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A large seated audience of men in plain white shirts and white dhotis fills a hall, many wearing lanyards with white identity badges and some with rudraksha malas. They sit cross-legged on a floor in tight rows, faces turned toward an unseen speaker. A clear plastic water bottle sits on a table by a window at upper right, and a camera operator with a video camera is visible at lower left. The scene suggests a seated discourse gathering.

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August 01 20082008-08-01A large seated audience of men fills a hall for a discourse, sitting closely on a red mat. Nearly all wear white shirts and white dhotis with lanyard-style identity badges around their necks, and a few wear pastel or checked shirts. Several men look toward the front, one raises a hand to his face, and a video camera on a tripod sits in the foreground at lower left. Water bottles stand on a table at right beside barred windows, and the room is dimly lit. No speaker is clearly visible in the frame.2008-08-01February 27 20162016-02-27 +1 copiesA large seated audience of men in plain white shirts and white dhotis or trousers fills a hall, many wearing rudraksha malas around their necks. Faces are mostly middle-aged, with a few older men with white hair and moustaches. Some sit with eyes closed, appearing to meditate or listen, while others look ahead. A man in the front left has a red-and-white tilak on his forehead. At the top left edge, a figure in orange or saffron clothing is partly visible. White metal scaffolding and a wooden panel form the background. No one clearly identifiable as a person is visible in the frame.2008-06-22A large audience of men in plain white shirts and white dhotis sits closely packed in rows inside a hall, most with eyes closed or heads bowed as if in meditation. Many wear lanyard badges around their necks, and some have small white and red vertical marks on their foreheads. The front rows are in sharp focus while figures behind recede into the crowd. No speaker or central figure is clearly visible in this frame.2010-08-08October 07 20062006-10-07A large, densely packed audience of men sits cross-legged on blue-and-white striped mats in a bright hall during a satsang. Most wear white shirts and trousers, and many have white identification lanyards with orange badges. A man in a teal-green striped shirt sits in the middle, and a bearded man with a red tilak on his forehead sits centre-right. In the upper left, a figure in a purple turban is partly visible. The room has pillars and a row of seated attendees extending into the background, with rows of people fading toward the rear wall.2012-09-23December 17 20062006-12-17A seated congregation of men in white shirts and white dhotis fills an indoor hall at a satsang. Many wear rudraksha malas and small name badges on lanyards. Some wear light blue or teal shirts, and a man in front has a red tilak on his forehead and a gold chain. A few men in front smile at the camera, and a man at right has a white cloth draped over one shoulder. No single speaker or dais figure is clearly visible in the frame.2012-09-23 +2 copiesPhotograph of a large seated audience filling a hall, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, many wearing rudraksha or beaded necklaces. Most face forward attentively toward an unseen stage. Several wear name badges on lanyards, and some hold orange cloth bags on their laps. A few men in orange or saffron clothing stand near the back, one at the upper right wearing an orange robe with a small orange head covering. A white-clad figure stands in the far background near a doorway. The setting appears to be a satsang or discourse hall with pale walls and a red-and-gold decorated doorway at the right. A faint purple logo appears at the upper left. Crowd appears to number well over one hundred people.2015-11-01May 08 20132013-05-08November 14 20102010-11-14