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A large open-air hall with a high white ceiling and steel trusses holds a dense seated audience. In the foreground, several monastic devotees in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on white mats, some with shaved heads and red-orange sashes. Behind them, many attendees wear red or orange lanyards and shawls, and some wear white ceremonial clothes. A cameraman stands with a camera on a tripod near the centre, and a standing man in white and red clothing is visible beside him. A red-lettered banner and a wooden podium with a microphone stand appear at the upper left. Several hundred people fill the seating area, and the photo is a crowd scene of a seminar session.

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A large seated gathering of devotees fills a hall during a satsang. Many men wear white kurtas with red or maroon shoulder sashes and lanyards, while several sannyasis in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sit on a patterned carpet in the foreground. A bald man in white with a green lanyard sits centrally, and a young person with long hair and orange forehead marking sits nearby. Brass bowls and a water bottle lie on the floor. A bearded elder in white sits at left, and a Western-looking young man in a white t-shirt sits in the lower right.2016-07-03May 19 20162016-05-19April 17 20162016-04-17April 17 20162016-04-17A photograph of a large seated congregation on white sheets in a hall with patterned gold wall panels and tall windows. Most attendees wear white clothing with orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders, and several have orange-red cloths on their laps. Some men have shaved heads, one wears a vertical orange-yellow tilak on his forehead, and a man in the lower right has white ash marks across his brow and wears a lanyard badge. Many are seated cross-legged in meditation or satsang, with eyes closed or gazing forward, while others wear mixed-colour clothing. The crowd fills the room, and the frontal sitters are clearly visible.2015-07-19April 21 20162016-04-21April 17 20162016-04-17December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20July 10 20162016-07-10A large seated congregation in white dhotis and white shirts with saffron-orange shawls inscribed with script sits on white mats in a hall with red carpeting. Many attendees wear green lanyards and garlands of beads; some have shaved heads and tilak marks. Ceremonial banners, framed displays and a distant golden deity murti appear at the back of the room. A camera tripod stands at the left edge. The scene looks like a satsang gathering with devotees in meditative attention.2015-10-11April 17 20162016-04-17