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A large hall filled with seated devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing red-maroon beaded garlands, sitting on maroon floor mats with yellow notebooks and blue sheets in front of them. Several are clapping and gesturing with raised hands. Staff in white stand along the back and sides, and framed photographs hang on the cream walls above maroon curtains, with a banner and a small backdrop visible. Several people hold or sit beside small bags and mats in an organised satsang-style gathering.

A large crowd of men dressed in white dhotis and white shirts sits cross-legged on red floor mats inside a hall, listening to a satsang. Many wear rudraksha mala necklaces, and a few have vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. Several hold yellow paper, notebooks or small booklets. Behind them, the ashram hall has red and gold decor, and many more seated attendees fill the background, with people also visible near the back wall. The setting suggests a devotional discourse; the speaker is not visible in frame.

A large indoor assembly hall filled with a crowd of devotees seated on red mats, many clapping their hands together in devotion. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a dark rudraksha-style mala and a brown shawl sits with palms pressed together. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti with a golden-bordered cloth and a shawl claps, and another in white with a brown shawl also claps. On the right, an older man in a dark shirt with a brown shawl and a white dhoti folds his hands. Behind them, rows of people in white and saffron-orange clothing fill the hall, with umbrellas hanging from the ceiling and framed pictures on the walls. Ceiling lights and a red display are visible in the background.

June 20th 2015

2015-06-20 +1 copies

A large hall where many seated men attend a satsang or discourse on floor mattresses with red and white striped covers. In the foreground, several smiling men wear white shirts or white dhoti-style clothing, one in a dark blue shirt, and one in a white shirt with a pendant; many have lanyard-style name badges. Behind them rows of attendees sit facing forward. Along the back wall hang framed portraits and red curtains; the portraits show robed figures in saffron, green and white, but no clear identification of any physical person is made here. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights are visible, and a speaker is mounted on the wall.

February 28 2016

A large crowd of devotees sits cross-legged on a tiled floor in a pale pink hall during a satsang-style gathering. Many men wear white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas; several wear orange or saffron cloths. Most sit with palms pressed together in anjali, and a few hold hands folded at the chest. Bright wall panels, a tripod-mounted camera stand and a large screen at the back frame the scene. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues.

2017-07-09 +1 copies

A large seated congregation fills a hall with red mats, many people in white dhotis and shirts and others in saffron-orange robes. Foreground men in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas sit with palms pressed together in prayer, and one man in a teal shirt holds his hands folded. Behind them rows of devotees sit attentively, some children among them. Ornate red and beige decorations and framed pictures line the walls.

August 21 2016

August 24 2014

A large seated congregation of devotees fills a hall during a satsang. Most wear white clothing and sit cross-legged on red and maroon floor mats, many with red-orange rudraksha or prayer-bead garlands around their necks. Several have white ID badges on their clothing. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red garland looks toward the front, and an older man in white with a red garland sits beside him. Framed pictures and banners hang on the walls, air conditioners are mounted high up, and maroon curtains frame the windows. The seated audience fills most of the frame.

August 24 2014