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October 01 2016

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A photograph of a satsang on a covered open-air veranda with carved wooden pillars and a green mat. A man with shaved head and dark reddish-brown robe sits on a raised seat at right, holding a microphone and speaking, with a small table and water bottles beside him. Facing him, a large seated audience fills the floor: many women in saris and salwar kameez in orange, red, green and teal, and men in white kurta and dhoti; a few Western-looking participants in white are among them. Trees and a red-walled structure appear behind. Several people in the foreground are seated with hands clasped in respect. A metal bell-like object sits on the table, and a bronze-coloured deity murti is visible at lower right.2016-10-01A satsang held in an open-pillared pavilion with a tiled roof and wooden columns, surrounded by greenery. A large seated crowd of devotees fills the foreground, many in white, orange and yellow saris and kurtas, with several women in green and pink saffron-toned garments. On the right, a figure in orange-red robes and a rudraksha-style neck adornment sits on an elevated wooden seat with a microphone on a stand and water bottles nearby, appearing to address the gathering. A small seated golden-hued figure and a deity murti are visible at the right edge, with a green mat on the floor.2016-10-01October 01 20162016-10-01October 01 20162016-10-01Outdoor session under a large banyan tree with many people seated on the ground in rows. At the left, a figure in red robes sits on a red velvet throne with gold trim on a red patterned rug, with long dark hair and a red shawl; this figure's appearance is uncertain for identity. Audience members wear white, orange, saffron and red clothing, several wear glasses or lanyards, and a bald man in a brown shirt sits in the foreground. A microphone stand and speaker are visible near the throne, and a stone basin sits beside the seated figure. Several figures in white and orange stand near the back. The crowd is large and fills most of the frame.2011-12-05October 01 20162016-10-01A photograph of a covered temple pavilion with wooden pillars and a red-painted wall. A seated group of roughly 25 devotees, mostly women in white saris and white clothing with teal beaded garlands, sit on the floor facing a dais. A man in the foreground wears white with an orange-red shawl and sits beside a large brass bowl of flower petals. On the right, a figure in an orange-red robe sits on the dais beside a microphone stand. In front stands a dark bronze deity murti holding a lamp, with brass oil lamps and a small gold canopy shrine behind.2016-01-01A satsang in a red-walled temple courtyard. A bearded man in saffron-orange robes sits on an elevated wooden seat with a microphone at left, speaking to a seated audience. Many devotees in white, blue, pink and orange clothes sit on mats and rugs; a bald man in white and a woman in white sit in the front rows. A small green carpeted platform, brass oil lamps and a bronze deity murti stand in the foreground, with hanging lamps and wooden pillars overhead.2016-10-01September 14 20142014-09-14October 01 20162016-10-01May 24 20182018-05-24A photograph of an open-air courtyard satsang with a bare-chested man in a rust-orange cloth and dark shawl seated on a carved wooden swing-seat with a leopard-print cushion, speaking into a handheld microphone. Wooden pillars and a hanging chain frame him. Around him, devotees in white clothing sit on the stone floor, several wearing beaded necklaces and white garments, while women in white and a woman in a white sari sit before brass vessels and offerings. A small kolam design is drawn on the floor, and a standing fan and a green mat are visible. The seated speaker wears adornments on his arm, and the setting is a traditional ashram courtyard.2016-09-15