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A crowded indoor ceremony in a white-walled hall decorated with orange, yellow and pink festoon garlands along the top of the walls. Devotees stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, many in white dhotis and kurtas, women in colourful silk saris. In the centre foreground a bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti holds a microphone while seated near a small fire pit on the floor. Many attendees hold cameras or phones. The crowd spills toward open doorways showing more people outside.

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A photograph of a crowded indoor hall during a devotional gathering. Many devotees, mostly women in colourful saris (blue, green, yellow, red, pink) and men in white shirts, stand with hands folded in namaskar, facing toward the front. Yellow and red marigold garlands drape along the white walls and windows. A hanging ceiling light and a wall fan are visible, and more people crowd the doorway at the back. No clear figure of a teacher is identifiable in the visible frame, so no identification is made.2008-10-09A crowded indoor ceremony room with cream walls, a decorative marigold garland strung across the top, and a wall fan at left. A dense group of devotees fills the foreground and middle, many with hands folded in prayer. A priest in a yellow dhoti and shawl stands at right near a fire pit and offering tray with flowers. Women wear sarees in red, pink, purple and green, and children in white and red stand near the front. A watermarked archive photo with a copyright notice appears at bottom left.2008-10-09A large crowd of devotees fills a bright, high-ceilinged hall with cream walls, rows of square ventilation windows and a corrugated roof, decorated with hanging yellow, orange and red tassel banners. Many people wear white dhotis and shirts, women wear red, orange, yellow and green saris, and some hold flowers and small offerings. Two cameramen with professional video cameras stand at left and centre-right, filming the gathering. Front-row figures press palms together in namaskar and folded hands. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance in this image.2014-06-29 +1 copiesDecember 26 20072007-12-26Indoor photo inside a temple hall with pink walls, barred windows, and a yellow-and-white marigold garland strung across the ceiling. At center, a long-haired figure in an orange robe leans forward while a man in white dhoti and shawl bows before him. Around them a crowd of devotees stands, including a man in red robes with a dark shawl and an older man in white with a red-bordered wrap. A white stone puja platform sits in the foreground with a small fire pit and brass vessels. A dark-clothed devotee with a rudraksha-looking strand stands nearby. Metal grille gates and framed pictures line the left wall. A bell hangs above the crowd. The visible long hair, orange robe and garlanded ceremony match a person candidate, but the face and figure are not clearly distinct enough to confirm identity.2009-01-07Indoor temple-style hall decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands strung along the walls and ceiling, with a window fan and small speaker on the left. Centre, a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together, flanked by an elderly white-bearded priest in orange shawl and yellow-red dhoti and a man in a yellow dhoti holding a ritual object. Devotees in white and striped shirts crowd around with hands folded, some reaching forward; a woman in a sari stands at the right. Several people are visible, the same figure's identity is an appearance-based candidate only: Swamiji (probable), long hair, saffron robes and rudraksha mala, in_person.2008-10-09Wide interior of a temple hall with a tin roof, marigold garlands hanging from pillars, and painted cylindrical pillars wrapped in colourful bands. Several green and yellow parasols line the aisle. A fire ritual is underway at center on a red striped mat: a smoking homa fire with flames, surrounded by brass vessels and rows of decorated offering trays with flowers. Men in orange and saffron dhotis and white cloths with bare upper bodies sit and stand around the fire, and a shaved-headed priest in orange cloth is at left foreground. Many women in white and green saris and a group of men in white dhotis with folded hands stand in a crowd along the right side. A camera on a tripod is at right, and the scene resembles a homa or abhishekam ceremony.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesA packed hall of devotees sits cross-legged on floor mats in prayer, most with palms pressed together. Many women wear sarees in pink, magenta, green, yellow, orange and red, while men and some young people wear white kurtas and dhotis. Some hold small brass lamps and plates with flower offerings in front of them. A red cloth backdrop hangs at the upper left, and bright lamps and a few sacred objects are set on the floor. The image is a wide shot of a satsang or puja gathering with the crowd filling the frame, and the people in the image are seated in rows.2012-01-01December 26 20072007-12-26April 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesA large seated audience fills a bright hall with red plastic chairs, packed rows of people watching toward the front. In the foreground, five men sit in a row: at left an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti, next a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers, then a man in a maroon-and-saffron robe with a saffron dhoti and a rudraksha-style mala, beside him a man in white shirt and white dhoti, and at right a man in a patterned white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them women in saris and salwar and children fill the rows, with string lights and a window visible at the back of the hall.