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Photograph of a devotee gathering in a whitewashed hall decorated for Navaratri with strings of small lights along the ceiling and colourful woven banners hanging on the walls. Rows of people sit cross-legged on striped mats facing a central altar with a deity murti and a seated figure in saffron robes. Many attendees wear white clothes, while women wear bright saffron, pink and red saris. Shelves hold rows of small figurines and a small brass lamp flame burns near the front.

A large indoor satsang hall with a white-walled interior and a corrugated metal roof with exposed blue steel beams and ceiling fans. Dozens of seated devotees fill the floor, mostly women in cotton saris in white, cream, teal and pink, with some men in white shirts and dhotis. A person in orange and red clothing sits on an ornate patterned throne at the front, with a framed portrait and a bouquet of flowers nearby. A cameraman films on a tripod at the left-centre of the room. Many women wear hair in long braids. The scene appears to be a formal discourse or darshan gathering.

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January 08 2012

A photograph of a discourse in a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof. Rows of white plastic chairs face a seated speaker in white clothing at the front, beside a white draped table and a framed portrait on an easel. Many seated audience members in dark and light clothing watch. A small television stands at left, a saffron cloth hangs in the background, and a shrine with a deity murti and pink drapes is visible beyond. Blue and patterned cylindrical hangings decorate the right wall, with a framed photograph of a saffron-clad man seated in meditation on the wall. The speaker's appearance is too indistinct to attribute with confidence, so the role is given as speaker.

A photograph of a large hall with a white-walled interior, exposed blue metal roof trusses, and ceiling fans. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothes fill the floor in rows; several women wear white and cream saris with coloured borders, and a few wear saffron. At the front, a figure in orange and red robes sits before a decorated arched niche, with a framed portrait on the wall to the left and a microphone and speaker set on a table. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the left edge near the wall, and a person in orange stands at the right edge. Several people are visible in the foreground with their backs to the camera. The scene appears to be a satsang or group gathering.

A seated audience of many men in white dhotis and shirts fills white plastic and blue chairs in a hall with a corrugated roof and exposed steel trusses. At the far end, a figure in orange robes sits on a red-cushioned throne in front of framed dark-gold deity murti panels, with a golden ornament on the wall at left. Some listeners wear saffron-coloured shirts, and several women in saris sit at the right edge.

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December 06 2008

A seated group of devotees fills a white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses, sitting on a red-carpeted floor divided by stainless steel railings. Men in white dhotis and shirts sit with palms pressed together in namaskar in the foreground, one man wearing a blue lower garment and a pendant, while women in white, pink, orange and purple saris sit to the left. A standing man in white clothes with hands folded stands at the far right near a doorway, and a tall speaker is mounted high on the wall. A small decorative circular motif is painted on the wall.

Indoor photo of a seated audience in a hall with a thatched ceiling and yellow curtains. Devotees in white clothes sit on white plastic chairs and on colourful striped floor mats. On the right, a woman in white sits in a cream armchair beside a microphone stand and water bottle, speaking to the group. A young attendant in white stands near the wall. Most viewers face her, and a few men sit in the foreground, one in a white shirt and white dhoti. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

A photograph of a large bright hall with white walls and an exposed steel roof truss, where a seated audience of devotees sits on yellow mats and white plastic chairs facing a figure standing at the front in a white robe near a framed portrait on the back wall. Many attendees wear white clothes, others wear orange, yellow, and floral saris. A television screen and a flipchart stand near the front, with a small framed picture and potted plants beside the speaker. A red painted panel and red doors frame the left side. Looks like a satsang or discourse session.