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Outdoor photo of a large crowd of devotees standing and facing a direction out of frame in a leafy garden under a pale sky, with palm and tree foliage behind them. A woman in the foreground wears a white top with a black-and-white patterned scarf and carries a blue bag. Beside her, a man in a white kurta wears a lanyard badge, and a man in a light blue shirt stands with arms folded. Other attendees wear saris, salwar kameez, t-shirts and sun hats, many with name badges. Dry ground, low shrubs and a small structure appear at the back.

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December 06 20112011-12-06A photograph of a crowd of devotees and visitors standing outdoors on an ashram grounds, gathered behind a bed of yellow-green shrubs with small blue flowers in the foreground. A man in a white t-shirt and black backpack stands at left wearing glasses. A woman in a grey long-sleeved top with a red bindi and a beaded necklace, with a visitor badge, stands with arms crossed at centre. Beside her a girl in a white t-shirt with glasses rests her hand on her chin. Women in white saris and salwar are nearby, one in a wide-brimmed sun hat. A woman with long curly blonde hair in a patterned top stands at upper right. Behind them are white and orange brick buildings, scaffolding and construction debris under a pale sky. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.An outdoor crowd gathers on dusty ground in the evening, many people standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. Most wear white or cream clothing, and several have lanyards and ribbon badges. A man in the front left wears a white shirt with a beaded necklace, and a man in a green jacket stands with hands folded at the center. A young girl in pink sits on a man's shoulders at right. Behind them stand a red-orange building, bare and leafy trees, and a large grey water tank.2010-02-12April AF 2012July 01 20112011-07-01Night outdoor gathering on a dirt ground beneath dark trees, with a crowd of devotees standing and looking upward toward something out of frame. Several men wear white kurta-style clothes and rudraksha-type malas, a woman in an orange saree stands near the center, and a woman in red and maroon sits to the right beside a small child in a blue top. A metal drum sits at the left edge. Lights glow in the background. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2011-11-20A photograph of an outdoor ashram courtyard with a paved hexagonal walkway and sandy ground, lined with simple white buildings, palm trees and a banana leaf at the upper right. A large group of devotees stands in a loose line, mostly dressed in white kurtas and white salwar or saris, with some women in green, orange and pale saris and a few boys wearing beaded necklaces. A woman in a white sari with a red and gold border stands at the left foreground, facing the group. A man in white walks across the left side, and a few figures in white stand near the doorway at the back right. No specific ritual is clearly visible in the frame.2010-02-12April AF 2012May 08 20132013-05-08A large outdoor crowd of devotees walks along a dirt path lined with red flowering plants under a pale evening sky. Most wear white kurtas, shirts and saris, many with lanyards or identification ribbons around their necks. In the foreground an older man with grey hair and a moustache wears a cream kurta and gestures to the side; a woman in a light blue patterned sari and a small boy in a blue top stand nearby. On the left a woman in a floral print dress raises her hands in greeting while a woman in white with a long pale shawl walks beside her. Others press palms together in namaskar. No one in the crowd is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-02-12July 06 20122012-07-06Outdoor evening crowd of devotees standing with palms pressed together in prayer (anjali mudra) in front of a low orange-walled building with a green metal roof and small finials, beneath a pale dusk sky. Many men and women wear white ritual clothing; a woman in a lavender top wears a rudraksha-style mala and a woman in a white sari with green border stands nearby. A small boy in a white t-shirt and a young man with a brown mala also pray. A water tower and trees are visible at left. No single presiding figure is clearly visible; the scene shows satsang-style collective devotion.2010-02-12