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Photograph inside a large white tent with colourful hanging cloth banners and tassels along the ceiling. A large crowd of devotees sits on the floor in rows, mostly dressed in white with yellow and orange shawls. In the foreground a man with folded hands sits at the right, and a row of brass pots and lamps is at the left. Near the front, a figure in orange robes sits on a raised platform beneath a painted backdrop of deity imagery, with a microphone and a video camera on a tripod nearby. Volunteers in orange and white stand along the aisles.

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A large tented hall during a Gurupoornima event with many seated devotees in white and saffron clothing, many with palms pressed together in prayer. Front rows hold brass lamps and bells on white-covered tables. A man in white stands at the right speaking or leading, and a figure in orange robes sits at the left near a raised platform. Colourful patterned hanging banners decorate the tent ceiling. The people visible number well over twenty, with many faces in the crowd.2008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of devotees seated on the floor in white clothing, many with hands joined in prayer. Several boys in white and a few young men in saffron or yellow shawls sit in front, and an older man in a blue striped shirt sits on a chair at the right. A man in an orange shawl stands at the left near the stage edge, and a man with a rudraksha mala and a yellow cloth sits at the right. Hanging colourful tassel decorations and a white tented ceiling decorate the hall, with a screen or monitor on the back wall and a central stage area.2008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17October 27 20082008-10-27July 17 20082008-07-17October 27 20082008-10-27A large indoor hall at AadiKailaasa ashram with a white tented ceiling and hanging cloth banners with yellow tassels. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor: monks in orange robes and shaved heads sit at the front on orange and yellow mats, while many men and women in white kurtas and dhotis, some wearing yellow shawls, sit in lines toward the back. A camera on a tripod and a stage with a backdrop are visible at the far end, and a small blue book lies on the floor near the front.2008-03-24A large seated congregation fills a tented hall during a Navaratri celebration. Hundreds of devotees, mostly men and women in white clothes, sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats across the floor. Above them hang decorative yellow and multicoloured cloth lanterns. At the far end, a painted backdrop and a deity murti sit on a raised platform, with an orange-clad figure seated before it. A tripod-mounted camera stands at left, and bookshelves line the right wall.2008-10-07