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A large indoor satsang hall with red walls and tall decorative banners hanging above a crowd of seated devotees on white sheets. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and gold necklace with yellow-orange tilak sits cross-legged, holding a phone, while beside him a young man in white with an orange-red shawl sits in meditation. Several shaved-headed men in white dhotis and orange-red shawls sit in rows, and a video camera on a tripod records the proceedings. Behind them stands a display area with a deity murti and framed displays. Devotees wear white and red-orange shawls with rudraksha-style beads.

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A large seated congregation fills a yellow and red tented hall with draped fabric and hanging yellow lanterns. Most attendees sit cross-legged on the floor in white kurtas and dhotis, many wearing rudraksha malas, while others wear orange, saffron and blue clothing. Several people in the foreground hold water bottles. On the stage at the back, two screens show a figure in red and a seated teacher in orange.

December 23 2017

January 09 2018

July 17 2016

A large indoor satsang hall with a red and orange colour scheme, where many devotees sit cross-legged on white cloth in close rows. Most wear white dhotis and kurtas or white saris, with saffron and red shawls, and some have orange tilaka on their foreheads and lanyards around their necks. Several men in front wear rudraksha malas and hold their hands in lap or prayer posture. At the back, a decorated stage area with hanging orange cloth panels and framed photographs on the walls is visible. The gathering appears to be a spiritual discourse session with an audience of many hundreds, though only part of the audience is fully visible.

A 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.

A large hall packed with seated devotees on colourful striped woven mats, most sitting cross-legged facing a stage at the back. Foreground figures include a man in a white kurta and dhoti with a beaded necklace, a man in a golden-yellow kurta, a man in a white shirt and an older man in a blue shirt. A man in white robes with a brown shawl and a bare-armed devotee in white with rudraksha necklaces sit near the front. Several people hold phones; overhead hang orange and yellow lanterns and a camera operator stands on a platform. Large pink-lit screens display a speaker figure. Several hundred people are visible.

A large open tent filled with seated devotees on green and striped mats during a satsang. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe sits cross-legged facing the stage, beside a man in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha beads and a red-and-white-marked forehead. A man in white with a sacred thread and tilak holds prayer beads, and a younger man in orange with a rudraksha mala sits at right near a small lit oil lamp. Behind them, a man with a long white beard wears a red turban and maroon vest on a red-cushioned chair, and many others in white, orange and red sit in rows. A video camera on a tripod stands at left, and orange and red banners hang on the tent walls.

A large seated audience fills a warm-toned hall during a satsang-style gathering. Many participants wear white kurta-style clothing and red-and-orange lanyards around their necks. Men sit cross-legged on a patterned carpet in the foreground, some with hands pressed together in namaskar. Behind them a banner with a red and white backdrop hangs on the wall, with framed religious pictures beside it. A bald man in an orange robe sits near the middle of the crowd, and a person in the far right background wears white.