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A photograph of a row of women standing in anjali mudra with palms pressed together at the chest inside a temple hall. Most wear white kurtas, salwar or long white dresses, and several wear orange-red lanyards with ID badges. Some have vermilion or white forehead marks. Behind them stand gold-framed shrines and a deity murti decorated with gold and red, and a red carpet covers the floor at the lower left. Several other people are partly visible in the background.

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September 24 20162016-09-24A photograph of a row of women standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra during a satsang or spiritual gathering in a hall with pink walls and framed pictures. From left, a woman in a white kurta and white dhoti-style skirt, an older woman with short grey hair in a white sari with a red-edged shawl, a woman in a white sari with a dark shawl and beaded bangles, a younger woman in a white and gold-embroidered kurta with a white tilak on her forehead, and a woman in a pink sari with gold bangles and glasses. Several other people sit or stand behind them, and a water bottle sits on the floor at the left edge.2016-08-27Seated devotees in white clothing with palms pressed together in namaste during a group prayer or puja in a hall with red curtains and a pink floor covering. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a bindi and a bangle presses her palms together with eyes closed; beside her, a fair-haired woman in a white top and white shawl also holds prayer hands. Others sit behind them, including a woman in a red shawl at left and a woman in a yellow sari, and a small oil lamp glows near the bottom left. Blurred figures with tilak marks occupy the foreground edges.2011-10-02July 08 20152015-07-08A seated audience of women in white clothes and orange lanyards fills the frame at an indoor programme. Many sit cross-legged or on chairs with eyes closed or gazing forward; some hold notebooks or pens and one woman in the foreground rests her hand on her chin. A woman at right wears a rudraksha mala and a red shawl lies across her lap. Behind them are gold and carved decorative elements and a partly visible fan. The setting suggests a satsang or darshan session.2016-09-22A photograph of a seated satsang gathering with devotees in white and orange-red attire. Several women sit cross-legged on a patterned red carpet with eyes closed, some with palms joined in prayer. Many wear white kurtas or salwars with red-orange shawls and orange lanyards. A man at the back wears glasses and a red-orange top with a forehead tilak. Notebooks and small brass objects lie on the carpet in front.2016-07-03December 16 20132013-12-16August 27 20162016-08-27December 09 20132013-12-09June 12 20132013-06-12A seated audience at a satsang gathering, mostly women dressed in white kurtas and shawls with rudraksha malas. In the foreground, a woman in white with her palms pressed together in namaste sits beside a woman in a white shawl with eyes closed, and a woman in an orange and yellow sari wrap sits at left. Behind them rows of attendees in white and orange look forward toward an unseen speaker. The hall is warmly lit with beige walls.2013-12-06A photograph of a line of devotees standing in a hall with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, a gesture of prayer and greeting. Most are women: a woman in a white saree with a gold border and a rudraksha mala at the centre, a woman in a white dress with a red and white shawl, a woman in a blue-green top at the right edge, and several others in pink, green and yellow sarees. Two younger women at the left wear white with orange and red shawls.2013-05-07