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A photograph inside a bright hall with white walls and ceiling fans. A standing figure in white clothes with a white head covering and a beaded necklace holds a lit flame over a tray, performing an aarti-style offering. Seated before them on orange mats are rows of devotees in white dhotis and garments with yellow and maroon borders, hands folded in prayer. Other seated people in white and yellow watch from the sides and back, and a few visitors sit at the far left. A row of metal vessels rests on a table along the right wall. Signs on the wall read Photography, Video Camera and Mobile Camera prohibited and Maintain silence, switch off cell phones. A hanging decorative banner with an elephant motif stands at the left. Cell phones and cameras are prohibited signage is visible.

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A photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain whitewashed hall with ceiling fans and a row of steel cooking pots along a side counter. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red tilak on her forehead stands centrally, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small silver bell in the other, while performing an aarti. Seated around her on the floor are rows of devotees: women in white and yellow-bordered saris with hands pressed together in namaste, and men with shaved heads in white dhotis with red-striped borders. A blue sign on the wall lists prohibitions including photography, video camera and audio recording. Several people are seated in meditative or prayerful postures.2010-10-12October 12 20102010-10-12A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a yellow-beaded garland, holds a flaming lamp aloft with his right hand inside a large white-walled hall. A brass bowl sits on a low wooden stool on the polished floor. Seated devotees in orange, maroon and white clothing with hands folded sit on mats along both sides, including a woman in a cream sari and a child in pink. Another man in white dhoti stands at a side table holding a camera, with steel vessels and a kalasha-style pot on it. Ceiling fans, a wall clock and a sign reading 'Mountain Silence' hang nearby.2010-11-12A photograph of a large hall with white walls, ceiling fans, and colourful painted pillars at the top. Seated on the floor in rows on green leaf mats and orange mats are many people. Front left, shaved-headed men in white dhoti-style clothes with red-bordered cloth sit facing away and wear sacred threads. Several women in yellow shawls with hands pressed in anjali sit in the middle rows, and men in white robes sit at the right front. A wooden low table and steel vessels stand near the right wall. Participants appear to be in a group satsang or meditation session. No one clearly appears to be a person, and the seated figures are shown without identifying role beyond attendees.2010-10-12November 12 20102010-11-12A large hall of seated devotees, most wearing white clothes and white blindfolds over their eyes, sit in rows on the floor. A woman in an orange-red robe stands at the centre-back near an open wooden door, one arm raised, apparently giving instructions. A man in a blue shirt sits with palms pressed together in namaste. A wall clock, a dark framed board with a decorative hanging, and a sign reading 'Maintain Silence' and 'No Mobiles Allowed' are visible on the white walls. An orange cloth hangs in the doorway behind her.2009-06-13A photograph of a ritual gathering in a white-walled hall with lattice windows and yellow-and-blue ornamental hangings. A woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala stands at centre holding an oil lamp, facing seated devotees. Around her, rows of people sit cross-legged on orange mats in white clothes, several with yellow shawls, some with palms joined in prayer and some holding bells or small vessels. Several shaved-headed men in white dhotis sit in the foreground. A few audience members appear with eyes closed. Signs on the wall read photography and video camera prohibition notices. Approximately 40 people are visible.2010-10-12A large indoor hall with white walls holds a seated gathering of many devotees, most wearing white clothes and white blindfold cloths over their eyes. In the foreground, a man in a blue shirt sits with palms pressed together in namaste beside other people in white. A standing figure in an orange-red robe and long dark hair walks toward the back of the room between the rows, near an open doorway with orange cloth hangings. Above, a wall clock, a framed wall panel and a small pale shrine-like display are visible, and a blue sign on the wall gives instructions about silence and photography. Potted plants and a fire extinguisher sit near the wall.2009-06-13A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at the front of a hall, holding a silver oil lamp with a flame in her right hand and a silver handbell in her left. She wears a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark. Seated devotees fill the room behind her, many with hands pressed together in prayer, some in white and others in yellow or saffron-toned saris. A blue sign on the wall lists photography, video camera, mobile camera and audio recording as strictly prohibited. Steel cooking pots sit on a counter at the right. The scene suggests an aarti being performed before a seated gathering.2010-10-12A large indoor hall packed with hundreds of seated devotees, most wearing white clothes and white cloth blindfolds over their eyes. A standing figure in an orange-red robe stands at the front centre, before a wooden framed mirror and an orange curtained doorway. A wall clock reads about ten past ten, and a blue sign on the left reads a maintain silence notice. Red ventilation blocks line the upper wall, with yellow cloth hangings above. The room looks like a kalpataru darshan style gathering, though the blindfolded seating is the most visible feature.2009-06-13September 17 20102010-09-17June 13 20092009-06-13