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A seated group of devotees fills an outdoor satsang on a colourful striped mat and purple mat. Many wear orange shawls and white clothes, and children in front wear white kurta, red t-shirt, yellow t-shirt and striped shirts, some holding prayer beads. Adults sit behind them, several in orange shawls, one man in a grey argyle vest with a name badge. A wooden circular disc and a white wall form the backdrop. No clear presentation cue identifies a person among those present, so no candidate is named.

A large group of children and adults sits on mats and a low wooden stage in a sunlit hall, many wearing orange shawls or sashes. A young boy in a white kurta and orange sash sits in the front right, and several boys sit cross-legged on colourful rugs. Behind them, adults in orange stoles and a man in a grey argyle vest with a name badge sit on chairs near a round wooden arch. A man in a white shirt and orange stole stands at the top left beside a microphone stand. Brass lamps sit on the floor at the lower right.

A photograph of a seated satsang audience, mostly children and some adults, sitting cross-legged on an orange cloth and a colourful woven rug. In the foreground a boy in white kurta pyjama wears an orange sash and rudraksha mala, sitting in meditation posture. Beside him a boy in a red t-shirt with an American flag print and dark trousers sits with eyes forward. Behind them, adults wear orange shawls and white clothing, and a man in a grey argyle vest stands at the back. A brass bowl of rice and brass lamps sit on the rug in front. Other children sit in yellow, pink and purple clothing, and a white-robed man with a shaved head stands near the doorway, but no one can be confidently identified as a person.

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Wide indoor hall at an ashram with a seated group of devotees on red and pink mats, many boys and young men in white dhotis and simple shirts, several adults in white with gold-bordered dhotis and rudraksha malas, some with white tilak and sandalwood marks on their foreheads and arms. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head and horizontal tilak sits cross-legged before brass plates and small oil lamps, hands pressed together. A laptop sits at lower left. Behind them, red-cushioned chairs line the back wall, with framed portraits and a glass-enclosed shrine with a deity murti at the back. Some people have their eyes closed in prayer.

A photograph of a large seated group in a hall with red carpet. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in an orange cloth with a rudraksha mala sits with palms pressed together in prayer, eyes closed. Around him, many boys in maroon tunics with gold trim, some with white forehead markings, sit with hands folded in namaste, some with eyes closed. A woman in a blue and purple sari with a beaded necklace sits centrally, hands joined. Behind them, rows of men in white shirts and white dhotis sit on chairs and floor, hands folded in prayer. A few people wear lanyards. Pillars and a red banner appear in the background.

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July 20 2012

A photograph of a large seated audience on an orange cloth at an outdoor satsang. Most people wear white clothing, and many girls and boys sit cross-legged in rows. A young woman in the upper right wears a red embroidered top, and a girl in front wears a pink and white dress. A woman with a bun in white sits at left, and a blonde woman in white sits near the centre. A girl in the foreground wears a red and gold ornament and a red-and-white garland, and one young woman has a tilak on her forehead. Metal scaffolding and a tripod appear at the top left. No speaker is clearly visible in this frame.

July 20 2012

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A seated congregation of women fills a hall, most sitting cross-legged on the floor with eyes closed or heads bowed. Many wear white ritual clothing; some have orange or red shawls draped over their shoulders, and one woman in the foreground has white vibhuti marks on her forehead. Others wear saffron-orange and green saris and rudraksha-style necklaces. a person is not visibly present in this crowd shot.

A seated audience at a satsang, filling the frame in rows. Foreground devotees wear saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas and white sacred ash (vibhuti) marks on their foreheads; several have red bindis. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing red shawls and lanyards, sit attentively, and Western-looking participants in white tops and beaded necklaces appear in the back row. A young child with his hands pressed together sits at the upper right. The setting is an indoor hall with red carpeting and a red-draped stage edge at the top left.