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A seated group of devotees sits in prayer in an indoor hall with orange walls and steel railings. In the foreground, a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari and a woman in a red patterned top sit with palms pressed together. Beside them a woman in a blue striped sari holds her hands in anjali, with a rudraksha mala around her neck. Behind them, rows of people in white clothing sit on mats, some with eyes closed. Tall banners with floral and bird patterns hang on the walls, and printed panels are mounted above. Some people sit in a line along the railing.

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January 01 20132013-01-01July 22 20102010-07-22A seated congregation of devotees in white clothing fills a covered hall with a concrete floor and corrugated roof. Rows of people sit on woven mats behind steel railings, many in white shirts and white kurta-style garments, some wearing rudraksha or beaded necklaces. A bald man with a long beard, in white with a mala, sits at the right edge of the front row. Colourful cloth-wrapped pillars and paper streamers hang from the ceiling. Wall boards and a framed photo display text and portraits, and a bookshelf stands at left. Personal bags and folded white cloth lie in the foreground. No one is clearly identifiable as the speaker in this view.2009-06-01A seated group of devotees meditates in a covered hall with orange walls and a red carpet runner between rows of woven mats. In the foreground, a bald man in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged, eyes closed, beside an older man in a light blue shirt and white dhoti. Further back, women in white and light blue saris sit on mats, and a white-clad woman with short blonde hair meditates to the right. In the background, an altar with a deity murti and a kalasha sits under a pillar, with draped orange curtains and a framed poster on the wall.2010-07-22Interior hall of an ashram with orange walls and a corrugated roof, where a group of devotees sits cross-legged on mats in a seated puja or meditation. Foreground women wear orange, red, yellow and white saris and salwar; one woman in orange and a girl in a green dress hold brass plates and small oil lamps with lit wicks. Several devotees have hands folded in anjali. A row of men in white dhotis sits on the right, one bare-chested with shaved head. Colourful woven hangings line the walls, a metal railing runs through the room, and small brass thalis with oil lamps are placed on the floor. No clear a person candidate is identifiable.2010-12-14July 22 20102010-07-22A seated group of devotees attends a ritual in a hall with a red carpet and steel railings. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with a vermilion dot and a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl sit before small oil lamps and offering trays. Behind them, rows of men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas sit cross-legged, some with hands folded in prayer. Two men in the back wear white and one in blue with a yellow garland sits at the far right. Brass lamps and plates rest on the mats, and a woman in yellow shawl and white sari sits on the left. No visible figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-10-03July 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of a seated congregation during a talk in a hall with orange-brown walls and a metal railing. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl and a rudraksha-style bead necklace sits cross-legged with hands folded. Beside her, a young girl in an orange and white outfit presses her palms together, and other women in white and yellow shawls sit on mats. Behind the railing, rows of seated people in white clothes listen attentively, and a few standing attendants in white are visible near the wall. Woven banners in orange, yellow and blue hang on the walls.2010-08-01A wide photograph of a seated congregation during a Paduka Puja in an ashram hall with terracotta walls and a corrugated metal ceiling. Rows of devotees sit on mats with brass plates, oil lamps and small offerings before them. Women in white and yellow saris with orange or yellow shawls sit in front, several with hands folded in prayer. Men in white dhotis and shawls, some with rudraksha malas, sit along the right side, and a few figures in saffron robes sit near the lower right. A red carpet runs down the centre aisle between metal railings, and tall colourful decorative pillars hang on the walls, with framed photographs and a notice board behind. No figure is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance.2010-09-29A seated group of devotees sits in rows on woven mats along a long hall with a central red carpet leading toward a shrine. A bald man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged near the front, beside a woman in white and a seated man in a checked shirt. A woman in an orange sari and a boy in a denim jacket sit at the right foreground, while a shrine with a deity murti and orange drapes stands at the far end of the hall. Orange walls, metal railings and framed panels line the room.2010-07-22Devotees sit on the floor of a covered orange-walled hall during a satsang, many with hands pressed together in namaskar. Most wear white ritual clothing; a woman in a green and gold sari sits on the front-left mat beside a red carpet, and a man in a red shirt sits to the right. Tall cylindrical banners in red, yellow and blue patterns hang along the room, and framed panels line the walls. At the far right edge, a figure in saffron and white stands near a wooden lectern. No clearly distinctive appearance cues establish his identity, so he is described only by role.2010-08-15