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A photograph of a large group of devotees seated in a hall, many with both hands raised to the top of their heads in a meditative or yoga-style posture. Many wear white kurtas or shirts with red-orange shawls or scarves, and some wear red-orange wrist threads. A projection screen at upper right shows an image, and a wooden door is visible in the background. No single figure is clearly identified as a person, and no identifiable face is attributed to any name.

December 21 2012

A group meditation session in an indoor hall with many participants seated on the floor, most with both hands raised to the top of their heads in a pose. Foreground centre, a bald man in a white kurta and white dhoti with a red-brown shawl sits cross-legged with hands on his head. To his left, a bald man in a red-brown shawl and bare chest sits with an arm extended. To the right, a man with reddish hair, bare chest, rudraksha mala and red-brown shawl sits with hands on his head. Behind them, people wear saffron-orange and white clothing. A stainless-steel bowl and water bottle sit on the floor nearby. No visible a person candidate is present in the frame.

Photograph of a large seated group of people in white clothing with red sashes and orange lanyards, performing a sitting practice with hands raised to their heads inside a multi-level atrium with red-lit columns and balcony railings. Many participants wear white kurtas or white tops and red shawls; some sit on purple and yellow mats. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.

A large group of participants in white clothes and red-orange shawls sit closely packed in a hall, with hands pressed to their heads in a meditative posture. Many wear red-orange scarves and beaded bracelets, and some have marks on their foreheads. Behind them are purple floral wall panels, and a video camera operator stands at the upper right. The image is dense with dozens of people, and no single person is clearly identifiable as a person.

A large crowd of seated meditators in a hall, most wearing white clothes and red-orange shawls over their shoulders. Many wear rudraksha malas around their necks. Several men in the foreground sit cross-legged on white mats with hands resting on their hips, while women in the background sit in rows. A red chair edge is visible at the right.

Photograph of a seated group of devotees in a meditation hall, most in white kurta-style or white clothes with red-and-black checked shawls draped over their shoulders. Many have both arms raised with hands on the head, fingers pressed to the crown, as in a mandala initiation practice. One figure with long white hair and white clothing sits at the left-centre, viewed from behind. A plastic water bottle sits on the floor at lower left, and the crowd fills the frame with dense bodies and arms. No clearly visible throne or sign of a presiding figure appears in the frame.

A photograph of a large indoor gathering of seated devotees in white kurta-style clothes with red shawls and rudraksha malas, many with hands pressed over their ears and heads in a meditation or kriya posture. They sit on purple yoga mats in rows across an atrium with red walls, pillars and a projector on a small table in the centre. Most faces are turned down or away, and the scene is crowded with participants.

A large crowd of participants in white clothing with orange-red shawls performs a seated meditation practice, hands raised to the top of their heads in a palms-on-crown gesture. Many have orange and yellow tilak marks on their foreheads and wear gold bangles and wristwatches. The dense gathering fills the frame, with faces of men and women of varied ages visible among the raised arms. No single individual is identifiable as a presiding teacher in this view, and no a person candidate is clearly visible.

July 13 2015

A dense crowd of devotees seated in rows at a large gathering, most wearing white kurta-style clothes and orange-red head cloths or shawls draped over their heads. Many have hands raised to their heads in a meditative or devotional gesture, eyes closed. A few men wear rudraksha malas, and one person in the middle right wears a green kurta. Some devotees have red tilak marks on their foreheads. The foreground is blurred with more heads and orange cloths. No single leader is clearly identifiable among the seated devotees.

A large indoor Inner Awakening session in a white tent-like hall. Many seated participants in white kurtas and red-brown shawls have both hands clasped over the crown of their heads in a meditative gesture. A man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in a brown leather throne-style chair at the centre-back, looking upward. Red cloth covers the floor in front, and an altar with deity images and a red-draped table is visible at the top right. a person is the seated man in saffron, identified by his saffron robes, rudraksha mala and central throne-like seat.