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A large hall with a red carpet where four musicians sit on the floor performing devotional music. In the foreground, a man in a yellow shirt and white dhoti sings into a microphone while a man in a brown shirt and dhoti plays a harmonium on the right. A man in a white shirt plays a tabla-style drum, and a seated man on the left plays a small instrument with sheet music nearby. Behind them, a crowd of devotees stands and sits, many women in saris and salwar kameez, some in white traditional clothing, with a bright red backdrop and an umbrella-like decoration in the background.

A seated musical ensemble performs in a hall with a red carpet and devotees behind them. A man in a mustard-yellow shirt and white dhoti sings into a handheld microphone on a stand, with a sheet of lyrics on a music stand before him. To his right, a man in a brown shirt and white dhoti sits at a second microphone with a harmonium-style keyboard and sheet music. To the left, a man in a rust-brown shirt plays a keyboard or electronic instrument, and another man in white kurta and dhoti plays a tabla-style drum. Behind them, women in saris and men in white sit or stand among a larger congregation.

A photograph of a large hall with red carpeting where a musical group performs seated on the floor. In the foreground, a man in a mustard-yellow shirt and white dhoti sings into a handheld microphone, flanked by a man in a brown shirt playing a harmonium-style keyboard with sheet music on a stand, and a seated man in a white shirt playing a tabla-like drum. Another man in a brown shirt sits at the far left beside a laptop and cables. Behind them, many devotees in white, saffron, pink and red saris and white shirts sit and stand across the hall, with framed religious paintings on the walls.

A seated teacher in a carved wooden armchair leads an inner awakening session in a hall lined with framed photographs and banners. The central figure wears a saffron-orange robe, a long beaded rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, and sits smiling with a microphone. Around him, a large audience sits on the floor in white and orange-red shawls; several women and a child are visible, with a man in white at lower right, and the group appears attentive and joyful. a person is the central figure, seated on the peetha as the teacher. The scene is a satsang-style discourse with participants seated before the speaker.

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A large seated congregation of men in white ritual dhotis and shawls fills a hall during a puja at the Bengaluru ashram. Many wear rudraksha malas; several have bare upper bodies with yellow sacred threads, and a few wear saffron or orange shawls. In the foreground, a man with white hair wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, while a bald man in white sits in front of him. On a raised stage at the far right, musicians perform beside lit lamps under blue lighting, with a carved stone screen behind them and framed portraits on the wall. The congregation counts well over twenty people in view.

Photograph of a large seated congregation inside a hall with red floor mats and pale walls, facing forward toward an event in progress. In the foreground, several men sit cross-legged clapping and gesturing; the nearest man on the right wears a white kurta with a red shawl, rudraksha mala and red tilak, and the man beside him in white wears a red beaded mala. Others wear white dhotis, saffron and orange garments, and some have painted foreheads. Hundreds more people fill the rows behind them, many in white.