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June 22 20082008-06-22A 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.2008-03-06A photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall, mostly men dressed in white shirts and white dhotis, sitting cross-legged on the floor on mats and yellow cloth. Many wear white lanyard-style badges and some have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. A rudraksha mala is visible on one younger man in the front row. Framed colourful paintings hang on the wall behind them, and a red-lit alcove appears at the upper right. No speaker or throne is clearly visible in this frame; the audience appears attentive, seated in meditative rows during a discourse or satsang.2016-04-10June 22 20082008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22January 31 20162016-01-31A large seated congregation fills a hall with cream walls and framed pictures on the back wall. Men and boys sit cross-legged on blue and striped mats, mostly dressed in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing lanyard badges and beaded necklaces. Several devotees have sacred ash or kumkum marks on their foreheads, and some hold yellow cloths on their laps. The attendees appear to be listening in a satsang setting, with eyes closed or lowered, and no speaker or throne is clearly visible in the frame.2015-11-22September 05 20152015-09-05A large seated congregation of men fills a white-roofed hall at an ashram session. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts with lanyards and identification badges, sitting cross-legged on blue and red patterned mats. Some have hands in meditation mudra on their knees. Above them hang tall cylindrical banners with geometric patterns in yellow, orange and blue, and orange cloth drapes. At the back wall a painted deity scene and a purple banner reading a session title are visible. Bookshelves stand along one side. The number of visible people is well above one hundred.2008-06-22A photograph of a large seated congregation of men dressed in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing lanyards or badges, filling a hall decorated with white drapes and a garland of green leaves and yellow and blue flowers along the upper wall. At the far right front, a man with a shaved head wears an orange-saffron shawl and sits in an orange chair beside a low white stage. Another white-clad figure sits near the back left by the wall. Yellow fabric hangs from the ceiling and a blue sign is mounted on the wall.2009-08-29October 23 20102010-10-23September 23 20122012-09-23