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A seated group of devotees in a bright hall with a cream floor and pink walls practices meditation with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. Most wear white or light clothing; a woman in orange with a patterned blouse sits near the centre, and a woman in a turquoise top and blue trousers sits in front right. Lanyards hang from several necks. A framed painting hangs on the wall behind them, and a golden shrine canopy and red chairs sit at the back right. A saffron-robed figure is partly visible at the far left edge. Roughly twenty-five people are visible.

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July 02 20112011-07-02July 02 20112011-07-02A photograph of a large hall with many seated devotees, mostly women in sarees and salwar kameez, sitting on mats with palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed. Brass puja plates with oil lamps and offerings sit on the floor in front of several of them. Among them are a man in a yellow shawl and white clothes, and a few children. Men in white shirts sit on chairs at the back right, and a red curtain hangs by a window. Framed pictures hang on the wall behind. The scene suggests satsang or group prayer.2012-04-08December 03 20112011-12-03September 27 20142014-09-27December 20 20182018-12-20A seated satsang gathering of many devotees, mostly women, dressed in white, pastel and bright clothing, sitting on striped mats on a polished floor. In the foreground a woman in an orange top sits cross-legged with a small brass puja tray and a red-bordered cloth with small lamps and vessels before her. Beside her a woman in a lilac patterned top and a woman in blue with folded hands sit in prayer, and a woman in white with folded hands and glasses sits nearby, all wearing beaded rudraksha-style malas. The people's eyes are mostly closed in meditation, and a water bottle and bags sit at the edges.2010-10-09December 10 20132013-12-10A seated congregation of women and girls, many with palms pressed together in prayer, fills a hall at what appears to be a satsang or puja. In the foreground a woman in a white dress with an orange shawl sits with hands joined, beside a woman in a green sari with a gold-bordered yellow blouse and another in a cream sari with folded hands. Brass oil lamps, small brass vessels, plates with flowers and red offerings, plastic containers and water bottles sit on the floor before them, with a red-and-white carpet and rows of red chairs and white barriers behind. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this view.2012-04-04A seated group of women sit cross-legged in a meditation hall with red-and-white striped mats and red curtains behind them. Most have eyes closed and hands resting on laps in meditation. A woman in a bright yellow top and white shawl in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala and a lanyard badge, her eyes closed with a red bindi on her forehead. Beside her, a woman in a pink salwar wears a rudraksha mala and lanyard, hands in mudra. Others wear white, lavender, teal and orange saris and salwars, several with beaded malas and lanyards. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows a meditation session.2011-12-10A photograph of a seated group of devotees in a large hall, hands pressed in anjali mudra with eyes closed in prayer. In the foreground a woman in a white dress with yellow dots and a red bindi wears a rudraksha mala and sits on a blue mat; beside her a woman in a white shirt with a red shawl and mala sits cross-legged, with red tilak on her forehead. To the left another woman wears a red shawl and mala, and at the right, rows of men in white dhotis sit with malas. Brass cups and bowls stand on a green cloth at the right edge, and a floral offering sits among them. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in the frame.2018-01-08November 23 20092009-11-23