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A large seated gathering of several hundred men in plain white clothes sits cross-legged on blue floor mats inside a hall with a white tent-like canopy. Many wear rudraksha-style beaded malas and identity badges on lanyards. Some are seated with hands in gesture or holding small books. Hanging colourful woven textile banners with yellow tassels decorate the ceiling, and a lattice of windows lets in light at the back. At the left edge a decorated altar area is partly visible. The scene reads as a healers' training session.

A large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and hanging yellow, orange and blue decorative banners. Hundreds of seated men and some women, mostly dressed in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, fill the floor in dense rows, many wearing lanyards with purple badges. A white draped table with items sits at the right edge, and a framed picture hangs on the back wall above a set of wooden doors. The audience faces toward the front of the hall, out of frame.

A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees, mostly men, dressed in white shirts and white dhotis with lanyards around their necks. They sit on the floor facing forward toward a small distant stage at the far left, where a figure in orange and saffron robes is seated. The white tent-like ceiling is decorated with hanging orange, yellow and blue striped tassel banners. Windows with patterned grilles line the back wall, and a camera on a tripod is set up near the left side of the crowd. A small figure in saffron clothing on the distant stage is too far away for any clothing or ornament cues to be confirmed.

February 24 2007

A large hall packed with seated men dressed in white shirts and white dhotis, most sitting cross-legged on white sheets and wearing name badges or lanyards. Several have rudraksha malas, and a few wear garlands or rosettes. Along the back wall hang framed portraits of a long-haired figure, and colourful striped and patterned banners hang from the ceiling. A fan and ceiling lights are visible. The attendees appear attentive, facing toward the front of the room.

October 07 2006

A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, many wearing lanyard badges. Colourful hanging banners with yellow, red and blue geometric patterns and tassels line the ceiling. A framed portrait hangs on the far wall above the stage area, and a white curved tent-like roof overhead. Some seated people wear grey or blue shirts among the white-clad crowd. The scene appears to be a satsang or discourse gathering with a packed audience facing the front.

June 22 2008

A large seated congregation of men in white ritual clothes fills a hall decorated with green garland swags, hanging yellow and blue patterned banners, and white draped fabric on the ceiling frame. Many wear rudraksha or beaded malas and lanyard-style name badges. The men sit cross-legged on the floor facing forward, presumably toward a meditation or guru-puja program. Speakers hang from the ceiling and white plastic chairs stand at the right edge. No single central figure matching the a person criteria is clearly identifiable in the frame.

Large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing rudraksha malas and lanyard ID badges. A tall cylindrical banner in blue, red, yellow and white hangs from the ceiling, with colourful festoons and a decorated arch in the background. A distant figure in white stands at the far end near the stage. The image is a photograph of a Shivaratri gathering in a whitewashed hall.

A large indoor hall filled with seated men in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing lanyard name badges, sitting on red and blue mats during a Nithya Dhyan Yoga session. Foreground men include one in a striped shirt with a rudraksha-style necklace, an older man with a grey moustache and a raised hand to his chin, and a man in a yellow shirt. Red curtains, framed deity pictures and a golden decorative stand line the walls. A figure in white stands at the far right near the curtain. The crowd is large, well over one hundred people visible.

A photograph of a large seated congregation on orange floor mats in a pale pink hall with tall windows and hanging yellow, orange and multicoloured tassel banners. Most attendees wear white dhotis and white shirts and many have rudraksha malas and lanyard badges. A man in the foreground at left rests his hand on his head, and a man in a striped shirt and dark trousers with a rudraksha mala sits in the centre-right. Shelves of bookshelves and orange cushions are at the back, with a few people standing near the rear and a framed portrait on the upper wall.