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A large crowd of devotees seated closely together in a hall with whitewashed walls. Most wear white clothes, and several men have rudraksha malas around their necks. Yellow and orange decorated pillars with floral patterns frame the space. Many faces look forward toward the front.

Large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing rudraksha malas and lanyard ID badges. A tall cylindrical banner in blue, red, yellow and white hangs from the ceiling, with colourful festoons and a decorated arch in the background. A distant figure in white stands at the far end near the stage. The image is a photograph of a Shivaratri gathering in a whitewashed hall.

Photograph of a large seated group of men in white shirts and white trousers, many wearing rudraksha malas, sitting cross-legged on a floor in a hall during a session. Some attendees have name badges on their shirts. In the foreground a man with a moustache looks ahead, with a red-and-orange mat visible at the lower left. Framed portraits hang on the back wall and a banner hangs from the ceiling. The room is whitewashed with a tiled floor and the attendees fill the space in rows. Many hundreds of people are visible across the hall.

A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing rudraksha malas and name badges on lanyards. In the foreground a man in an orange-red shirt with a saffron shawl sits cross-legged, looking forward with a bearded face. Behind the crowd, tall white scaffolding frames and hanging woven banners in yellow, red and black decorate the hall, and a large framed photo of a woman playing a guitar is visible on the right wall. Plastic chairs line the left aisle. The audience appears attentive, facing toward a stage or speaker out of frame.

February 16 2007

A large crowd of men, mostly seated closely together, fills the frame at what appears to be a satsang gathering. Most wear white shirts or white kurta-style clothing, and several wear rudraksha malas around their necks. Some men wear pastel or striped shirts in pink, orange and dark stripes. A few have sacred ash marks on their foreheads, and several look toward the front attentively. Orange and white decorative cloth hangs at the top corners of the wall. Partly visible on the lower left, a man in white wears a rudraksha mala.

May 13 2012

Crowded indoor photograph inside a temple hall with stone pillars decorated with colourful striped cloth and yellow fabric. Many men and women sit closely packed on the floor, mostly in white dhotis and white shirts, with some in checked or blue shirts and a woman in a purple sari on the left. A man on the right stands in white with a rudraksha mala around his neck. A bald man in dark-rimmed glasses and white clothes sits near the centre, and a man with curly hair and glasses in a white kurta sits at right. Many people wear sacred ash or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. The mood is attentive and seated. Several people are visibly seated or standing close to one another, and the crowd is well over twenty people.

A dense crowd of men and some women sits seated and standing in a temple corridor during a festival. Most men wear white dhoti-and-shirt sets, and several wear rudraksha malas. Pillars at the left and right edges are wrapped in blue, yellow and red cloth with patterned borders, and banana stalks hang at left. A woman in a saffron sari stands near the left, and a woman in a pale yellow sari sits in the middle. Men in front wear checked and grey shirts.

2012-06-05 +2 copies

A large indoor hall packed with a dense crowd of devotees seated on the floor, most dressed in white kurtas and dhotis with white and red tags pinned to their clothes, and many wearing rudraksha malas. Tall cylindrical banners with geometric patterns in red, blue, green and yellow with gold fringe hang down from the white ceiling beams, and red string lights line the roof. At the far end of the hall, a stage area holds a large framed portrait and a dais, with a few people standing near the front. Some women in saris and white clothes sit at the right side, and a child is visible at the left edge.

May 18 2012

A dense crowd of devotees sits seated on a stone floor inside a temple hall with carved granite pillars, decorated with coloured cloth bands. Most men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and women wear white or cream saris with gold necklaces. A man in an orange shirt sits at lower left, a man in a pink shirt in the centre, and a man in a light blue shirt with glasses sits behind them with hands joined. A small boy in a checked shirt sits among the adults. Many faces look toward the front of the hall. No clearly identifiable figure is distinguished by ornate saffron dress or long hair, so no appearance-based candidate for the teacher is established.