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A photograph of a seated meditation session in a hall with pink walls and colourful paper garlands hanging overhead. In the foreground a young man in a white T-shirt with red script lettering and black trousers sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands resting on his knees, wearing a wristwatch and an ID badge. Around him many devotees in white dhotis and shirts sit on mats, some with hands in mudra, one wearing a rudraksha mala. A man in white on the right sits on an orange mat with palms open. The scene shows group meditation during a satsang-style session.

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Indoor satsang hall with a row of devotees seated cross-legged in meditation on blue-striped mats along a polished floor. A foreground man in a plain white T-shirt and brown trousers, wearing glasses and a name badge, sits with eyes closed and hands in a mudra. Behind him, men in white kurta-style clothes with rudraksha or beaded malas sit in rows. Framed gold-toned religious paintings and deity images hang on the walls, and red chairs line the back. The scene suggests a meditation session or satsang.2011-11-11A photograph of a seated group of devotees with eyes closed in meditation in a large hall with pale walls and a ceiling of recessed lights. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and light grey trousers sits cross-legged on a red mat with his hands resting in his lap. Beside him a man in a white kurta sits on an orange cloth, hands folded. Other men wear white clothes with orange lanyards and ID badges, and a few young men with orange shawls sit in rows behind them. Among the group, no figure is clearly identifiable as the a person. Several more people are visible in the background, seated in a meditative posture.2013-05-15July 02 20112011-07-02A seated group meditation in a pale pink hall with white draped ceiling and colourful hanging tassel decorations. In the foreground a young man with a shaved head and closed eyes sits cross-legged on a striped red, white and blue mat, wearing a cream kurta over black trousers, hands resting on his knees. Behind and around him many men with shaved heads, dressed in white kurtas and white dhotis, sit in rows on low cushions in meditation posture with eyes closed. The scene conveys a collective meditation session in an ashram-style hall.2010-09-03A meditation session in a plain room with peach-coloured walls and red-cushioned chairs. In the centre, a bald man in white kurta and white dhoti sits cross-legged on an orange mat with palms open and eyes closed, a red cloth at his waist and a vibhuti mark on his forehead. Behind him, another man in white with a rudraksha mala sits in meditation, and a few more people in white and dark clothing sit on the floor, with a man in a white t-shirt with red script at the left edge.2010-09-03A seated group meditation in a hall with a glossy white floor and pale pink walls. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged on blue-and-white striped mats facing away from the camera. In the foreground a young man in a white t-shirt, dark trousers and glasses sits with eyes closed and hands in mudra, wearing a name badge. Others wear white kurta-style clothes or grey shirts. Framed deity pictures and red curtains hang on the walls, with golden palanquin-like stands at left. No speaker is clearly visible in the frame.2011-11-11September 24 20162016-09-24A seated group meditation session in a hall with red curtains at the back. Many participants sit cross-legged on striped blue mats, eyes closed, mostly wearing white shirts and white trousers. Several wear rudraksha malas and ID lanyards. One man in an orange shirt sits to the left, a man in a pink polo sits in the front centre, and a man in striped cream clothing sits at the centre-right. A rolled purple mat lies at the lower left.2011-12-10A photograph of a seated meditation session in a bright hall with a polished light floor. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white trousers sits cross-legged with eyes closed, hands resting on his knees in mudra, a silver bracelet on his wrist. Behind him a standing man in a white t-shirt and blue checked lungi wears a rudraksha mala and holds his hands together, while several seated men in white clothing and malas meditate on mats and cushions. Colourful striped and tasselled decorations hang from the ceiling, and a blue sign with multilingual text is on the wall. The people are shaven-headed, unlike a person with long swept-back hair, so no candidate matches the a person cues.2010-08-26May 09 20132013-05-09 +1 copiesSeated meditation session in a hall with rows of devotees sitting cross-legged on striped mats. In the centre, a young man in a plain white t-shirt, dark-rimmed glasses and a dark beaded mala with a pendant sits with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap. Beside him, a man in white kurta with a lanyard sits with eyes closed. A boy in a yellow t-shirt with a red thread and a bindi sits in the foreground, eyes closed. Others in white clothes fill the background, some wearing shawls. Bright white light and red curtains are visible at the top. No identifiable a person candidate is present.2011-10-11A group of people sit cross-legged in meditation on a blue-and-white striped mat in a bright hall. In the foreground a man in a cream collared shirt and dark trousers sits with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap. Behind him a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala sits with eyes lowered, and a younger man in a similar white dhoti with a gold border and mala meditates with hands resting. On the left a bespectacled bearded man in an orange t-shirt with a dark mala sits in lotus-style posture. A man in a white shirt sits at the far left and another in a light shirt sits at the right edge. A red chair and a red curtain stand in the background, with a window to the right.2011-10-30