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A 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.

A 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.

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December 16 2017

A large seated crowd of devotees fills a hall, with many men wearing black headbands and white kurta-style clothing and women in colourful saris and salwars. Several men in the foreground smile broadly, and one older man at right, in white clothing, presses his palms together in namaste while another applauds. No identifiable central figure such as a person is clearly visible in this frame.

December 07 2016

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A 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.

December 12 2016

A photograph of a large seated congregation at a satsang, mostly women smiling and laughing. In the foreground a woman in a blue patterned top wears a long rudraksha mala and gold pendant, beside a woman in a pale green and white sari with a multicolour beaded necklace. A woman in a purple and maroon sari with a red mala smiles at centre, and at right a woman in a green sari with a rudraksha mala and red bindi sits. Behind them rows of devotees in saris and kurtas in pink, orange, red and white sit on a hall floor under warm lights. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.

May 06 2016

A photograph of a large seated audience at a satsang, filling the frame with many women in colourful saris and salwar kameez. In the foreground, a woman in a blue patterned blouse and saffron-brown rudraksha-style beaded mala smiles calmly with hands together, beside a younger woman in a white and green sari and a long-haired woman in a purple sari with a dark rudraksha necklace who laughs broadly. Behind them rows of attendees sit closely together, some in white, pink and green clothing, with warm golden lights and pillars in the background. No single presenter or a person figure is clearly visible in this frame.