mala and a balding man in white looking down. On the right, a woman in an orange top wears glasses and a red mala. Near the top left, two women in orange and cream saris stand at a white-draped table with objects on it. No one on the platform is identifiable as a person by these cues, and no a person candidate with distinctive adornments is visible.

A photo of a large seated group of participants in an open tent with red drapes and metal equipment cases behind them. Many bare-chested young men and boys sit cross-legged on colourful rugs, wearing white dhotis and gold necklaces, with white ash or paste markings across their chests, foreheads and arms. Several older men in white kurta-style clothing sit among them, and a few saffron-robed figures sit at the left edge near brass stands. Yellow ceremonial poles mark the floor, and the group appears to be in a sacred practice such as a Shivoham or samaya deeksha session.