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December 30 2008

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A large seated gathering in an ornately decorated hall with hanging garlands, colourful torans and a red-carpeted stage at right. In the foreground, a man in a white kurta with a red-and-gold shawl sings into a microphone while seated on a woven mat. Beside him a musician in cream clothes plays a violin, and at left a man in a red shirt plays a tabla. Women in saris, including one in orange and green, and many men in white sit in rows behind metal railings. Decorated deity murtis stand adorned with garlands along the right wall.2008-12-30A large crowd sits on mats under a corrugated roof hung with green leaf garlands and decorated pillars at an ashram hall. In the foreground, a seated woman in an orange sari sings into a microphone while a man in a peach kurta plays a harmonium-style instrument, and a man in red and white plays a tabla drum. Along the right, seated men in white and saffron-clad figures face the stage behind a metal railing with a red carpet. Behind them stand ornate deity murti figures on red-draped tables and a golden lion-shaped throne with a trident. Printed banners hang on the wall. This is a devotional music session during a festival, with a crowd of devotees seated on the floor.2008-12-30A seated musical ensemble performs in a hall with a red carpet and devotees behind them. A man in a mustard-yellow shirt and white dhoti sings into a handheld microphone on a stand, with a sheet of lyrics on a music stand before him. To his right, a man in a brown shirt and white dhoti sits at a second microphone with a harmonium-style keyboard and sheet music. To the left, a man in a rust-brown shirt plays a keyboard or electronic instrument, and another man in white kurta and dhoti plays a tabla-style drum. Behind them, women in saris and men in white sit or stand among a larger congregation.2012-01-01August 24 20142014-08-24December 30 20082008-12-30Indoor devotional music gathering under a hall with hanging bamboo-leaf decorations and banners. A musician in a cream kurta sits cross-legged on a mat playing a stringed instrument, with a man in white and red-saffron shawl beside him, seemingly singing or leading. Dozens of seated devotees in white, orange and yellow saris fill the floor, facing a red carpeted stage with a golden ornate seat and decorated deity murti figures on red-draped pedestals. Several saffron-robed attendants sit at the right side near the stage railing.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30Indoor festival hall at an ashram during a brahmotsavam celebration, with a dense crowd seated on the floor. In the centre, a musician in a peach kurta and white dhoti plays a stringed instrument, flanked by a man in white with an orange-and-red shawl at a microphone and women in white and yellow saris. Behind a metal railing on a red carpet, several saffron-robed sannyasis sit on the right, and a decorated golden throne with a swan-shaped finial stands near multiple deity murti adorned with garlands. Colourful painted pillars and hanging yellow foliage decorate the ceiling and hall.2008-12-30A large seated audience fills a hall at a satsang, many people sitting cross-legged on red mats. Foreground women wear red, orange and white saris and salwar, some with rudraksha malas and marigold garlands; a woman in a red turban and red shawl sits with eyes closed. Behind them rows of men and women in white kurtas and white clothes sit attentively. No speaker or a person candidate is visible in the frame.2014-07-06April 09 20122012-04-09