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A large crowd of devotees fills a tented hall with white fabric ceiling and ceiling fans. Most people are women in cotton saris and salwar kameez, many wearing bindis, some with glasses, and a few with lanyards. Men in white shirts stand at the back right. Striped decorative pillars with colourful bands line the hall and a dark screen hangs on the wall. The gathering appears attentive, facing toward the stage area out of frame.

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A photograph of a large indoor satsang hall packed with seated audience members on white plastic chairs, facing toward the front of the room, which is out of frame. Most attendees wear white shirts and dhotis or saris, while women wear bright saris in orange, yellow, pink, green and blue. Several elderly people wear glasses. Ceiling fans and fluorescent tube lights hang above the plain grey walls, with a banner visible on the far wall. No stage, speaker or a person is visible in this view.2008-10-15 +1 copiesA large indoor hall filled with a dense audience seated on chairs and the floor, facing forward toward an unseen stage. Most attendees wear white clothing, with women in saris of orange, red, green, blue and purple and some men in saffron or orange shawls. Ceiling fans, fluorescent tube lights and a high tiled roof are visible, along with a small framed banner on the far wall. Many heads fill the frame.2008-10-15A large indoor hall with pink walls and red curtains where many women stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, as if in prayer or satsang. Most wear white or cream sarees with coloured borders in yellow, purple and orange, and several wear black beaded mala necklaces; a few have hair pinned back and some wear bindis. A framed portrait of a smiling older man in a white head covering hangs on the left wall beside a smaller framed image, and a tall yellow fabric hanging with red and patterned bands is suspended from the ceiling. Decorative striped poles stand at the right, and a black speaker is mounted high on the wall. Behind the front row, many more people stand in rows toward the back of the room.2011-09-18October 15 20082008-10-152004 - sacred collections uncategorisedA large indoor hall filled with a seated audience of many hundreds of people facing a stage out of frame. Most attendees sit in white plastic chairs in rows, with men mostly in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers and women in colourful saris in blue, pink, green and yellow. A red carpet runs along the left side toward the stage. Ceiling fans, fluorescent tube lights and barred windows line the pale green walls, and a banner hangs at the back of the hall. Several people in the front rows are smiling and some wear rudraksha or chain necklaces. The scene reads as a satsang session with a large seated crowd.2008-10-15A large photograph of a packed indoor hall with a white-walled interior, a green-and-white painted ceiling and many ceiling fans. Hundreds of devotees stand close together facing forward, most wearing white garments, with many women in saffron or orange shawls and some in pastel saris. Several devotees wear beaded necklaces and rudraksha-style malas. A balcony along the upper level is also crowded with onlookers, and strings of garlands hang along the walls. The scene suggests a large congregational gathering, with no clearly visible speaker or deity in frame.2008-08-01October 15 20082008-10-15A photograph of a very large seated audience of women at a convention hall, rows of attendees in saris and salwar kameez in yellow, green, pink, white, orange and purple, many wearing glasses, gold necklaces and lanyard name badges. Pillars and banners line the hall behind them, and water bottles sit near the front rows. The crowd fills the frame and extends far back.2008-02-09 +1 copiesA large seated audience fills a hall at a person Jayanthi event, packed rows of devotees on white plastic chairs. Many women wear white or saffron-trimmed saris and salwars, some in blue, pink, green and yellow; several have folded hands in anjali or are clapping. Men in white shirts and saffron shawls sit in the front rows. At the far left edge, a glimpse of an ornate altar or stage is visible. The crowd appears to number in the many hundreds, with the room extending far back.2010-12-29June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA very large seated crowd fills a decorated convention hall with a draped purple and white ceiling canopy, strings of lights and banners on the walls. Hundreds of devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in white, pastel, pink, orange and saffron saris and kurtas. In the lower left, a man in white clothes sits near a fan and laptop at the front, and a young man in an orange shawl sits beside a woman in a white sari with a blue-and-orange scarf. Many attendees wear identification badges. The scene shows a satsang or darshan session at a convention.2008-02-09 +1 copies