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A large crowd of devotees, mostly dressed in white and cream, stands with raised hands in a hall decorated with ornate golden pillars. Devotees fold hands and raise palms toward a stage where a figure in red and gold ceremonial garments stands before a large backdrop of a mountain under a starry night sky. A large side screen shows a live close-up of the stage. A banner reading Inner Awakening hangs above. Children in white and a girl in a purple patterned top stand among adults, one wearing a red thread around the neck.

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May 07 20152015-05-07Photo of a large hall during an Inner Awakening session, with many seated devotees in white clothing on white mats facing a stage. A red carpet runs down the centre aisle between the rows. On the stage stands a golden ornate throne/peetha flanked by carved pillars and a dark blue cosmic backdrop, with a camera on a tripod in front. A large screen on the right shows a figure seated in red and white ornaments on a red dais. Potted plants and an orange Inner Awakening banner hang above. Participants sit cross-legged, most viewed from behind.2015-07-01Devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, many wearing orange-and-white garlands, stand with their backs to the camera facing a stage in a hall. A figure in a red robe and red headwear sits on an ornate red-and-gold throne holding a staff, with a mountain and starry night backdrop behind. A banner reading Inner Awakening hangs above the stage, and a large screen on the right shows the same figure. Brass deity murti are placed at the left edge, and a standing priest in white with a gold-edged shawl is at the left foreground.2015-05-07 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor Inner Awakening session in a banquet-style hall with warm ceiling lights and a chandelier. A woman in an orange-red sari stands at the centre-right holding a microphone and addressing the room. Many seated participants wear white clothes with orange-red shawls and some have orange-red turbans; they hold up small cut-out figures. A large stage backdrop shows a dark red-and-purple painted scene with a raised golden throne-like seat and a small group of figures in orange and red robes. A screen on the right shows a crowd. A banner reads Inner Awakening. Roughly 40 to 60 people are visible.2015-07-09A large hall with a banner reading Inner Awakening above a stage backdrop painted with a seated green-skinned deity holding a trident, flanked by golden carved pillars. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe sits on a raised throne-style chair beside a microphone stand, one hand raised toward the audience. Hundreds of seated devotees fill rows of cream chairs, many in white with red and orange shawls. A large screen on the right shows a similar crowd.2015-05-11A seated teacher in a saffron-orange robe with a long flower garland sits in a large brown armchair on a raised platform inside a red-draped hall. Around him, dozens of participants in white clothes and orange-red shawls sit cross-legged on a white floor covering, several with rudraksha or prayer beads, some bald, some with long braids. A banner reading Inner Awakening hangs at top left above a stage with a glowing purple and blue backdrop, a gold-framed throne-like seat, oil lamps and brass candlesticks. A large screen at top right shows a crowd scene. The seated figure in orange is probable Swamiji by appearance cues, with long swept-back hair, saffron robe and garland, seated as the central teacher of the satsang.2015-07-11May 10 20152015-05-10A photograph of a large satsang hall viewed from behind the audience. Many seated devotees in white clothes with saffron-red shawls face a stage with a gold-and-red throne backdrop and a large projection screen on the right. On the stage, a figure in red-and-white robes sits on a gilded throne flanked by ornate pillars and a deity murti on the left. Rows of attendees in white kurtas, cream chairs and saffron-red stoles fill the foreground. A banner reading Inner Awakening hangs above the stage.2015-07-05July 05 20152015-07-05May 10 20142014-05-10A large seated audience faces a raised stage in an ashram hall during a Nithya-Satsang event. On the stage, a figure in red-orange robes sits on a gold throne with a crown-like headdress, flanked by several people in saffron and orange clothing and white garments. A large screen on the right shows the stage, and a banner reading Shivam and Inner Awakening hangs above, with a purple backdrop. Audience members wear white, orange and saffron shawls, and many sit on white cloth on the floor. Many people are visible in the audience, in front and to the sides.2015-07-19 +1 copiesMay 10 20142014-05-10