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August 19 20062006-08-19A hall with white walls and a tented ceiling hung with orange and patterned banners holds a seated group of students on pink and blue floor mats. Many wear white robes and orange shawls, and several have white headbands. They kneel with hands folded or sit in meditation postures facing a raised dais. Behind them stands a large bronze Nataraja murti within a flame arch, flanked by a standing figure and tall framed portraits of a long-haired figure. Several white plastic chairs line the room, and a fan and a few people in white stand in the background.2006-08-19Photograph inside a large tent-like hall during a group sitting session. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothes fill the floor, many with hands pressed together in namaste, some wearing yellow shawls and wrap-around yellow garments. Several sit on orange and striped red-and-green mats, with an orange cushion at left. A standing woman in white at right addresses or leads the group, with rows of white plastic chairs along the right side. Colourful cloth-wrapped pillars and white ceiling fans hang above, and a painted mural of a deity murti appears on the back wall.A photograph of a large hall at an ashram where a seated group of about two dozen people, mostly women and some men, sit cross-legged on floor mats in meditation. Many wear white clothing with orange shawls or scarves and white head bands. Behind them stands a gilded statue of a dancing Nataraja form on a dark pedestal, with colourful hanging cloth banners and a large framed image on the back wall. Several people in the background sit on the floor and wooden benches, with a row of chairs at the left edge.2006-08-19August 19 20062006-08-19A photograph of a large hall with a white ceiling and hanging decorative banners with colourful patterned tassels. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor on yellow and green striped mats. Most wear white clothes, while some wear yellow, orange and saffron tones; a few women sit in front in cream and yellow garments and carry handbags. A tripod-mounted video camera stands at the right near the stage area, and a figure in white stands near the front of the hall. No clearly identifiable a person is visible, so the figure at the front is described only by role. Blurred foreground heads and bags fill the lower frame.2009-09-07A photo of a monastic training session inside a white-walled hall with a tiled floor. Many people in white dhoti-style clothing and saffron-orange shawls sit in rows on thin mattresses, some with eyes closed and hands on knees, while others kneel or sit cross-legged. A video camera on a tripod and a microphone stand are set up at the front. Large framed portraits of a long-haired figure in red and pink robes hang on the wall behind them, and a deity murti stands on an altar at the left. Colourful woven banners hang from the ceiling and white plastic chairs line the right side.2006-08-19November 23 20092009-11-23A large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling hung with colourful decorative banners in yellow, blue, red and patterned fabric. Dozens of people sit cross-legged on orange and yellow floor mats, most wearing white clothes with orange or yellow shawls and saffron-coloured stoles, while some wear saris and salwar kameez. They face a central stage area during a seminar-style session. A video camera on a tripod stands at right, and wall clocks, windows and a wooden door are visible at the back of the hall.2009-06-15December 02 20102010-12-02A seated group of about eight women meditate on thin mattresses arranged on a bare concrete hall floor, in a white-walled space with white plastic chairs along the back and two large portrait banners on the wall. The foreground woman in a loose white shawl and white clothing sits with eyes closed, hands resting in her lap. A woman in a grey patterned salwar and white dupatta with a rudraksha-style mala sits in the middle, and others wear white salwar or white kurta sets with beaded necklaces. Striped blue and red mats and a yellow floor line are visible. The banners show a woman in red and white with hands pressed together. No one stands as a speaker, and no clear a person candidate is visible among the seated participants.2006-08-19Interior of a large tented hall with a white fabric ceiling and tall decorated cylindrical pillars wrapped in patterned textiles with elephant motifs and yellow fringe. Rows of seated participants sit on floor mats; many wear saffron/orange robes while others wear white. At the front, a raised stage with a maroon curtain holds a small table, a golden ceremonial urn, and brass lamps. A seated figure in white sits on an ornate throne-like chair at the front, with attendees facing forward. Overall a monastic training gathering.2006-08-18