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March 06 2014

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Indoor satsang hall with a purple leaf-patterned carpet where many devotees sit cross-legged on the floor facing front. Most wear white kurtas, dhotis or white shirts; a man in the foreground right wears a white t-shirt with a black shawl tied at the waist and a rudraksha mala. Others wear light blue, striped and grey clothing. A seated elderly man in a beige sweater sits on a chair at the right, and rows of red chairs line the background. Warm wall lighting, beige panelled walls and marigold garlands at the left edge. No visible a person figure at the front of the hall in the frame.2014-03-06A photograph of a large seated audience at a satsang hall, with many delegates in white and cream clothing wearing lanyard badges, sitting on floor cushions and mats. Several people in the front rows have hands pressed together in anjali mudra or sit in quiet meditation with eyes closed. Warm orange and red drapery forms the backdrop, and a shaft of light falls from the upper right. No speaker is clearly visible in the frame; the focus is on the assembled devotees listening to the talk.2010-12-02A photograph of a seated audience at a satsang or discourse hall, mostly men in white shirts and white trousers with rudraksha malas. In the front row, a man with grey hair and glasses wears a white shirt with a lanyard, and beside him another grey-haired man in white wears a beaded red-and-brown mala and a lanyard. Behind and around them, Indian devotees sit on chairs and mats, some with vibhuti marks, several with hands folded or chins resting on hands. A saffron-orange banner hangs at the left edge, and a faint purple bird logo sits at the top left. No speaker is visible in the frame; the audience is the focus.2010-12-22A large seated group of devotees sits in meditation on striped red, blue and white mats in a bright hall with cream walls and orange curtains. Most wear white kurta-style clothing, and several have lanyards with ID badges and mala beads. A man in a black shirt in the foreground has his eyes closed. Many more people sit in rows behind them, including women in saffron, pink and teal saris. No single presenter or throne is clearly identifiable among the seated crowd.2011-01-21March 08 20142014-03-08July 16 20142014-07-16A photograph of a seated congregation in white clothing sitting on white mats during a satsang or meditation session in a hall with patterned pale walls and red carpet. In the foreground a man with a sandalwood tilak and rudraksha malas wears white dhoti with yellow borders and sits cross-legged with hands folded. Beside him a young man in white with rudraksha mala listens, and another young man in glasses rests his chin on his hand while wearing a white kurta and mala. At right a young man in white shirt and trousers sits with hands on knees. Many more devotees in white, some with name badges, fill the rows behind, including women and older people with grey hair.2015-07-01A large indoor meditation gathering in a hotel ballroom with a patterned brown and gold carpet. Many devotees sit cross-legged in white ritual clothing, with rudraksha malas around their necks, in rows of seated participants. Some women wear white and yellow saris and others wear white kurtas. A few men in the foreground wear white with rudraksha malas, and one man in front wears a white t-shirt and a rudraksha mala. Some attendees in the back wear saffron or red shawls. Dozens of people fill the room. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from this distance and angle.2013-12-03March 07 20142014-03-07A seated group of devotees in white clothes fills a carpeted hall with red upholstered chairs behind them, during a satsang gathering. In the foreground, a smiling man with a shaved head and dark-rimmed glasses wears a white kurta and a beaded rudraksha mala, and a second smiling man in white with a mala sits cross-legged beside him. Other attendees wear white shirts and kurtas, some with name badges, and many are seated on purple patterned floor cushions or mats. The image shows a crowd of roughly thirty to forty visible people.2014-03-06A large seated congregation of devotees fills a hall at an Inner Awakening darshan session. Many men and women wear white ritual clothing with orange-red lanyards, and several men wear orange-red shawls and rudraksha malas. A man in the centre foreground has a white forehead mark and wears white with a mala. Purple patterned backdrops and warm lights frame the stage area behind the rows of attendees. Stage-side and balcony rows continue into the distance, and the people shown are seated devotees rather than a stage performance. The photograph is watermarked with copyright text along the right side, which is not transcribed.2015-05-07July 01 20152015-07-01