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September 15 2011

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A large indoor hall with many devotees standing barefoot on colorful woven mats, palms pressed together in anjali mudra as if in prayer or greeting. Men in white dhotis, checked and striped shirts, and a yellow shirt stand in the foreground; one older man wears an orange shawl over a white shirt and an orange dhoti. Framed pictures and a painting hang on the walls, and a rectangular portrait with red trim is mounted high on the right. Fluorescent ceiling lights and red curtains complete the setting. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2015-11-01August 27 20162016-08-27November 01 20152015-11-01A large hall filled with seated devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing red-maroon beaded garlands, sitting on maroon floor mats with yellow notebooks and blue sheets in front of them. Several are clapping and gesturing with raised hands. Staff in white stand along the back and sides, and framed photographs hang on the cream walls above maroon curtains, with a banner and a small backdrop visible. Several people hold or sit beside small bags and mats in an organised satsang-style gathering.2014-08-23November 11 20152015-11-11August 27 20162016-08-27A large hall where many seated men attend a satsang or discourse on floor mattresses with red and white striped covers. In the foreground, several smiling men wear white shirts or white dhoti-style clothing, one in a dark blue shirt, and one in a white shirt with a pendant; many have lanyard-style name badges. Behind them rows of attendees sit facing forward. Along the back wall hang framed portraits and red curtains; the portraits show robed figures in saffron, green and white, but no clear identification of any physical person is made here. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights are visible, and a speaker is mounted on the wall.2011-09-15October 29 20112011-10-29October 07 20062006-10-07August 21 20112011-08-21September 13 20132013-09-13A seated congregation of devotees listens to a discourse in a plain hall with pale yellow walls and a tiled floor. Most men sit on thin blue-and-white mats, some in white dhotis and shirts, others in striped or blue shirts and a red shirt. A man in the foreground in a white kurta, with a sandal-paste mark and rudraksha mala, sits with palms joined in namaskar. A bearded man in a red shirt sits to the left, and an older man in white sits near the back. A devotee in white with a white forehead band and mala sits cross-legged at centre. No speaker or throne is visible. Cloth banners hang in the upper right corner. A blue sign on the wall reads a no-photography notice.2012-06-17