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A standing man in white dhoti and white kurta holds a handheld microphone at the centre of a large tented hall, addressing a seated crowd. He wears a rudraksha mala. Beside him a woman in white with a blue shawl stands, and at lower right a man in a saffron-orange shawl crouches with a brass plate. The audience sits cross-legged in white clothes on white mats, many wearing rudraksha malas, under hanging coloured banners and overhead lights. The speaker's identity is not established from appearance, so no probable label is applied.

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A large white tented hall filled with seated participants in white clothing and rudraksha malas. A man standing centre-front in a white kurta and white dhoti holds a microphone and speaks to the seated crowd; he is barefoot and wears a rudraksha mala. Hanging decorative fabric banners with orange and red patterns line the tent ceiling. Some attendees sit on mats, and a woman in white at right holds a small object. The scene resembles a satsang or discourse session.2006-07-23November 12 20102010-11-12A large seated audience fills a hall with a white tent-style ceiling, ceiling fans, and tall colourful cylindrical banners with tasselled ends hanging on the walls. A standing man in a white kurta holds a handheld microphone in his right hand and gestures with his left hand on his chest while speaking to the seated crowd, most of whom wear white clothes and lanyards. Orange and red floor mats cover the ground, and a bald man in a light shirt sits in the lower right foreground.2010-11-12A photograph of a large seated gathering in a tented hall at an ashram, with many people dressed in white. Standing at the centre-left, a man in a white kurta holds a microphone and wears a rudraksha mala, speaking to the seated audience. Seated devotees in white clothes, some wearing orange-beaded malas, fill the floor. Hanging orange banners with woven patterns decorate the ceiling. A banner at the top right carries printed text. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the seated and standing figures are described by role only.2006-07-23December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a class in a large open tent hall with a concrete floor and a yellow painted line. Thirty to forty boys and young men in white clothes sit cross-legged on striped woven mats, facing a single standing teacher at the right, who wears a white shirt and white dhoti and stands barefoot beside a microphone stand. Many students have their hands folded or sit with books. Colorful hanging fabric tassels with geometric patterns hang from the tent ceiling, and framed photos and banners line the back wall, with some seated adults in orange and white in the background.2007-08-26December 24 20072007-12-24A photograph of an indoor hall with a bare concrete floor and a dark maroon curtained stage at right. A seated audience of many people in white clothes fills the foreground, many wearing orange shawls or sashes. On the stage area, a man in a white shirt and white trousers stands holding a handheld microphone with a cord, while a seated figure in white clothing and orange sash sits in a white plastic chair. Two children in white are seated on the floor at the stage edge. Behind them, banners and framed photographs hang on the wall, and a large painted portrait with a bright orange-and-red border hangs at left. Orange and gold drapes hang from the ceiling.2006-12-29A large indoor hall under a white tented ceiling with orange and striped fabric drapes hanging from the top, strings of marigold garlands along the edge. Hundreds of seated devotees in mostly white clothes fill the floor, many women in white saris and some in blue or teal. In the centre background stands an ornate golden framed deity murti with a dark backdrop. A bearded man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala sits in the foreground, and a standing man in white robes with an orange shawl stands at the right near the stage. Large portrait photos of a woman are mounted on the side walls. Crowd count is in the hundreds, so the people field is 100+.2006-12-27December 29 20062006-12-29September 01 20092009-09-01December 14 20072007-12-14