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A crowded indoor temple hall with a corrugated metal roof and hanging green foliage. Many devotees, mostly women in white, cream and orange saris with yellow and orange shawls, queue in a line along metal railings toward a bright doorway. A young man in a green striped shirt stands at right. Large framed photographs and tall decorative pillars painted with floral and geometric patterns line the walls. The scene suggests darshan queue movement in an ashram hall.

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October 18 20102010-10-18December 13 20092009-12-13A large crowd of devotees stands and sits in a covered hall decorated with hanging paper cranes and tall striped pillars. Many women and men wear white dhotis and saris, and some carry small metal vessels. A woman in a turquoise sari holds a child on her hip near the left foreground. Along the right side, a long red carpet runs between metal railings where devotees line up for darshan. Banners on the back wall show a seated saffron-clad sannyasi in meditation and a line of text about growing consciousness. Many people are visible, but the crowd is dense and partly cut off at the edges.2008-12-31December 21 20092009-12-21A crowded indoor hall with an orange-painted wall and a corrugated metal roof on steel trusses. Several painted cylindrical pillars in red, yellow, blue and white patterns stand along the room. Devotees in white clothes and colourful saris kneel, sit and stand in rows behind a stainless steel railing, some with hands pressed together in prayer. A red carpet runs along the railing toward a raised area at the far end. Many men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the right side. Framed photographs hang on the walls. Some people sit on the floor in the foreground near the railing, and a few bend forward toward the front. The scene appears to be a darshan queue.2010-08-19A photograph of a long covered hall with a corrugated roof and steel trusses, lined by metal railings on both sides. Devotees stand in rows along the railings with hands pressed in anjali, many women in sarees and salwar-style dress, a man in a white shirt at right. Two saffron-robed figures walk down the central aisle, one in an orange sari-style robe and one in a long orange robe, with a garland visible near the front. Decorative colourful cylindrical pillars with floral and geometric patterns hang from the roof, and framed portraits and orange cloths decorate the side walls.2009-12-06A photograph inside a covered, corrugated-roof hall decorated with hanging paper cutouts and tall painted pillars in red, blue and yellow geometric patterns. Along metal railings on both sides, people stand with palms pressed together in greeting. Down the centre aisle a figure in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair walks barefoot, with a man in white dhoti and white shirt walking beside him holding papers. Devotees along the left railing wear white, yellow, green and saffron saris and white kurtas. Framed photographs hang on the left wall. The saffron-robed figure with long hair and distinctive presentation is a person by appearance, but the identity is uncertain from this image alone.2009-12-02December 17 20072007-12-17December 09 20092009-12-09A crowded hall with a long red carpet runway running down the centre between two metal railings. Many devotees, mostly women, stand in lines wearing white saris and white dhotis with rudraksha malas; several women in the foreground hold small brass or steel vessels, and one woman in a navy and beige sari stands on the left. Paper star-shaped decorations hang from the ceiling, and colourful painted banners and printed posters line the walls. The people crowd toward an entrance at the far end, where a decorated doorway opens. The scene suggests a procession or line of devotees moving forward in a temple-style hall.2008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A photograph inside an open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange walls. Rows of people in white clothing stand with palms pressed together in anjali along both sides of a red carpet runway between metal railings. Women in white saris with yellow shawls and a man in white with a yellow shawl stand near the left side, while men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the right. Brass puja lamps, small offering dishes and plates sit on mats on the floor, and bright colourful pillars with floral patterns line the walls. Framed photographs hang on the orange wall to the left.2010-10-06