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A crowded indoor satsang hall where many men and some women sit closely packed, most wearing white shirts and white dhotis, several with dark rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground a bespectacled man with a moustache looks ahead, while others smile and laugh, some with arms linked over shoulders. Women in saffron, red and yellow saris and salwars stand or sit in the back, and a wall-mounted air conditioner is visible at left. No clearly identifiable a person figure is present in the frame.

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A photograph of a satsang audience seated on the floor of a plain cream-walled hall. Men in white shirts and white dhotis sit close together, several wearing rudraksha malas around their necks and one with a red bindi on his forehead. A few wear orange on their shirts. A white wall-mounted air conditioner and orange-framed windows are visible. Many faces look toward the front of the room, where the discourse is given, and the foreground shows people in profile with a pen in one man's hand. No speaker or throne is visible in the frame.2012-07-03A group of smiling men in white shirts and white dhotis, most wearing rudraksha-style beaded garlands in reddish-orange, gather in a hall with red curtains. Several hold yellow and blue papers or booklets. Some have vertical forehead markings and a red tilak; one man on the right wears a long beaded mala and raises a hand. A digital clock shows at top centre. The men are seated on a red mat in front and standing behind, appearing to be delegates at a convention session. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this frame.2014-09-20 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20122012-09-20January 20 20132013-01-20November 09 20102010-11-09 +2 copiesA photograph of a large seated audience in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, many wearing rudraksha malas and name badges on lanyards. Foreground men laugh and smile broadly; one man in a striped grey-and-white shirt wears a red tilak mark and a pendant on his mala. Blurred orange and gold altar elements appear at the top of the frame. The crowd fills the frame, with more people seated behind the front rows.2013-01-20January 20 20132013-01-20A seated group of devotees in white ritual clothing sits on red mats on a polished pale floor during a satsang gathering. Men wear white shirts and white dhotis, many with rudraksha malas, and some wear saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders; a few have red tilak marks on their foreheads. Several wear lanyard name badges. Women in white saris with red borders sit in the background. Most are smiling or laughing, looking toward the front of the hall. No central figure such as a swami is clearly visible in the frame, and no one in the scene is identified by name.2014-06-01A seated group of smiling men in white clothes and rudraksha malas fills a room with pale walls and blue draped curtains. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt with a mustache looks to the side, and others in white kurtas and white dhotis sit on woven mats and folded cloth. Several wear wooden rudraksha beads, and one man at left has a red tilak on his forehead and a visitor badge hanging on his chest. Many appear to be laughing or smiling, and the group sits in an attentive, relaxed gathering.2010-02-18A seated group of devotees at a Tamil Nadu sangha meeting, most dressed in white with rudraksha malas and name badges. In the foreground a shaven-headed sannyasi in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala claps and smiles. Behind him a boy in white with a mala sits beside smiling women in white and a woman in a red blouse wearing a mala. Several men on chairs at the back wear white and malas, and a red-draped table is visible at upper left.2014-06-01January 20 20132013-01-20A photograph of a seated audience of men in white dhotis and shirts, many wearing rudraksha-style brown beaded garlands, sitting on a red floor covering at an indoor satsang. In the upper centre, a figure in an orange robe with a beaded mala and a white-haired head sits near a wooden door, a person with orange-saffron robes and beaded mala, seated in the audience rather than on a dais. The room has pink-painted walls and a small plaque on the wall. Several attendees wear name badges.2015-09-05