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A seated group of devotees sits on orange and patterned mats in a hall during a teaching session. Rows of young men wear white dhoti-style clothing and blue lanyards, several with hands pressed in anjali near their chests. In the foreground, women in white saris with gold borders sit with rudraksha malas and hands folded, attentively facing forward. Behind them, stacked cushions, orange chairs and a white-framed doorway appear. No individual is identified as a person; the scene shows attendees in a satsang-style discourse.

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A photograph of a seated audience inside a hall with a light tiled floor, listening attentively toward the front. In the foreground, women sit cross-legged in white saris with gold borders and blue lanyards, several wearing rudraksha-style beaded malas. Behind them, rows of men in white kurtas and white shirts with lanyards sit on orange and patterned mats, some wearing yellow shawls and one with white sacred ash on the forehead. Orange chairs, a small wooden table, and colourful decorative balloons appear in the background, with a folded mat stack on a shelf.2010-09-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated audience at an indoor programme, with devotees dressed in white. Rows of men in white kurtas and white dhotis sit on orange and blue mats, many wearing lanyards with name badges and some with white tilak marks on their foreheads. In the foreground, several young women in white sarees with gold borders sit close to the camera, clapping or with hands together, smiling. 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Near the upper right, a figure in saffron-orange robes and a white cap sits on a raised platform beside a bearded man in white with a red-orange shawl. White wall shutters and an overhead truss frame the room.2010-10-10October 31 20102010-10-31 +1 copiesA wide indoor hall with white-painted walls and metal truss supports. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor on orange and purple striped mats, many dressed in white, with some wearing red, pink, blue and green clothes. A large group of seated men and women in white fills the frame, with a plain green-striped covered platform and orange chairs at the front. Several seated attendees wear lanyards. A standing man in white is visible near the back, with fans, wall curtains and wooden cabinets around the room.2010-08-08A photograph of a seated congregation in white clothing sitting on white mats during a satsang or meditation session in a hall with patterned pale walls and red carpet. 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