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A hall with a white tent ceiling and hanging orange and patterned banners. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair walks down the centre aisle toward the doorway, hands pressed together in namaste. To the right, a row of women in white saris with black beads stand with hands joined in prayer, some with long braids. A blue cloth runs along the floor, and a small altar or painted figure is visible near the back wall.

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October 19 20062006-10-19A photograph inside a large tent-like hall with a light grey ceiling and hanging woven cylindrical banners with red, black and yellow patterns and tassels. A man with long dark hair and a broad smile wears a saffron-orange robe and walks barefoot across the concrete floor, hands pressed together in greeting. Behind him a line of people in white ritual clothing stands with palms joined, including a man in a white shirt and white dhoti and women in white sarees, one with a green embroidered border. Swamiji (probable) is the man in the orange robe, identified by the saffron robe and long swept-back hair; he is shown as a participant greeted by the line.2006-10-08December 28 20062006-12-28November 27 20062006-11-27December 14 20092009-12-14A dim indoor photograph of a doorway in a white-walled hall with a fluorescent tube light above. A man in orange saffron robes with a long rudraksha mala stands centre, palms pressed together in greeting, walking toward the viewer. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and orange-bordered shawls, some with hands folded, one kneeling in front. Two men in white shirts and dhotis at right stand with palms joined. Metal scaffolding and a stage backdrop frame the right side, with a partial portrait of a woman in red at the edge. Six or more people are visible.2006-12-23October 07 20062006-10-07A photograph inside a plain white-walled hall with a tented ceiling. A woman in an orange-red sari stands in a doorway with palms pressed together in namaskar, bare feet on a striped runner rug. Several women in white saris stand to the left with hands folded in greeting, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands by the open brown door. A wooden cabinet is at right and a yellow-and-gold decorated hanging is at top left.2008-07-16October 09 20112011-10-09A photograph taken inside a plain whitewashed building through an open doorway. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style garment and a light garland of beads around his neck, walks forward with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind him a few people in white dhotis and white saris follow, and a colourful ornate umbrella or canopy is visible outside the doorway. Fluorescent light fixtures and metal scaffolding frame the room.2006-12-23October 07 20062006-10-07Photograph inside a large white tent hall with arched ceiling and high grid windows, showing a long central aisle lined by rows of devotees in white clothing standing with palms pressed together in namaskar. Men on the left wear white shirts and white dhotis; women on the right wear white saris and rudraksha malas. One figure in a rust-orange robe walks up the aisle toward the entrance, and a black bag sits on the floor near the right row. Vertical ornamental banners hang from the ceiling.2006-10-07