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A photograph of a seated audience facing a standing speaker in a plain concrete-block hall. The speaker wears a maroon wrap and has a floral garland on the head, standing behind a pink-draped table holding small glass cups. Behind them are orange-draped tables with brass lamps, flower vases, small silver figurines and a wooden instrument. Audience members in white clothes and chairs with woven backs sit in rows, including a woman in a white sari with a dark patterned shawl and a man in a red-striped shirt.2013-10-05December 08 20152015-12-08October 02 20142014-10-02An outdoor covered courtyard under a teal tarpaulin roof, with a seated audience on folding chairs and a colourful striped mat facing a small ritual area. A woman in an orange sari and a man in a saffron-orange robe stand near a white draped figure and a low yellow-cloth table set with brass pots and a kalasha-like arrangement. Several robed and white-clad attendants stand along the right side beside yellow pillars and decorative banners. A cameraman with a video camera films from the left. The scene appears to be a homa or puja gathering, with fire-pit ritual objects visible near the center. No individual is confidently identifiable as a person from the image.2007-11-07September 04 20132013-09-04July 11 20152015-07-11February 01 20152015-02-01September 21 20102010-09-21A photo of a satsang gathering in a red-walled hall with a Nataraja dancing Shiva relief and brass oil lamps. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair speaks into a microphone from a raised wooden platform; the figure's appearance is uncertain, so no identification is made. Around them, about twenty seated devotees in white and red clothing listen, including a woman in a pink shawl and several people in white. A bowl of yellow and orange flowers sits in the foreground beside a trident-topped brass stand and a bronze figure.2016-02-26A padapuja ritual in a hall with red chairs and a dark red curtain. On a raised gold-coloured stage at right, a figure in orange robes sits on a gold throne draped with marigold and pink garlands, and a gold swan ornament stands behind. In front, a gold tray holds brass bowls of offerings, fruit and pink lotus flowers. Around it, devotees sit on the floor: a woman in white with a yellow shawl, a man in white with a rudraksha mala, a bare-chested man with a yellow cloth, a shaved-headed priest in white, a man in a purple shawl with folded hands, a woman in a yellow sari, and others with hands pressed together in prayer.2010-10-12A padapuja scene in a hall with pink walls and a dark red curtain. A man seated on an ornate golden throne with a red and gold cushion is draped in white and red-and-orange flower garlands, with a golden swan finial behind him. Two foreground seated devotees in white hold their hands together in namaskar. Around the throne, a seated man in a purple-and-green shawl, a woman in white with a yellow shawl, and other devotees in white and yellow sit on the floor. Before the throne stand golden trays of fruit, flowers and offerings, and a kalasha-like brass vessel. Several people in white and yellow sit around the seated figures, some with palms pressed together in worship. The scene shows devotees offering worship at the dais.2010-10-12A seated long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe and beaded necklaces sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne in a hall, facing a gathering. Around him, many devotees sit on the floor in orange shawls and white dhotis with yellow borders, some with rudraksha malas. A man in white and yellow clothes sits centre-front on a green mat, and a woman in a blue-and-purple sari sits in the right foreground. A microphone stand stands at lower right, and a fire extinguisher hangs on the back wall.2017-09-24 +1 copies