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A photograph of a classroom-style satsang inside a plain room with white walls and a red-painted wall. A man in white robes with a red-bordered cloth sits on a black plastic chair at right, facing a group of about twenty seated students on striped woven mats. The students wear white clothing and blue lanyards, many holding notebooks or pens. A white ceiling fan, a wooden cabinet and a red door are visible. The speaker's appearance is not clearly identifiable from this image.

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A photograph of a small indoor satsang room with a plain white wall and a red-brown painted wall. About twenty people in white ritual clothing sit on colourful woven mats and floor cushions, many wearing blue lanyard-style neck cords. Several take notes or hold books and notebooks. On the right, a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border sits on a black plastic chair and gestures with his hands while speaking to the group. Nearby are a wooden cabinet, a standing fan and a ceiling light. The scene suggests a discourse or teaching session.2010-09-08A seated teacher in white robes with a gold necklace speaks from a low chair at the front of a room, gesturing with one hand while a seated group listens. The audience sits cross-legged on colourful striped mats in white clothing; the women wear white saris with gold borders, and some have long braids. A wall fan, a wooden cabinet and a glass-walled corridor are visible.2010-09-08Indoor satsang in a room with tiled floor and a wall fan. A seated teacher on a wooden chair wears white clothing and a heavy gold necklace, raising one index finger while speaking. About a dozen devotees in white sit on colourful striped mats facing him, some in white saris with gold borders and others in white shirts and trousers. A wooden cabinet, office windows and a corridor appear behind them.2010-09-08A photograph of a small indoor group session in a plain room with white-painted walls. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and white shawl with red-and-white border sits on a black plastic chair, wearing a gold necklace and a gold bracelet, with white sandalwood or vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms, and gestures with both hands while speaking. Around him, about ten people sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats wearing white clothes, some with blue lanyards and beaded necklaces; several hold notebooks or pens and listen attentively.2010-09-08December 16 20092009-12-16A photograph of a small indoor session in a tiled room. A shaved-headed teacher in an orange-red saffron robe sits on an orange cushion at the left, facing a semicircle of students seated on striped mats. Several students wear white kurta-style clothes, one woman wears a blue sari and another a yellow sari, and a child in red sits among them. A whiteboard on an easel stands behind the teacher, with a framed portrait on the wall and a microphone stand nearby. A woman in white stands at the back near a desk. The mood is an instructional gathering or discourse circle.2011-07-30A seated group of devotees in white clothes with blue lanyards and rudraksha malas sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats in a plain hall, facing toward the left. In the foreground a shaved-headed young man in white sits with hands resting on his knees, and several others sit beside and behind him, some holding notebooks or papers on the floor. A white fan and a red door appear in the background, with a wooden cabinet and stacked books at the right edge.2010-09-08October 18 20072007-10-18A bearded man with glasses and short grey-streaked hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and seated on a black plastic chair, gestures with both hands while speaking to a seated group. The group sits on a patterned mat in a hall: several women in white saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas, some with ID badges, and a shaved-headed man in white in the foreground. Behind them are red-cushioned chairs and a stage backdrop with painted scenery. No person is clearly identified as a person by appearance alone; the seated speaker is shown in saffron with a beard and glasses but his features are not distinctive enough for a confident identification.2010-09-05A photograph inside an unfinished open-sided hall with bare breeze-block walls and a corrugated roof. A woman in a white sari with a gold border sits on a white plastic chair at the left, facing a seated group. About a dozen people sit cross-legged on mats and a dark brown cloth, most in white clothes, one woman in an orange and grey sari and another in a white sari with a red flower in her braid. A red cloth hangs over a doorway, and a small wall shrine area with a canopy is visible at the right. Some participants have shaved heads and wear white shirts. No one in the scene is identifiable as the a person by appearance cues.2007-02-05Indoor satsang in a hall with a red curtain backdrop. A bald, bearded man in white dhoti and white shirt sits barefoot on an orange-cushioned throne-style chair, speaking into a microphone toward a seated audience. Beside him a framed gold portrait shows a figure in orange robes with a long garland and beads. Devotees sit on an orange cloth: men in white with yellow shawls, others in orange robes and orange stoles, and women in white and orange saris, some with long braided hair. A white pedestal fan stands in the middle. Several people sit on chairs at the back left, and women in green and white are in the foreground.2010-06-05July 13 20092009-07-13