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Indoor photo of a hall with glossy tiled floor and cream walls, a framed photo collage hanging on the wall at upper right. Three men walk across the floor in the foreground: the left man wears white dhoti with gold border and bare chest with white shawl draped over shoulder, the middle bald man wears maroon-orange cloth with gold border, the right man wears maroon-orange cloth with gold border and a rudraksha-style necklace. In the background left, several people in white and maroon-orange clothes stand and sit near a decorated altar with a gold-framed deity murti, green garlands and draped dark curtains. A small table and a red-and-white shopping bag sit by the stage edge.

Photograph of a tiled hall where several people walk in procession across the floor. Foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border walks beside a woman in a deep red sari with gold trim. Behind them, a shaved-headed man in a red-orange robe with a gold-edged cloth walks alongside another person in similar red-orange garments. On the left, figures in white and red-orange stand near a raised platform with a richly decorated golden throne-like seat and a deity murti with garlands. A wall-mounted framed collage on the right shows devotees labelled Darshan & Healing. A dark red curtain hangs behind the platform.

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A photograph of an indoor hallway with cream walls, a drop ceiling and dark green carpet, showing a procession of people moving through the space. In the centre, a man in an orange robe with a red head covering and a beaded necklace carries a golden vessel in both hands. Beside him, a woman in a maroon sari follows with hands folded, and to the right a man in a red-orange robe wears a white flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace, his palms pressed together in prayer. On the left, a man in white dhoti and shawl with an orange border stands with hands clasped. Framed photographs hang on the walls, including one of a figure in orange seated on a platform. Several other people are visible in the background near a doorway.

November 25 2015

A photograph of an indoor hall with tiled floor and white walls, where a procession of saffron-robed sannyasis walks toward a doorway. The central figure in front wears an orange robe and a long white garland with red beads, with a rudraksha mala at the neck, and walks barefoot. Behind him a bearded sannyasi in orange holds a tall ceremonial staff, and others follow in saffron. On the right, two men in white dhoti and shirt stand with palms joined in greeting. A display board on the right reads DHYANAPEETAM VEDIC TEMPLES with photographs of temples. Through the open doorway, colourful tent or pandal decorations are visible.

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A photograph taken in a bright tiled corridor of an ashram building, with a wall-mounted TV at upper left and a glass wall panel on the right. Five people are visible: two women at left in deep red-maroon saris with rudraksha malas, one standing with hands clasped; a man in a white shirt and black trousers with his back to the camera; a bare-chested man in orange dhoti with a white vertical tilak on his forehead and an orange-red armband, standing barefoot; and two bare-chested men in red-and-gold dhotis with rudraksha malas, one shaven-headed and wearing glasses, the other turned toward the glass wall. Other figures in orange and red robes are visible further down the hallway.

Two sannyasis in saffron-orange robes walk away from the camera across a polished white tiled hall. Their heads are shaved and one wears an orange turban-like cloth. Several framed photo panels hang on the cream walls, and a black chair and a few seated people in the background suggest an ashram or temple space. A red cushion and sandals lie on the floor. A woman in a white sari with a red shawl stands near a doorway, and a person in white stands further right. Several seated people in saffron and red garments sit along the left wall.

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