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A hall with white walls, ceiling fans and hanging colourful fabric banners performs a ritual gathering. A standing man in white dhoti and shawl with a lit lamp or aarti in hand stands centre-right in front of a low table of brass vessels. Seated devotees in white, several in red-orange cloth, sit on mats with folded hands; shaved-headed men in white in the foreground hold anjali mudra. A woman in white stands at the left doorway, and a cameraman stands near the lamp holder. Blue and white signs on the walls carry notices.

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September 17 20102010-09-17 +1 copiesOctober 12 20102010-10-12Photograph of a large hall with rows of seated devotees on orange mats in front of green leaf plates, many with hands pressed in anjali. Foreground women wear white saris with orange borders and orange shawls; rows behind wear white dhotis and white shirts. Hanging striped banners and ceiling fans are visible. The page indicates a live satsang talk, but no presenter is clearly visible in the frame. The people shown are seated devotees in a satsang setting.2010-09-17September 17 20102010-09-17Photograph of a large indoor hall with white walls, a white ceiling with fans and fluorescent lights, and decorative yellow, blue and red banners hanging from the ceiling. A seated crowd of many people dressed mostly in white fills the floor, with a central area of orange and blue mats where several women in white and yellow-green saris sit in rows facing a small fire. A man in white clothing kneels near the fire with his hands pressed together. Green leaf plates with offerings and small cups are arranged on the floor in a line, and an orange cloth runs across the foreground.2010-09-17Interior of a large hall with white ceiling fans and hanging decorative cylindrical banners in red, yellow and blue. Several men in white dhotis and shawls stand and walk along a central aisle lined with orange cloth mats. Along both sides, banana leaf plates hold small white offerings and clay lamps. Some people in orange robes sit on the left, and a crowd in white clothing sits or stands in the background. Whether any of the standing men is a person cannot be determined from appearance, so no identification is made.2010-09-17October 12 20102010-10-12 +1 copiesSeptember 17 20102010-09-17A wide photograph of a large hall with a white tent-like ceiling and hanging pennants in red, yellow and blue. Hundreds of seated devotees fill the floor in rows, many in white clothes and others in saffron or orange robes, sitting on green mats. A bald man in white clothing stands near the centre aisle gesturing, and a figure in white stands at the front. In the foreground a seated person in orange sits before a microphone stand and a brass vessel on an orange cloth. A deity murti or altar is visible at the far end of the hall.2010-09-17 +1 copiesA large hall with a red curtain backdrop and ceiling fans hosts a ritual line of seated devotees. In the foreground, a woman in a white dhoti-style garment with gold border holds a lit flame or aarti lamp toward a row of seated men in white and saffron clothes, some with shaved heads and rudraksha malas, many with palms pressed together. Opposite them, women in white saris with yellow borders sit with joined hands before leaf plates and small cups set on the floor. At the far end, an orange throne-like chair holds a framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure, with a small table and flowers beside it. Hanging decorative banners in red, yellow and blue decorate the ceiling.2010-01-01 +1 copiesA large hall with a tented, arched ceiling and hanging decorative banners in red, yellow and blue. Many people in white ritual clothes sit on orange and red mats in long rows on a light floor, with small brass cups and leaf plates set before them. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shawl with an orange stripe stands facing the rows, while two seated men in white with red-marked garments and yellow waist cloths sit near the front. Other standing figures in white move between the rows. The scene is a group ritual or satsang gathering in an ashram-style hall.2010-09-17September 17 20102010-09-17 +1 copies