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June 08 2017

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A large seated congregation of devotees fills a covered hall with a red carpet, many people with palms pressed together in anjali and eyes closed or lifted upward. Many men are bare-chested wearing white dhotis, some with orange or saffron cloth and rudraksha malas. A woman in the foreground right wears a deep maroon sari with a mala and presses her hands together. Ornate golden shrine structures and a deity murti area stand at the back, with incense smoke rising and a plate of food with yellow sweets at the right edge. Cameras on tripods film the gathering. No single figure with distinctive a person cues is clearly identifiable.2016-12-07Photograph of a large seated audience on white sheets inside a decorated hall with orange and red hanging fabric decorations. Many devotees sit cross-legged facing forward, several wearing lanyards with orange and red beaded neck cords. A foreground man in a white kurta sits beside a woman in a teal sari with a patterned border, while a man in a grey shirt and white dhoti sits at left. Some attendees wear red-and-white shawls. A photographer with a camera stands at the upper right. A water bottle rests on the floor at left, and the back rows show many more participants. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2015-10-18A large seated audience fills a hall with red mats on the floor, facing toward the front. Most attendees wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several wear lanyards. Some younger boys sit near the front in colourful shirts, and a man in a green shirt and dark trousers sits centre-right. Umbrellas hang along the back wall beneath framed banners, and a few orange-robed figures sit at the right edge. The gathering appears to be a satsang-style discourse seating with hundreds of participants visible.2016-08-21A large seated gathering of men on a red floor covering at an outdoor satsang. Most wear white dhotis and white sleeveless or collared shirts, several with orange-gold borders on the cloth. Foreground: a man in a white shirt with a grey moustache looks off to the side; behind him a man in a white dhoti with an orange border holds an orange cloth, and a bare-chested man with a rudraksha-style necklace sits with his hands folded. Right: a man with a sacred ash/kumkum forehead mark and a dark bead necklace sits cross-legged. Several attendees wear name badges on their clothing. Paper notebooks and a dark bag rest on the floor. Many people are visible in the background, and a yellow bollard edges the frame. No clear a person candidate is identifiable from appearance.2017-06-08August 16 20172017-08-16A large crowd sits on a red carpeted floor under a white tented pavilion hung with colourful paper lanterns and fairy lights. In the right foreground, a long-haired man in an orange and purple robe sits with palms pressed together, apparently the swami figure, with a distinctive long swept-back hair and orange clothing; the identity is uncertain from appearance alone. Around him, devotees wear white dhotis and garlands of white and red flowers, many with sandalwood or vibhuti marks, some with hands folded in namaskar. Women wear saris in yellow, green, pink and purple. Video cameras on tripods film the gathering, and ornate arches frame a shrine area at the back.2016-12-19October 16 20152015-10-16September 15 20152015-09-15A large seated audience fills a pink-canopied tent with a red carpet, attending a satsang. Many devotees sit cross-legged in rows, most women and some men, wearing saffron and orange shawls, white and cream sarees and kurtas, with rudraksha malas and orange headwraps. Several women in the front row wear bright orange and green sarees. A tiered arrangement of offerings or flowers appears at the left edge, banana plants and decorative banners frame the back, and a speaker hangs from the canopy. No individual speaker is clearly visible in the frame. The image carries an archive copyright notice.2015-01-13June 21 20152015-06-21December 18 20162016-12-18August 21 20162016-08-21