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November 28 20092009-11-28February 27 20092009-02-27A seated audience fills a hall at a convention, many attendees wearing headphones and name badges. Men and women sit in rows of white shirts, kurtas, saris in yellow, orange and blue, and a few in green and pink. Orange curtains frame tall windows at the back, and a white wall with a switch panel stands behind the rows. The foreground shows the backs of heads and shoulders of people closest to the camera, and no speaker or stage figure is clearly visible in this frame. Crowd is large, with many dozens of people visible.2010-02-20November 28 20092009-11-28A large outdoor crowd sits in red plastic chairs at an open-air event under a blue tarp canopy. Most attendees wear white clothing, and several have orange or saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. Many wear black over-ear headphones for translation or audio. A woman in the foreground has a blonde ponytail, glasses and a white top; another woman on the left wears a dark headset and a white top. Several men in white shirts and orange shawls sit in the middle rows, and people stand near a stage at the back. No individual can be identified as a person from this view.2010-12-29A dense, seated audience at a large satsang or discourse hall, mostly women and some men, photographed from the front with foreground faces in soft focus. Many wear white or pastel kurta-style tops and saris, with rudraksha malas around their necks; a woman in the centre wears a purple shawl over a patterned blouse and a name badge, and a woman at right wears a red top with rudraksha and a bindi. Some wear orange shawls and red vibhuti or kumkum marks. Attendees look toward the stage, some with notebooks and a green folder in view. The mood is attentive and focused, with no visible ritual activity.2016-12-21December 15 20162016-12-15A photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall at an ashram event. Many devotees sit on cushions and folding chairs, most wearing headphones for translation. Women wear white, cream, yellow, teal and saffron-orange saris and salwar kameez, and a few men in white kurtas are visible. A woman in an orange top stands near the left background, and an orange drape hangs behind her beside a wall with a gold-framed deity mural. A projection screen is mounted at the top. Many attendees appear to be non-Indian visitors seated among Indian devotees. The image is a densely packed crowd scene; no individual presenter is clearly visible on stage.2011-12-04A photograph of a large outdoor gathering seated on red plastic chairs behind wooden fencing, with a blue tarpaulin canopy overhead. Many people wear over-ear headphones. In the foreground a bearded man in a grey shirt, a woman in a red kurta, a woman in a maroon top with a beige sari-style wrap and a paisley bag, an older woman with glasses in a cream sari with a rudraksha-style mala, and a woman in a white top. Background devotees wear white with orange scarves. No speaker or a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame.2010-12-29A photograph of a seated audience at an indoor event, most attendees sitting on the floor and some wearing over-ear headphones for translation. Foreground: a woman in a pink and navy top with a red bindi and a lanyard badge claps and smiles; beside her a woman in a white embroidered tunic and pink trousers, with a dark pendant, also claps. Further right a woman in a green wrap wears headphones. Behind them many delegates in mixed colours, some with white or ochre forehead marks, sit in a dense crowd, with bright light from a doorway at upper right.2018-12-20 +1 copiesOctober 26 20152015-10-26December 20 20092009-12-20