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A photograph of a group of women in a hotel-style function room with patterned carpet and recessed ceiling lights. Most participants wear white or white-banded head cloths over their eyes and walk in a loose group. Clothing includes a saffron-orange salwar with gold trim at left, white saris with blue and maroon borders, a white knit cardigan, white churidar-style outfits, and a teal kurta at right. Some women hold hands while moving. Chairs and a table are visible along the back wall.

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A photograph of a hall with a white plastic sheet covering the floor, where a group of participants dance with white blindfolds tied across their eyes. A woman in the foreground wears a cream sari with a silver border and a white blindfold; nearby women wear white kurtas, white trousers and white headbands, one in a blue striped top and dark trousers, another in a green outfit. Gold-framed wall panels and wall sconces line the room, with a red patterned carpet at the edge. Roughly a dozen people are visible.Photograph of a crowded indoor hall with beige carpet and recessed ceiling lights, where a large group of participants stands and moves in a meditative exercise. Many have blindfolds or eye coverings tied with fabric bands, including a woman in a red outfit on the right holding her blindfold up and a woman in a khaki-and-cream dress in the centre. A woman in a bright striped knit sweater with a green head wrap stands at left, and a woman in a blue denim pinafore over a light blue shirt stands in front. Others in salwar kameez and headscarves fill the background, with no clearly identifiable a person visible.A photograph of an indoor group exercise session in a hall with a red carpet. Several participants wear white blindfolds across their eyes and stand with arms outstretched, some holding hands in a chain. The foremost man on the left wears a white kurta and white trousers with an ID badge; the centre man wears a cream kurta with gold trim; a woman in a pink kurta and white churidar stands at right, and a woman in a white sari with gold border is seen from behind at right. Others in casual shirts and trousers stand in the background near windows, a wall clock and yellow curtains.July 26 20042004-07-26Photograph of an indoor hall with patterned carpet and recessed ceiling lights, where a group of people in white clothing wear white blindfolds tied around their heads and move together in a loose line. In the foreground, a man at left in a white kurta with a dark rudraksha-style mala and a small dark tag on his chest steadies the blindfolded man in front of him, who wears a white shirt and white trousers. Other blindfolded participants, some in white and others in pastel or colourful clothing, follow behind across the room. Several spectators stand in the background near a wall with a hanging pendant lamp.2004 - Trained Acharya's convention in PudukottaiA group of participants in a hall with a red mat performs a blindfolded exercise with arms outstretched. A bald man in a cream kurta and white pants stands center, arms spread wide, barefoot, with a white cloth tied over his eyes. To his left, a man in a white kurta and white pants, wearing an ID badge, stands with arms out. To the right, a woman in a pink salwar kameez holds a white cloth, and an older woman in a cream saree with a red border stands with arms open. Behind them, many more people wear white blindfolds and move in a loose formation. Large windows, a wall clock and curtains are visible in the room.December 05 20092009-12-05A photograph of a large bare hall with white walls, blue-framed windows and pink mats on the floor, where a group of participants wearing white blindfolds stand in a practice session. Women in colourful saris and salwar kameez, including a woman in a pink sari and a woman in a red-orange sari, stand with arms folded or at their sides, while men in shirts and trousers stand behind them, several touching their blindfolds. A man in a white shirt on the left appears to wear a lanyard. No deity, throne or ritual objects are visible, and no one is identifiable as a person.June 19 20162016-06-19August 22 20152015-08-22A photograph of a large hall with a patterned carpet where many people sit on the floor with cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes. In the foreground a woman in a red patterned kurta with a pink and cream headband sits with hands open, and a woman in a beige cardigan and olive scarf sits beside her. Nearby a woman wears an orange scarf as a blindfold, another wears a maroon shawl, and men in white shirts and grey sweaters sit with white cloth blindfolds. A standing figure in white stands near the back wall beneath hanging lights, and chairs line the rear of the room.