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A large indoor hall packed with seated devotees facing toward the front, viewed from the back of the room. Rows of pale green plastic chairs fill the floor, and many people sit in white or cream saris and shirts, while some wear pink, yellow, orange and blue garments. A metal barrier rope runs along the rear with more standing attendees behind it. Pale turquoise walls, ornate golden grilled doors and fluorescent ceiling lights frame the scene. Several men in white shirts stand near the barrier. Viewers can see no speaker or stage, only the audience. The gathering appears to be a meditation satsang, and the hall is crowded with several hundred people.

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A wide photograph of a large indoor hall packed with seated devotees on white and green plastic chairs, facing toward the front of the room. Rows of people fill the foreground and stretch back to a standing crowd at the far end under fluorescent ceiling lights. Women wear cotton and silk saris in pink, white, yellow and orange, and men wear white shirts and checked shirts. The walls are painted turquoise with barred windows, and a railing separates the back section. No speaker or individual candidate for a person is clearly visible in the frame.2005-11-23A large indoor hall packed with seated devotees watching a satsang, photographed from the back of the room. Rows of green and beige plastic chairs fill the floor, and many attendees wear white, cream and pastel saris or shirts, with a woman in a saffron-orange sari in the foreground and a man in a yellow striped shirt in the middle. Turquoise walls, barred windows and overhead fluorescent tube lights frame the space, and a metal barrier and standing crowd stand near the back. Several hundred people are visible, and the faces are fixed on the front of the hall where the teaching takes place, out of frame.2005-11-23A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees on red and blue plastic chairs, facing toward the front of the room. Many people wear white shirts, pale checked shirts, and sarees in green, yellow, and blue, and some older men wear light yellow shawls. Fluorescent ceiling lights and turquoise walls line the space. At the far right, a figure in a cream kurta stands on a raised step near the stage edge, apparently addressing the audience. The crowd fills the room from the foreground to the rear.2005-11-23November 23 20052005-11-23November 23 20052005-11-23A large indoor hall packed with seated devotees facing a stage at the far right, where a figure in a light cream robe stands near a raised platform. Rows of red plastic chairs fill the foreground, occupied mostly by older men in white shirts and light dhotis and women in saris of yellow, green and blue. Teal walls, a grey ceiling and rows of fluorescent tubes and ceiling fans light the room, and standing attendees line the back. The scene suggests a satsang or discourse gathering, with a figure at the front of the room who is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2005-11-23A large indoor hall with a light turquoise wall and several ornate wooden doors with gold patterned panels. A dense crowd of seated devotees fills the foreground and mid-ground, mostly in white shirts, cream and white sarees, and a man in a green striped shirt in the centre. Plastic red chairs are visible under many seated people. Fluorescent ceiling lights hang above, and a few standing figures in white are visible near the back. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person; no appearance-based candidate is present.2005-11-23January 12 20072007-01-12January 24 20092009-01-24January 12 20072007-01-12November 12 20042004-11-12January 12 20072007-01-12