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A large seated crowd, mostly women, fills a covered hall during a Holi celebration at the Salem ashram inauguration. Most wear white or cream saris and many have white ID badges or lanyards. Several women wear rudraksha malas. Some hold their palms together in greeting or prayer. Strings of marigold garlands hang across the ceiling, and yellow and orange cloth panels and lights line the top of the hall. Photo reads as an event crowd shot, with no clearly identifiable Swamiji figure visible.

A large indoor hall packed with a dense audience seated on white plastic chairs, many in white dhotis and sarees, with orange, red, pink and blue garments also visible. Several people wear rudraksha or beaded necklaces. Strings of fairy lights hang along the balcony railing above, and a second tier of spectators fills the upper gallery. The focus is on seated devotees facing toward an unseen stage, with a woman in a green saree and a woman in a magenta saree in the foreground. No clear a person candidate is visible in the frame.

A seated crowd of devotees fills a hall with red and cream walls during a meditation programme, many wearing white clothes and name badges. Hands are pressed together in anjali mudra or held in prayer, and a few women wear saris in pink, purple, red and white. A wooden pillar stands in the centre and a framed religious picture hangs on the back wall. The date stamp reads 27 5 2004.

2004-05-27 +1 copies

January 24 2010

2010-01-24 +1 copies

May 24 2004

A dimly lit hall filled with seated devotees on mats, most dressed in white kurtas and shirts with lanyards and rudraksha-style malas; a few women wear saffron and orange saris, and one man wears a red patterned shirt. Many smile and look toward the front. Large painted banners hang on the walls behind them, and a stage light is visible at top. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.

An audience of seated men, women and young people in plastic chairs under a red and white draped canopy with a green floor covering. Many men wear white shirts and trousers, one man in the foreground wears a white shirt with a lanyard, and a man at right wears a checked shirt. Women wear white, red and yellow saris and churidars, with long braided hair. Several attendees look toward the front, and a young boy stands at the upper right. No a person candidate is visible.

A large indoor hall packed with seated women, many in white or cream saris and white blouses, with a few in green, maroon, purple and brown saris. Many wear name badges and some have beaded necklaces. They sit close together on the floor in rows, facing forward toward a stage area not fully visible. Colourful hanging fabric panels with geometric patterns hang from the ceiling, and lattice-patterned windows line the back wall. Some standing figures move among the seated crowd near the rear, and a scaffold-like frame and speaker are visible at the top left.

December 27 2007

2007-12-27 +1 copies

A large seated audience of women fills a tent-covered hall with green carpet and white draped fabric walls. In the foreground, several women in white, cream and pastel saris sit smiling, many wearing name badges on lanyards. One older woman in glasses and a pastel pink-and-blue sari smiles at the front left. A woman in a teal blouse and blue sari with a mangalsutra and gold earrings smiles at right. Rows of attendees extend back toward a small framed portrait on the far right wall and a speaker near the top of the frame.

April 20 2013

Large seated gathering of devotees in a tented hall with white walls and hanging decorative banners with yellow tassels. Most attendees wear white or cream clothing, many with rudraksha or beaded malas and some with saffron or orange-trimmed garments. They sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats in rows facing forward, with a stage area and sound equipment visible at the back. A tripod-mounted camera stands at the right edge. Several women in front wear white with rudraksha malas, one in a pale saffron-bordered sari, another in a green and gold sari.