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Large seated audience in a hall during a session, most people sitting cross-legged on white floor cushions wearing white kurtas and orange-red shawls with orange-striped borders. Many have hands raised in namaskar or meditative gestures. A man in the foreground right wears a dark shirt with orange-red shawl and a bare-chested devotee to the left has forehead markings. Purple illuminated pillars line the back wall, with a stage area and a figure standing near the rear.

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A large hall filled with seated participants during a KAILASA Inner Awakening session in Varanasi. Most attendees wear white kurta-style clothing with orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders, and many wear orange or saffron turbans and rudraksha malas. Several cut-out or printed life-size portraits of smiling figures in orange turbans and garlands are placed among the audience in the foreground, distinguishable from the real people. Purple-lit wall panels line the back of the venue, and a figure stands near the far stage area.2015-05-27May 27 20152015-05-27May 21 20152015-05-21May 09 20152015-05-09A large hall filled with a seated audience of several hundred devotees in white kurta-style clothing and red-and-white shawls, sitting cross-legged on white mats in rows facing the front. Some wear orange or saffron cloths folded beside them, and several people wear lanyards with badges. Chandeliers hang from a ceiling of wooden panels, and the back wall has purple-lit patterned panels. The scene suggests a satsang or discourse gathering, though the speaker's area is out of frame.2015-05-09May 09 20152015-05-09May 05 20142014-05-05May 10 20152015-05-10A large seated congregation fills a hall with white carpet and wall panels, under chandeliers and recessed ceiling lights. Most attendees wear white clothes with orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders, and several hold orange bags and small notebooks. Monastic figures in saffron and orange robes sit toward the left foreground, and a man in white with rudraksha beads sits centrally. Attendees are seated in rows facing a stage area at left. Visible people are numerous and fill the frame.2014-05-10May 14 20142014-05-14May 21 20152015-05-21A large photograph of a seated congregation in a hall with chandeliers, wood-panelled walls and purple lit panels. Many people sit cross-legged on red carpet wearing white clothes with orange-and-red shawls and orange sashes, some holding notepads and pens. In the foreground, men with shaved heads and rudraksha malas take notes, and a monastic in orange robes stands at the right edge near the wall. Bottles of water sit on the floor, and a watermarked archive copyright notice appears on the lower right.2015-05-09