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December 07 2015

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A large seated audience fills a dimly lit hotel ballroom during a darshan session in Phuket. Many participants wear white clothes and orange or red beaded lanyards with name badges; a few wear orange or saffron garments, and some sit with hands pressed in anjali mudra. Crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling and the rows recede toward the back of the hall, with the front rows in the foreground. The stage with the teacher is not visible in this view.2015-12-07A large seated audience fills a dimly lit hall with ornate chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. Hundreds of participants sit cross-legged on a carpeted floor, many in white ritual clothing and orange or saffron shawls, with orange lanyards and name badges around their necks. Some wear white kurtas or dhotis, others pastel or patterned shirts. A few people in the foreground wear rudraksha-style neck beads and white garments. The focus is on the crowd facing a stage area beyond the frame.2015-12-07A large seated congregation fills a hall during a satsang or ritual gathering, with hundreds of devotees sitting in rows on the floor. Many wear white dhotis and white shirts, while several younger boys in front wear saffron-orange cloths with gold borders, rudraksha malas, and white markings on their foreheads. A man in the foreground with folded hands sits among the crowd, and a bald man with a white forehead mark and a rudraksha mala sits on the right. Rows of white candles or lamps line the upper background near a large video screen on the wall. A purple-shirted man sits at the left edge.2016-03-07December 15 20152015-12-15July 09 20172017-07-09A large seated gathering of devotees fills a warmly lit hotel ballroom, with a crystal chandelier and beige walls. Many people sit cross-legged on a patterned carpet, most in white kurta-style clothing with orange or red shawls and rudraksha malas, some with white vibhuti or tilaka marks on their foreheads. Several men in front have eyes closed and hands folded in prayer. A bearded man in red and white at left and a woman in orange saris are among the rows. Lanyards with identification badges hang on many chests. A speaker stands on a stand at right and rows of attendees extend toward the back of the hall. No single presiding figure is clearly identifiable in the frame.2015-12-07 +1 copiesJuly 09 20172017-07-09July 09 20172017-07-09 +1 copiesJuly 09 20172017-07-09A large hall filled with seated devotees in white dhotis and shawls, many wearing rudraksha malas, sitting in rows on a tiled floor facing a large screen at the far end showing a deity image. Several men in the foreground have bare chests and palms pressed together in namaskar, while others wear orange or saffron cloths. Framed pictures line the back wall, and a tripod-mounted camera stands at right. Overhead lights and wall fans are visible. Roughly a hundred or more people are seated in the hall.2017-07-09September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copies