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July 29 2006

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January 24 20092009-01-24A large indoor hall filled with a dense seated audience of many hundreds of people in rows of white plastic chairs, facing toward the front of the venue. Many wear white kurtas and shirts, while women wear sarees in orange, green, blue, maroon, yellow and cream, with rudraksha or pendant necklaces and small name badges pinned to their clothes. Some sit with hands folded or eyes closed in meditation. Metal roof trusses, high windows and blue draped backdrops frame the hall, with a small stage set and banners on the far side. The photograph is wide and crowded, showing the audience from the back of the hall.2010-02-14 +1 copiesA large seated congregation fills a hall, with hundreds of devotees in white and cream clothing, many women in white saris with gold borders, some in purple, pink and orange. Several sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer, others hold open books or notebooks, and a few wear name badges on their clothing. A red and gold object rests in the foreground near the seated crowd. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the seated devotees, and the front rows are cropped, so the identity of any speaker or presider cannot be determined from appearance.2010-10-23July 26 20152015-07-26A large indoor tented hall filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees on floor mats during a satsang-style programme in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Rows of people in white shirts and mundus sit on the right, while women in saris and salwar in white, yellow, blue and pink fill the left side. Many wear lanyards and name badges. Blue-trimmed white canopy, overhead fans, ceiling lights and hanging chandelier-style lamps frame the hall. Along the back wall hang banners and posters, including one with orange flowers. No speaker's dais or identifiable a person is clearly visible in this wide view.2007-12-13July 19 20162016-07-19December 13 20072007-12-13A large indoor hall filled with a dense audience of seated devotees, mostly women in colourful saris of yellow, orange, green, pink and white, with some men in white dress along the left side. Many sit with eyes closed or heads bowed. The hall has a beamed ceiling with recessed lights, a tiled wall, a wooden double door at the back and framed photographs on the left wall. No speaker is clearly visible in this view. A faint purple logo appears at the top left corner and a copyright line is printed on the image.2008-07-29A large indoor hall packed with hundreds of seated women and some men in white and coloured saris and salwar kameez, many with long dark braids and gold necklaces, sitting in rows on a mat floor and writing on paper. A stage backdrop of pale drapery and a blue banner hangs behind them, with framed portraits of a bearded, turbaned sannyasi on the wall and a small hanging photo panel in the upper left. Crowd is dense, so the count is well above one hundred.2006-12-14A large seated audience of women fills a hall at a one-day Kalpataru workshop in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Most wear white or pale saris with gold borders, along with pink, magenta, blue, red and orange saris, and many have rudraksha malas and gold necklaces. Several hold name badges on lanyards. Behind them stand orange and white banners and a partly visible printed poster, and a few men are seated at the back of the room.2009-01-24A large seated audience fills a hall with cream and white floor cushions, many women in white saris with cream and gold borders, some wearing rudraksha malas and name badges. Several hold papers or booklets and appear to be reading or writing. A woman in the foreground wears a white sari and rudraksha mala. In the centre back, a woman in a saffron-and-gold sari sits near a row of white-clad participants. Tall chrome stanchions line the right side, and a man in a white shirt stands at the edge. Ornate gold deity murti and decorations are visible in the far background behind the audience, with a seated figure in saffron near the left wall.2014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24