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October 15 2007

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Interior of a large temporary hall with a metal truss roof and white ceiling sheets, decorated with hanging striped cloth pennants in orange, blue and gold. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor on thin mats: children and teenagers in white kurtas and dhotis, girls in yellow, blue and pink salwar, a woman in a red saree, and older men in white with rudraksha malas at the front right. A banner reading Ananda Galleria hangs on the left wall. Speakers are mounted high on the walls. The people face toward a dim doorway at the far end, where a small altar area is visible.

Devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged on striped woven mats in a large open hall with a metal truss roof, facing a shrine at the far end. The shrine holds a decorated deity murti in red and gold draping beneath a lit lamp, with colourful striped pillars framing it. On the right wall, a sign reads Ananda Galleria with a portrait, and a few women in red and patterned salwar kameez sit among the seated crowd. The scene is evening, with dim light and an intimate congregational atmosphere.

A covered ashram hall with a corrugated roof and steel trusses holds a ritual with many seated participants on striped mats. Dozens of people in white clothes sit facing a shrine at the far end, where a deity murti is decorated with garlands. Several figures in white and saffron or orange stoles stand near the shrine tending the worship, including a figure in white at the centre. Tall decorated pillars with painted patterns frame the shrine, and brass oil lamps sit on the platform. On the right wall a banner shows a smiling older man beside the words Ananda. Books DVD. The scene reads as a devotional satsang or puja, with a prominent figure in white near the murti.

A photograph inside a corrugated-roof open hall at an ashram, with many devotees seated cross-legged on striped mats facing a shrine at the far end. Most seated people wear white clothing; a few women in colourful saris sit in the front rows, one with a long braid. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated with red and gold cloth, flanked by tall decorated pillars with striped banners. To the right, a signboard reads Ananda Galleria with product categories. The people are seated in a sea of white, with a few orange garments visible among them.

A photograph of a large crowd seated on the floor of a whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof and fluorescent tube lights. Many people wear white ritual clothing, and several men have rudraksha malas and white headbands. A woman in an orange and blue garment sits near the front right, and a few people wear red, green or beige clothes. Tall decorative pillars with blue, red and yellow patterns and yellow fringed bases line the hall, with string lights overhead. At the lower right, a pile of sticks lies beside a blue mat. Devotees face a distant platform at the far end of the hall, where a figure stands among the decorations. The event is a Shivaratri gathering.

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August 09 2007

Evening group meditation in a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof and strings of small lights overhead. Many devotees sit cross-legged on colourful woven mats in rows, mostly in white kurtas and dhotis or white shirts, with some in saffron and red saris. Women in green, orange and maroon saris stand at the back. A laptop sits on a wooden stand at left beside a power strip, and a tall striped textile hangs on the wall. Several boys in white sit in the front row. The scene reads as a satsang or meditation session; no single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.

February 16 2007

A photograph inside a long, dim hall with a corrugated roof and hanging decorative tassels in red, yellow and blue. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged on striped mats facing forward, many looking upward. In the foreground a young girl in a green sari with gold bangles sits beside a girl in a white and gold sari with a bindi. Nearby boys wear white dhotis and white shirts, and a few men wear orange or white cloth. Two figures in white are seated in the centre of the rows; no identifiable a person figure is clearly visible. The scene suggests a seated satsang or program gathering.

August 09 2007