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A photograph inside a white tent hall where a seated group listens to a speaker standing at a white-draped table on the left. The speaker wears a white shirt and white dhoti. Several people at the table wear saffron/orange shawls. The audience sits on a colourful striped mat, many in white clothing with lanyards. Decorative hanging cloth tassels in blue, yellow and red decorate the tent poles. Several posters and banners hang on the back wall, and a cameraman operates a video camera on a tripod in the foreground. Water bottles and a small decorative object sit on the tables.

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October 01 20072007-10-01A photograph of a class in a large open tent hall with a concrete floor and a yellow painted line. Thirty to forty boys and young men in white clothes sit cross-legged on striped woven mats, facing a single standing teacher at the right, who wears a white shirt and white dhoti and stands barefoot beside a microphone stand. Many students have their hands folded or sit with books. Colorful hanging fabric tassels with geometric patterns hang from the tent ceiling, and framed photos and banners line the back wall, with some seated adults in orange and white in the background.2007-08-26A large hall filled with seated monastic devotees in white robes sitting on orange and white mats in rows facing a stage at the front. Many shaved-headed men wear white dhotis and shawls, some with orange or yellow shawls and rudraksha malas. Colourful woven banners with orange tassels hang from a white ceiling canopy. A video camera on a tripod films the audience at left. A few monks in orange robes sit near the front, and one holds a book. No clearly identifiable a person appearance is visible among the foreground seated figures, so the presence of a person is uncertain.2010-09-18July 06 20102010-07-06A large indoor hall packed with many seated devotees in white clothes, most wearing lanyards, sitting on red and orange patterned carpets. Colourful cylindrical hanging decorations line the white tented ceiling. At the far front, a figure in orange robes sits on a raised dais under a dark backdrop, with a video camera on a tripod in the foreground. Rows of attendees face the stage, forming a dense audience of sitting men.2008-03-06July 06 20102010-07-06A large hall with a white tent-like ceiling and many hanging decorative cylindrical banners in red, blue, yellow and white patterns with tassels. Rows of seated people in white clothing sit on colourful woven rugs on a bare concrete floor, facing forward. Several men in front wear white dhoti-style garments and beaded necklaces, some with prayer beads in hand. In the background at left, a framed picture sits on a small altar table with flowers. Windows and wall panels line the right side.2007-12-17A large white tent hall filled with many seated devotees in white clothes and white headbands, sitting cross-legged on colourful striped rugs in rows. A standing speaker in white clothing is at the upper left near a microphone and camera tripod, addressing the gathering. Colourful cloth tassels in red, yellow, blue and green hang from the tent ceiling, and a banner reading Healer's Initiation Program is visible at the left. Many attendees wear white shirts and lanyards.2008-06-22A large hall with white draped ceiling and tall colourful hanging pennants with orange tassels. Rows of seated people in white clothes sit on orange cloth mats facing front, with several women in white and yellow saris at left. At right, two figures in orange robes sit on a raised cream-coloured dais behind a white podium, one speaking into a microphone. Ceiling fans and open windows surround the hall.2010-07-06A large hall with a white tented ceiling and hanging colourful woven banners. Rows of seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts fill the floor, many wearing rudraksha malas. In the front left, a row of monks in saffron and orange robes and white sits on blue and orange mats, with one monk in a yellow shawl and another in an orange-red shawl. A video camera on a tripod films the gathering. A painted backdrop of a deity with a crown and trident hangs on the left wall, and orange cloth covers the floor at right. The scene is a seated satsang or discourse with a large audience, and a banner on the mat reads Dhyanapeetham.2010-08-08A seated audience of men in white kurtas and dhotis fills a tent-like hall, sitting cross-legged on mats and cushions in rows facing a raised dais. Some attendees wear lanyards and carry bags. Colourful striped and patterned hangings decorate the ceiling, and a framed deity image hangs on the far wall beside a dark red curtain. A figure in white stands near the front, and an orange-draped sofa sits at the left edge.2009-09-27A photograph of a large seated congregation inside a white tented hall, with many devotees sitting cross-legged on yellow, green and striped mats and cushions. Most wear white kurta-style clothes with yellow lanyards, and a few wear orange or saffron garments in the foreground. Decorative hanging bunting in red, green and yellow with elephant motifs hangs from the ceiling, and a painted deity or devotional image is displayed on the back wall. A camera on a tripod stands at left among the audience. No single figure is clearly identifiable as the speaker from this view.2009-06-09