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August 01 2011

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A photograph of a seated group gathered for a satsang-style discourse in a room with exposed brick walls and framed prints. A figure at left in red and orange ceremonial dress sits on a white-draped seat, holding a small object near the chest, facing a semicircle of about thirty attendees seated on the floor and on chairs. Most attendees wear orange and saffron shawls over white, pink and grey clothing; a few wear lanyards. A woven basket sits on the carpet in the foreground. +4 copiesA large seated audience of devotees fills a hall during a satsang or discourse session. Most wear white clothing with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and many sit cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation. Some hold small name badges. Microphone stands and a speaker are visible at the right edge, and a few people in the back rows wear white with orange wraps. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible among the seated crowd.2008-08-02March 26th 20142014-03-26May 16 20152015-05-16A large seated satsang audience in a warm-lit hall with padded cream wall panels and a wooden pillar on the left. Foreground devotees sit cross-legged on white mats; several women wear white kurtas with red or maroon shawls, some with hands in anjali or eyes closed, and a woman in a blue t-shirt with a red pendant sits centre-front looking ahead. Behind them rows of saffron-robed sannyasis and monastics, some with red or orange turbans and white beards, sit facing forward. Several kumkum or vibhuti forehead marks are visible. No single person can be confidently identified as a person from appearance here.2014-03-20A large seated audience of devotees fills an indoor hall, most wearing white clothing with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Many women in the front rows have their eyes closed, some with hands pressed together in namaskar. Men stand at the back and along the sides, and a few wear orange garments.2008-08-02Indoor photograph of a large group of people seated on the floor of a plain cream-walled hall with marble flooring and ceiling fans with pendant lights. Many participants wear orange-saffron shawls over white or coloured clothing and sit in meditative or prayerful postures, some with hands folded. In the foreground a woman in a teal top sits beside a woman in a pink sari and another in white with a long grey braid. A tripod-mounted video camera stands among the seated rows, and water bottles rest on the floor. Some people are seated on chairs along the back wall.A photograph of a seated audience at a satsang hall with cream padded wall panels. Many saffron and orange-robed sannyasis and devotees fill the rows, several with white or grey beards, orange turbans and orange or pink shawls. A bearded man in an orange robe holds a folded cloth near the centre. Women in white and red shawls sit in the foreground, some with bindis and glasses. A man with long dark hair and a dark beard in a black vest sits in the back right row.2014-03-20Photograph of a large seated meditation or satsang gathering indoors, with many devotees sitting cross-legged on a red-patterned floor mat in front of ornate wood-panelled walls. Many wear orange shawls or stoles over white, pink, or patterned clothing, and several have rudraksha or bead malas. In the foreground a woman with a red-and-white rudraksha-style mala and white outfit sits beside a woman with curly blonde hair, and a woman in white with an orange scarf sits with eyes closed in meditation. No swami figure is clearly visible in the frame. Other devotees sit at the back of the hall, some holding hands in mudra-like postures.2012-07-14March 22 20142014-03-22A large seated audience fills a white-walled hall during a session, with many devotees wearing white clothes and bright orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Most sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, some with eyes closed in meditation, while a video camera on a tripod stands among them near the centre. Colourful woven mats hang on the back walls, with strings of fairy lights and ceiling fans overhead and a speaker stand at the right edge. Several people in the foreground wear white and orange, some with vertical tilak marks on their foreheads.2008-08-02January 02 20162016-01-02