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October 25 2006

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Indoor photograph of a crowd of women in saris queued along a wall in a bright room with a stairway at left and a window at right. Foreground: an elderly woman in a grey-green sari with a tan border bows with hands pressed together. Other women wear white with gold borders, pink, navy and blue, and maroon saris, many with gold bangles and necklaces. A small oil lamp flame is visible at lower centre. A date stamp at bottom right reads 25 10 2006.2006-10-25August 08 20092009-08-08A crowded indoor hall with a dark wooden pillar and a staircase with blue railings. Many women sit closely together on the floor in saris and salwar in bright colours including red, orange, green, yellow, pink, purple and blue, with garlands and gold necklaces visible. Several older women with white hair wear plain white saris. A woman in a white sari stands at the left edge near the pillar. The women appear attentive and seated in rows. No a person figure is visible in the frame.2006-10-25A photograph of a crowded indoor gathering at a Living Enlightenment initiation convention in Malaysia. In the foreground a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala around his neck stands with eyes closed and hands together. Beside him a smiling woman in a white blouse and lavender sari with a black beaded necklace and gold bangle has her hands pressed together in greeting. Behind them several people in white and orange-pink saris and white kurtas stand close together in a room with pale yellow walls. A woman on the right wears a blue-bordered white sari and clasps her hands.2004-07-26May 03 20082008-05-03A photograph inside a large white tent with a red carpeted floor, where many women in sarees dance and clap together in a group. In the foreground a woman in a green saree with orange border and black blouse holds the hands of a woman in a white saree with orange-striped border, while others around them raise their arms in celebration. Several women wear rudraksha or bead necklaces and gold jewellery. Hanging white fabric decorates the tent walls. No a person candidate is visible in this frame.2006-12-15July 01 20142014-07-01A row of about fifteen devotees stands in a bare, pale-walled hall with a tiled floor, several with palms pressed together in namaste or hands raised in devotion. Women wear sarees in pink, lavender, pale blue, purple, teal-blue and white, while a man on the right in a white shirt and a checked blue shirt also joins in. The group faces toward the front of the hall, appearing to be at satsang or bhajan. No speaker or central figure resembling a person is clearly visible, so the identity is unsure.2005-07-09A photograph of a seated gathering of women and a few men on a dark green mat inside a room with black pillars and a doorway. Several women in saris sit cross-legged in rows: a woman in a blue sari with palms pressed together, women in magenta, mustard-yellow, orange and maroon saris, and a woman in a teal-blue sari standing near a pillar at right. A small boy in a white shirt and khaki shorts stands in the background, and another child is near the doorway. At lower left, a man with a sacred ash mark on his forehead sits with eyes closed. Another woman in a green sari stands in the back. Crowd of visible people is roughly a dozen.December 17 20062006-12-17A photograph of a devotional gathering in a hall with white metal truss framing and warm illuminated panels behind. In the foreground a woman in a deep blue sari with gold necklace and bangles stands with palms pressed together in anjali, smiling. Behind her seated women in white saris and white garments with red-and-gold beaded necklaces press their hands together or smile, and a cluster of smiling women fills the lower right. A painted backdrop of a deity murti with garlands and orange drapery sits at upper left, beside a table with a closed book, a red-and-orange cloth and a small brass lamp. Several more seated women are visible at the back.2009-06-21December 17 20062006-12-17