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Indoor teaching hall with wood-panelled walls, vaulted ceiling, ceiling fans and fluorescent tube lights. A standing figure in a flowing orange-saffron robe stands at the front beside a white flip chart with handwritten notes and a blank projector screen. Audience members sit on chairs and floor cushions, many in white, pink and blue clothing, some with headscarves. Colourful patterned fabric-wrapped pillars flank the room, with a yellow cloth draped over a rail at left and a gold chair at the front.

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May 06 20062006-05-06A photograph of a hall interior with a vaulted wooden ceiling and ceiling fans, where a seated audience of roughly two dozen people faces a projection screen at the front. Tall colourful fabric banners with elephant and floral patterns stand on either side, and brass oil lamps sit near a cushioned chair at the front. Several attendees wear orange, saffron and red garments, including a person on the left wearing a red and gold garment with a head covering, and a person in grey sitting near the centre-left. Most others wear casual jackets and sweatshirts in orange, green, black and white. No one is clearly identifiable as a person; the front chair is empty.2006-05-04A training hall with wood-panelled walls and a vaulted ceiling holds a seated audience of roughly thirty people on folding chairs and floor mats, viewed from the back. At the front, a figure in orange robes sits on a gold-trimmed sofa beside a projection screen showing a slide, with brass lamps on a side table and a tall tripod-mounted camera. Decorated colourful striped pillars line the room. A woman in a white shawl and a man in a grey shirt sit near the front. The scene is a seminar or satsang, with the speaker in orange clothing seated on the sofa and no clear identification of him from appearance.2006-05-04Wide photograph of an indoor hall with a sloped wooden ceiling, ceiling fans and fluorescent panels. A large audience sits on folding chairs and cushions facing a stage. A man in a blue shirt stands at a flipchart speaking into a microphone on the left. On the right stage, a figure in orange robes sits in an upholstered chair beside a brass lamp stand and a wooden frame. Tall decorative columns with colourful patterns flank the hall, and a projection screen hangs behind the stage. Camera tripods and lights are set up near the front.2006-05-04A photograph of an indoor hall during a teachers training session at a camp. Many seated attendees face a stage at the far end, with a white projection screen and a gold-trimmed throne-like chair. A person in orange or saffron clothing stands near the stage beside a small lit table with offerings. Tall decorative carved pillars with colourful patterns line the room, and two stage lights are mounted on stands. Attendees sit on folding chairs and floor cushions, some in hooded jackets, one wearing a headscarf and a blue-and-white patterned shawl.2006-05-04May 06 20062006-05-06A wide photograph of a hall-like room with a vaulted wooden ceiling and ceiling fans, where a seated teacher in orange robes with long dark hair sits on a raised platform before a blank projection screen, both hands raised near the head. Two tall decorated ceremonial poles with colourful patterns stand on either side. Rows of seated attendees in white, pink, red and saffron clothing sit on the floor facing the platform, with a small floral-decorated altar with string lights and oil lamps at the right. A few people hold up cameras or phones.2006-05-10A seated teacher in an orange robe sits in a cushioned wooden armchair on a low white stage in a wood-panelled hall with a ceiling fan. A large blank white projection screen hangs behind him, flanked by two brass oil lamps on stands. Tall cloth-covered pillars with embroidered patterns in red, green, blue and yellow stand along the walls, and a video camera on a tripod and studio lights are set up at the front. About ten students sit on the floor and on maroon chairs facing the stage, some in white and one in a green top, with backpacks beside them. The teacher appears to be the a person candidate; the robed figure's appearance is consistent with the page's cues of an orange robe and long dark hair, though the face and features cannot be confirmed in this image.2006-05-03A photograph of a seated teaching session in a wood-panelled hall with a sloped white ceiling and ceiling fans. At the front, a figure in orange-saffron robes with long dark hair sits in an ornate red armchair on a raised white platform, flanked by two studio lights and a blank projection screen. Brass oil lamps stand beside a small table with white cloth, and a decorated altar with string lights and red garlands is on the right. Tall colourful fabric-wrapped pillars stand at the sides. Thirty-odd seated audience members, many in black t-shirts and some in white, pink and orange clothing, face the front on the floor.2006-05-10A photograph of a seated audience facing a stage in a wood-panelled hall with a sloped ceiling and ceiling fans. A figure in orange clothing sits in a cream armchair at the front, in front of a large projection screen. Brass lamp stands flank the stage, and tall decorative cloth-wrapped pillars in multicoloured patterns stand along the walls. Audience members sit on folding chairs, seen from behind, including people in blue, pink and white garments. The scene suggests a teaching or discourse session.2006-05-03A hall with a vaulted wood-panelled ceiling and ceiling fans hosts a seminar. A person in orange clothing sits on a raised stage to the right, beside a small wooden frame and an empty upholstered armchair facing a large blank projection screen. Tall decorative patterned pillars in red, yellow and black frame the stage. An oil lamp stands at the left edge. Rows of seated attendees in the foreground, including people in orange and white, face the stage. Stage lights on stands illuminate the speaker. Copyright and source text is overlaid in the lower right corner.2006-05-06Photograph from the back of a hall at a teachers' training session, with a large crowd seated on folding chairs and floor cushions facing a raised front area. A figure in orange robes sits near the centre of the stage area beside a golden armchair, and a small table with brass oil lamps stands to the left. Tall decorative poles with colourful geometric patterns line the walls, a projection screen hangs at the back, and a ceiling fan and stage lights overhead. In the foreground a bald man in a blue t-shirt and a woman in a grey head covering and orange floral top sit facing forward.2006-05-05