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A large crowd of devotees fills a white-pillared hall with ceiling fans and tube lights. Most wear white clothing with orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders; some women wear white saris with orange shawls and one woman wears a yellow-and-green sari. Many are walking and milling about in a line, some with hands clasped or raised. Plastic chairs are stacked along the left wall and a framed picture hangs near the far doorway.

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A crowded indoor hall with white concrete pillars and ceiling fans, filled with devotees in white clothes and orange saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. Many people stand close together in the foreground and midground, some holding metal plates or trays. A man in the right foreground wears glasses, an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala. A woman in front wears a white sari with an orange shawl and flowers in her hair. No clearly identifiable central figure is visible, and the scene reads as a general gathering of devotees.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of devotees, mostly women, wearing white clothes with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. They stand and sit on a red carpeted floor, some with hands folded. Strings of lights and white pillars frame the hall, and a balcony above is packed with more onlookers. Ceiling fans and a patterned ceiling are visible overhead, and a few black speakers stand near the walls. No single central figure is clearly identifiable in this view.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A large indoor gathering of devotees fills a hall decorated with strings of warm fairy lights along the balcony railing and columns. Most men and women wear white clothes with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Many have their hands folded in namaskar or are standing close together in a dense crowd. Ceiling fans hang beneath a patterned white ceiling, and more people watch from the upper balcony. No single figure at the front is clearly identifiable as a person, so no candidate is marked.2008-08-03August 02 20082008-08-02August 03 20082008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03A large seated audience fills a white-walled hall during a session, with many devotees wearing white clothes and bright orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Most sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, some with eyes closed in meditation, while a video camera on a tripod stands among them near the centre. Colourful woven mats hang on the back walls, with strings of fairy lights and ceiling fans overhead and a speaker stand at the right edge. Several people in the foreground wear white and orange, some with vertical tilak marks on their foreheads.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A large photograph of a crowded indoor hall filled with hundreds of devotees standing shoulder to shoulder, most wearing white clothes with orange or saffron shawls draped over them. Many have their hands joined in prayer or are standing attentively, facing toward the front of the hall. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights decorate the balcony railings and walls, and ceiling fans hang from the high ceiling. Additional devotees line the upper balcony looking down. No single figure stands out as a clear, identifiable presenter at the front, and no candidate for a person is distinctly visible in this view.2008-08-02A large hall filled with seated devotees in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. The ceiling has white relief floral panels bordered in green, with ceiling fans overhead. A balcony along the back wall holds more standing and seated onlookers. The crowd is dense across the floor and balcony. No speaker is clearly identifiable at the front of the frame, so no candidate is present in view.2008-08-03