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A large indoor meditation session in a tented hall with many participants seated cross-legged on mats and coloured rugs, most wearing white clothes and white blindfolds over their eyes. Some wear white lanyard badges. Some participants wear other colours: an orange t-shirt, a light tan shirt and a white t-shirt with a printed graphic. Water bottles sit on the floor among them. Behind them, a wall of photographic portraits of women in white hangs beneath hanging orange and patterned banners, and a spotlit stage area is visible in the background. Physical people count is in the many dozens, well above twenty.

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A large seated meditation session under a white tented hall, with hundreds of devotees sitting cross-legged on mats across the floor. Many wear white clothes and white blindfold-style headbands over their eyes, and some wear white ID lanyards. A few wear orange or red, and a woman in pink sits at the right edge. Water bottles stand among the mats. Tall decorative hangings with orange and black patterns hang from the ceiling, and banners with figures line the far wall beneath bright lights.2006-07-21A large seated gathering of participants in a tented hall during a meditation session. Most wear white clothing and white blindfolds or headbands across their eyes, sitting cross-legged on purple floor mats. In the foreground a man with a bald head and white shirt sits at the left edge, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala and a white headband sits centre-left. Several people wear red headbands, and a plastic water bottle sits on the mat. Along the back wall, a row of large printed portraits of a long-haired figure in colourful clothing hangs between striped banners. Colourful hanging banners line the tent poles, and a wheelchair is visible among the seated crowd.2006-07-21A large seated congregation of men fills a hall, most wearing white cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes. Many wear white shirts, with a few in light blue, green, and red-orange shirts. Some have lanyard badges around their necks. Behind them at the far end, colourful hanging tassel decorations line the ceiling, and a golden figure and a deity murti stand near an orange-draped altar area. The scene suggests a meditation or initiation session with participants blindfolded.2010-10-21A large seated gathering of many devotees fills a hall with a white canopy ceiling and hanging yellow, orange and blue tassel decorations. Most attendees wear white or light shirts and white headbands, sitting cross-legged on a white floor covering with red border strips. A few wear colourful shirts, and a small child in yellow appears near the front. A video screen and wall clock are visible at the back, and a camera on a tripod is set up at the left. No specific a person candidate is clearly visible among the seated devotees.2009-08-21Interior of a large white tent hall with arched ceiling and hanging orange and patterned fabric panels. A dense crowd of several hundred people stands in rows wearing white clothes and white blindfolds over their eyes, some in dark or orange shirts, in a meditation session. Several people in the rear appear to be standing with eyes covered; a woman in a light patterned sari stands at the right edge. Woven mats cover the floor and water bottles sit near the front. Small name badges are visible on some shirts. No figure is confidently identified as a person in this image.2006-07-21August 31 20072007-08-31A large hall with pale pink walls and a white draped ceiling holds many seated devotees on orange floor mats, most wearing white blindfold bands across their eyes in a group meditation. Several seated participants wear white kurtas or pale shirts, some in orange, green or blue, with name badges on lanyards. Rows of tall cylindrical hanging decorations with colourful geometric patterns and orange tassels hang from the ceiling. Red chairs are stacked at the back of the room, and a stage with a screen is visible at the far end.2010-08-14December 13 20072007-12-13A large hall with a concrete floor and white walls holds a seated group of men wearing white headbands tied over their eyes. They sit in rows on orange and blue mats and white chairs, many in white or light-blue shirts and dhotis, while some wear orange or saffron shawls. A tripod-mounted video camera stands at the left edge of the frame, and a dark speaker hangs on the wall above. Light enters through rows of high windows beneath a grey roof with white fabric panels. Nearly all in the frame are seated, and no clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-09-05A large hall with a white draped ceiling and hanging colourful cylindrical banners with orange tassels. Many people sit cross-legged on orange and red mats in rows, most wearing white or pale clothing and white blindfold bands across their eyes, some wearing lanyard ID badges. Red chairs line the side. At the far right edge, a golden altar area with figures and decorations is visible, and a few people in the foreground are partly cut off. The scene suggests a meditation session with eyes covered.2010-08-14December 13 20072007-12-13A large indoor hall filled with rows of seated devotees dressed entirely in white, many wearing white headbands covering their eyes and rudraksha malas around their necks. They sit cross-legged on colourful striped woven mats, some holding small books or bags. Colourful decorative hangings and a wall display are visible at the top left, and a figure in orange robes sits at the far right edge near a low table. Bright windows and a white metal framework of ceiling supports light the room.