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A photograph of a large hall with a blue-and-grey corrugated roof, white walls and colourful decorative hangings with orange tassels. In the front, several men sit cross-legged on striped floor mats, performing a puja with brass lamps, bells and small plates of offerings. The foreground priest wears an orange-saffron robe and white forehead markings, while others wear white dhotis and red-bordered white cloths. Behind them, rows of seated devotees, including women in orange and saffron saris and men in white shirts, sit with hands folded in prayer. Plastic chairs stand along the side walls.

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Interior of a white-walled hall with a blue-trussed metal roof and ceiling fans, hung with decorative patterned banners. Many seated devotees face forward on blue plastic chairs and orange-and-green mats, most with hands joined in namaskar. Women wear orange and yellow saris, and men wear white dhotis; several people hold orange-brown shawls. Brass lamps and offering plates with flowers sit on mats in front. Background shows a small shrine area with a deity image. Visible photograph of a group ceremony.2011-10-09Wide view of a large white hall with a corrugated roof, blue steel beams and ceiling fans, decorated with hanging multicoloured fabric banners in orange, blue and red. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor on striped mats, many women in saris and men in white shirts. In the foreground, three shaven-headed sannyasis sit on the mats: one in white dhoti with a gold border writes in a notebook, another in white dhoti and mala sits in the middle, and one in saffron-orange robes with arms crossed and a white forehead mark sits at the front. Brass lamps and offerings lie on the floor before them. Roughly sixty to eighty people are visible.2011-10-10A seated congregation fills a bright hall with white walls, a corrugated roof with exposed trusses, and ceiling fans. Hanging decorative cloth banners with orange tassels line the room. In the foreground, a shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and sacred thread sits eyes-closed on an orange mat. Beside him, a monk in saffron robe and rudraksha mala sits on a blue chair, and a man in a yellow-orange checked shirt sits eyes-closed on the right. Behind them, many men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris, and children sit on mats and chairs, some with hands folded in meditation or devotion. A small shrine picture hangs on the far wall near a clock, and a steel tray with offerings sits in the lower right.2011-10-09A long hall with white walls, blue steel roof trusses and ceiling fans, decorated with hanging orange and multicolored fabric panels. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor on striped mats, many in white dhotis and shirts, and several women in orange and red saris. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in an orange robe sits with hands raised in anjali beside brass plates and small offerings on a mat. Other priests in white, some with shaved heads and white vastram, sit holding brass vessels and performing a ritual, with small brass plates of flowers and fruit arranged before them. The scene suggests a group puja or satsang.2011-10-10October 10 20112011-10-10October 09 20112011-10-09October 09 20112011-10-09A photograph of a large seated congregation inside a bright white hall with a tin roof and exposed steel trusses. Rows of devotees sit on the floor and on blue plastic chairs, many men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha-style neck beads, women in cream, orange and pink saris, and children among them. At the lower right a shaven-headed man in orange robes sits near the foreground. Colourful woven hangings in orange, yellow and blue hang from the ceiling, and a wall shows a framed picture.2011-10-09A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees on mats and blue plastic chairs, many in white dhotis and shirts, some in saffron and orange saris and kurtas. In the front rows a young man in a white shirt sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, and others sit with eyes closed. A decorative brocade banner hangs from the ceiling beams. Along the far wall a small altar with framed images and a deity picture is visible, and a person in an orange robe sits near the front. Bright ceiling fans and white walls frame the satsang gathering.2011-10-09October 10 20112011-10-10A seated congregation fills a bright hall with white walls, a corrugated roof and ceiling fans, with colourful painted cylindrical hangings along the top of the walls. Many people sit on the floor and on blue plastic chairs, including women in white and cream saris, men in white shirts and dhotis, men in saffron and orange robes, and a bald, shaved-headed man in saffron cloth in the foreground. A young boy in a white shirt sits among the adults. A saffron-robed monk on the right wears a rudraksha mala, and a framed deity picture hangs on the far wall, with a clock nearby. The audience appears to be listening attentively at a satsang-style gathering.2011-10-09A seated satsang gathering in a white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses, decorated with tall cylindrical hangings in multicoloured floral patterns with orange fringe. Rows of devotees sit on the floor and on blue plastic chairs; many men wear white shirts with rudraksha malas, some in white dhoti, and women wear white or orange saris. At right, a shaven-headed man in saffron robe and orange-and-yellow checked shawl sits near the front, and another orange-robed figure stands at left near the doorway. Framed pictures hang on the back wall, and ceiling fans are visible.2011-10-09