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A covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hosts a group ceremony. Several standing and kneeling devotees in white dhotis and saffron/orange shawls perform a ritual with brass lamps and vessels on low orange stands, and a standing man in white holds an offering. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes fills the floor, and tall striped cloth-wrapped pillars hang from the ceiling. On the left a man in an orange shawl stands near a drum. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the visible people are devotees and priests in white and saffron.

A seated man in white clothing and an orange scarf sits on an orange cushion at the front of a large hall, facing a seated audience of many men and boys in white with yellow shawls. Foreground devotees in orange robes and yellow sashes sit on colourful striped mats with books and bags. Decorated pillars with painted elephant motifs hang from the white tent ceiling, and a painted deity mural with a lit oil lamp stands at the right side of the stage area. A satsang or sharing session setting is visible.

December 25 2007

Indoor photo of an aarti performance in a hall with a corrugated roof and white walls, hung with colourful cloth banners. Several young men in white dhotis and white shirts, with orange shawls, stand or kneel near a row of brass oil lamps on a striped mat. Thirty to sixty children and adults in white clothes sit cross-legged on the floor facing them. At the left, a framed portrait of a woman in orange sits on a white-draped table with a red-and-white mat in front. At the right stands an older man in an orange robe and beaded necklace, beside a white sofa.

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A wide photograph of a large hall filled with seated audience members in white clothes, many wearing yellow lanyards, sitting on orange floor mats and some on plastic chairs. At the far left front, a woman in orange robes sits at a white lectern or dais under a spotlight, addressing the room. Hanging from the ceiling are colourful cylindrical fabric banners in yellow, orange and multicoloured patterns, and ceiling fans are visible. A framed painting of a deity murti hangs on the back wall. Some attendees are in the front row near the stage.

August 09 2007

A large crowd of devotees sits cross-legged on the floor of a tent-covered hall, most dressed in white, facing a stage at the far end. Orange triangular pennants hang from the ceiling and tall striped and patterned banners line the walls. Several saffron-robed figures stand on the lit stage in front of a decorated backdrop, while a television sits to the left. Some seated attendees wear yellow and orange garments.

October 01 2008

Indoor evening gathering in a white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof strung with small multicolored lights and fabric streamers. Devotees in white clothes sit in rows on striped mats facing a central stage. On the stage, a figure in orange robes sits near a raised dais with a laptop and a speaker, with a white-and-orange clothed table in front. Behind is a painted deity murti with a bull figure and tiered shelves holding small figurines and pots. Tall decorated pillars with blue, red and orange patterns frame the room. Several people in white sit on the left and right, with a few women in saris and one in blue. Roughly two dozen to thirty people are visible.

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July 11 2006

A large tented hall with a concrete floor and yellow floor markings holds a crowd of devotees seated on red mats in rows, mostly dressed in white with some saffron and green garments. Colourful painted cylindrical banners hang from the white tent ceiling. At the right, a figure in an orange-red garment sits before a decorated altar with a swastika-marked backdrop and a fire-related ritual setup, while a standing person in white with an orange shawl holds a microphone near the front. A video camera on a tripod films the gathering. Whether the central ritual figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the figure is described by role only.