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Outdoor photo under large shady trees at a retreat-style gathering. A man in an orange t-shirt and grey trousers sits on a curved white stone bench on the left, with a shoulder bag and a folded blue item. Beside him, a bald man in white clothes and a long beaded mala sits barefoot with hands clasped. Further right, participants in white garments sit along the bench and a red-edged mat, one reading a booklet and wearing beads. Several more people in white sit in the background among the trees. A red carpet runs along the right edge. The scene is a seated group session in shade.

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Outdoor photo of a group of about 30 people in white clothing gathered under a large spreading banyan tree with a sandy ground. Several men in front sit cross-legged on dark mats, including a man in a white shirt with a lanyard and a bald man in white kurta-style clothing wearing a wristwatch. Behind them women in white and standing devotees, some with lanyards, watch attentively. Stone steps and a red and patterned mat appear at the right edge, and a woman in a pink sari sits at the far left. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues, and the scene shows an attentive satsang or discourse setting.2013-03-13October 02 20132013-10-02June 04 20092009-06-04March 13 20132013-03-13Outdoor gathering of devotees in white ashram clothing seated and standing under a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. Many sit on dark mats and rugs on sandy ground, facing toward the right, listening attentively; a woman in a yellow top sits in the middle, and a woman in white with a blue bag sits in the front row. A small child in pink stands among the adults at left. Some attendees wear white kurtas, white shirts and white pants, with long white dresses among the women, and several wear mala-style necklaces. Red patterned rugs lie at the edges of the mat area.2013-03-13May 13 20132013-05-13 +1 copiesA row of about two dozen people sits cross-legged in meditation on bare ground beneath a large spreading banyan tree with long aerial roots. Most wear white clothes with orange shawls and rudraksha-style beaded malas; a few are in plain white. Some sit with eyes closed and hands resting in their laps. A red carved object and a white decorated stone edge appear in the lower foreground. The scene reads as group meditation or yoga outdoors.2006-10-11October 21 20062006-10-21 +1 copiesOutdoor satsang under a large banyan tree with aerial roots and red-and-yellow garlands wrapped around its trunk. A group of roughly two dozen devotees sits on orange and patterned mats; most women wear white, orange, pink or red garments, and several men in white kurta-style clothes sit in front, one with palms pressed together. Many devotees hold their hands in anjali mudra, and a woman in a white top and beaded necklace sits centre-front with hands folded in her lap. A cameraperson with a tripod is visible at the left edge. The scene suggests a meditative gathering rather than a discourse stage.2011-09-01A seated group of roughly thirty devotees gathers outdoors on a dirt ground beneath a large spreading banyan tree with twisting aerial roots. Most wear white ashram clothing, with several women in white salwar kameez and men in white kurta-pants, many with white ID badges and beaded mala necklaces. Some sit cross-legged on mats, others on a low stone platform, and a woman in an orange top and a man in white sit in the front rows. Children stand at the right edge and a woman in a dark sari stands at the far left near a backpack. Behind them, more people stand in white clothing, and a bald man in white sits in the foreground right.2013-03-13March 31 20132013-03-31March 31 20132013-03-31