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June 03 2009

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A large indoor hall with white ceiling fans and colourful decorated pillars hangs with yellow and blue fabric. Hundreds of devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats with palms pressed together in prayer, many wearing lanyards and rudraksha-style beads. Brass lamps and small offering plates with flowers and fruit sit before them. Near the back, a doorway shows a saffron cloth and a camera on a tripod. The scene suggests a homa or tharpanam ritual observance in a temple-style hall.2009-07-01Indoor photo of a large group of devotees standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra on orange and blue mats on a tiled hall floor. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in orange, pink, red and cream, a girl in an orange dress stands centre, and a woman in a white dress stands at right. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind them. Ceiling fans, orange hangings and a wall sign are visible. No swami is clearly visible in the scene, so no candidate is identified.2010-07-23June 03 20092009-06-03June 01 20092009-06-01A seated group of eight people sits in a circle on a polished cream tiled floor in a yoga or meditation session, with eyes closed or lowered and hands resting on their knees or in mudra. Most wear white or light cream clothing, including a bald-headed man in white at the front of the circle and a woman in a white kurta with a mala at left; a woman in a mustard-yellow top and pink trousers sits to the right, a grey-haired woman wears a blue t-shirt, and a man in a grey t-shirt sits at the far right. Yoga mats in blue and green lie beneath them, with a folded blanket, notebooks and bags scattered around the edges of the room.2011-07-30October 05 20062006-10-05A large indoor satsang hall with pink walls, ceiling fans and framed photographs. Dozens of devotees in white clothes with orange-and-red stoles sit on the floor and in chairs facing a central seated figure on an orange-brown cushioned seat. The central figure wears orange-brown robes and a long-haired, bearded appearance, with a microphone stand and camera nearby. Devotees in white and orange sit in rows; a deity murti and flower-decorated altar appear at the back right, with several people in orange standing near it. A red-and-gold ornate chair stands at the left wall beside a painted deity image.2016-09-30September 27 20152015-09-27A photograph of a large tiled hall where a group sits in a wide circle on a white floor with yellow and orange painted lines forming a mandala-like pattern. A man in the centre wears an orange-red turban and orange robes, seated cross-legged near a laptop and cables, apparently leading the session. Around the circle, children and adults wear white, orange, pink and blue clothing; some women wear saris and salwar kameez. A small girl in a dark top sits in the foreground beside a woman in an orange-red sari, and a gold deity murti stands at the right edge of the hall. Walls display framed pictures and a red curtain is visible.2015-09-27November 23 20092009-11-23A seated satsang audience sits on orange mats inside a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange walls. Tall decorated cloth banners hang from the ceiling, one with blue, red and yellow geometric and floral patterns and a white dove motif. Foreground devotees in white ritual clothes and red shawls sit with hands joined in prayer, while behind a metal railing more seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill the rows. A woman in a green and yellow sari bends forward at left. The photo shows an audience gathering rather than a visible throne or a person.2010-12-23July 21 20092009-07-21