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A photograph inside a bright, whitewashed hall with tiled floor and ceiling fans. Rows of people sit cross-legged on mats with brass tumblers and leaf plates before them. Many men with shaved heads wear white dhotis and a few hold hands folded in anjali, while women in white saris with yellow or red shawls sit in lines at the front. A woman in white stands near a doorway at left, and a framed portrait sits on a small stand at right near a seated figure. A red-painted wall with a decorative border is at left. Some people appear to be partially seated near the edges. Many people are visible, roughly in the range of twenty to a hundred.

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A photograph of a large whitewashed hall with a high ceiling and fans where a group of devotees sits on the floor for a ritual meal or satsang. Many people wear orange saffron robes, while others in white dhotis and cream saris with yellow borders sit in rows facing a central area. On the right, a seated man in white clothes and a shaved head sits behind an orange cloth and a plantain leaf of food, with his hands folded in namaskar. A woman in a cream sari with a dark border also sits with palms pressed together in the foreground. Steel vessels, banana leaves with food, and a brass lamp stand are arranged on the floors and cloth mats. A small stage with a microphone stand sits at the right edge, and a ceiling-hung speaker is visible.2011-03-05 +3 copiesA wide photograph of a bright, white-walled hall with ceiling fans and a row of seated devotees on a white tiled floor. 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