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Indoor evening gathering in a hall with white walls and a sheeted ceiling. A woman in an orange sari with a red-orange necklace stands at a microphone before an orange and white draped backdrop decorated with patterned panels and tall striped pillars. Around her, a large seated audience in white clothes sits on red mats and a bare floor, many men in white shirts and dhotis in the foreground, with women in colourful saris to the right. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at the far back by the stage. The scene reads as a satsang or discourse, with the speaker at the centre. Roughly forty to fifty people are visible.

Wide view inside a white tent pavilion during a seated ritual gathering. A large crowd sits on white floor mats in front of a raised stage with a dark maroon curtain and a cushioned chair. Many participants wear white dhotis and white shirts with orange or saffron shawls and orange-robed sannyasis among them, some with white headbands. In the foreground a figure in orange robes with a headband stands near the stage edge, while a woman in white sits on a cushion beside a microphone. Hanging colourful vertical banners with patterned panels frame the tent, and a painted backdrop of a temple scene with a deity image sits at the right. Two speakers hang from the poles and a few blue plastic chairs sit along the right side.

December 24 2012

Indoor hall at an ashram with a tent-like white ceiling and hanging colourful cloth banners. Thirty or more men in white shirts and dhotis sit cross-legged on mats in rows facing the front. Two men in saffron-orange robes sit on chairs in the centre, one speaking to the other, with a small table and flowers beside them. A raised stage at the right holds a figure in orange robes, and a dark curtain hangs on the left. a person seated on the central chair wears a saffron robe and has long, swept-back hair with rudraksha malas, appearing in person at a meeting with organisers.

A photograph of an indoor satsang hall with a stone-walled, low-ceilinged room. On a raised dais at the right, a man with long dark hair wears a white robe and sits before a microphone in front of an orange-and-gold draped backdrop decorated with pink flowers and a colourful tasselled hanging. Seated devotees fill the foreground and middle rows, many in white clothes, several women in saris, some with hands raised. A decorative umbrella with embroidered fringe stands at left, a small white-draped table holds flowers, and a bulb hangs from the ceiling. The seated audience appears to be listening to a discourse.

December 24 2012

A festive indoor tent hall with a white fabric canopy hung with tall cylindrical banners in bright red, blue, green and yellow patterns with yellow tassels. Rows of devotees sit on mats and plastic chairs facing a raised stage draped in dark maroon and navy curtains with floral garlands. A figure in white stands at the stage front while others in white and orange sit on the platform. Many women in saris and salwar kameez, some in white and pink, sit in the foreground, and men in white dhotis and shirts sit on the left. Speakers and lights hang from the frame. The scene suggests a satsang or ritual gathering during a Navaratri programme.

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Wide photo of an indoor hall with a draped ceremonial stage at left and a white tent-like ceiling hung with colourful decorative banners. Two people in saffron-orange robes sit on chairs at the front, facing a large audience of men seated on the floor on striped and orange mats, many wearing white shirts and white clothing. A patterned throne stands at the left edge beside flower arrangements. At the right, a large framed image shows a saffron-robed figure.