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January 02 2013

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A photograph of a seated group of young girls and women at an ashram satsang, the girls wearing matching maroon tunics with gold borders and gold-trimmed sashes. Several girls smile and clap, and one at right holds brass items. A woman in the centre-back wears a white shawl and a vertical white forehead mark, and a woman at upper left wears a green saree. Yellow flowers and a brass vessel rest on the floor mat in the foreground, with a copper item in the lower left. No central figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this frame.

A seated satsang audience at an indoor event, with a row of young girls in matching maroon dresses with gold trim in the foreground, several with palms pressed together in anjali. Behind them, adults wear white, red and orange clothing, one woman with a red scarf, others with tilak on their foreheads. The girls have hair tied back and small earrings; one wears a pendant necklace. A red bag sits at the lower left. The scene is a devotional gathering with people listening attentively.

A seated group of women in a hall with pink walls and red curtains claps and sits on mats during a satsang-style gathering. Most wear saris in deep red, maroon, orange and cream with gold borders, and many have rudraksha or beaded necklaces and bangles. Some have white sandalwood or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Brass lamps, a small kalasha-like vessel, steel bowls and a few open books sit on the floor before them. In the background a woman in white stands near the wall. No speaker is clearly identifiable among the seated devotees, and no a person candidate is visible in the frame.

A large seated gathering of devotees in a hall during a satsang. In the foreground, a young woman in an orange saffron robe with rudraksha beads and a forehead tilak presses her palms together in prayer, smiling, while nearby girls in maroon and gold-bordered robes with rudraksha malas clap and fold their hands. Behind them, rows of women and children in white and red shawls sit on the floor, many with white tilak marks. No a person candidate is visible in this frame; the figures shown are devotees.

A seated satsang audience in a bright hall with red curtains. In the foreground, many young girls wear maroon tunics with gold trim and sit cross-legged on mats, clapping, some with vertical tilaka on their foreheads. Behind them, adult devotees sit in white, saffron and red clothing; one woman in a green sari and several women in white and orange-red garments are visible, some with raised hands and clasped palms. The scene suggests a seated gathering during a devotional talk, though no speaker is visible.

A photo of a seated audience at an indoor programme, mostly women in red, maroon, orange and mustard sarees, clapping and smiling under warm red stage light. In the foreground a woman in a rust-red saree with a gold border and a thin necklace claps with her hands raised, beside a woman in a brown saree with a dark beaded necklace. Behind them rows of attendees sit on red mats, several with gold bangles and jewellery. The audience appears joyful and engaged.

July 14 2013

A photograph of a large group of devotees seated on the floor during a ritual with small oil lamps. In the foreground, young girls wear maroon tunics with gold borders and white forehead markings, holding small brass vessels and lamps. A woman in a brown and cream patterned sari with a red bindi and a pendant holds a lamp up with one hand. Behind them, rows of women in white and green and red garments, some with folded hands, hold lit oil lamps. The setting appears to be a hall with a red-brown wall.

August 15 2013

A large seated satsang gathering inside a plain hall with cream walls, tall windows and hanging orange and red tassels. In the front rows women in orange-red saris with gold borders sit on mats with hands pressed together in namaste or clapping, some wearing gold necklaces and bangles. Behind them many more people in maroon and white outfits sit in rows, some with white clothing and a few with rudraksha-style necklaces. Small brass dishes, a covered tin, water bottles and bags sit on the floor in front.

February 28 2013

A seated satsang audience in a bright hall with red curtains and red-cushioned chairs. Rows of devotees sit on red mats, many with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. Women wear white sarees with gold borders and maroon or red-and-gold dresses, and several girls in maroon uniforms with gold trim sit in front, some with white sacred marks on their foreheads. A person at the top left sits behind a laptop on a stand. Framed deity art hangs on the upper right wall.