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A large crowd of men dressed in white clothing sits packed closely together indoors in a hall with a patterned ceiling and hanging yellow and orange cloth banners. Many participants have their hands cupped over their ears and their eyes closed, appearing to be in meditation. Several wear beaded necklaces and rudraksha-style malas. Behind them, a wall displays framed banners and colourful notice boards, and a fan is mounted near the ceiling. The image is a photograph of a group meditation session.

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A large indoor hall filled with many devotees dressed in white, seated closely together and performing a meditative or prayer posture with hands raised to their heads and eyes closed. Some wear yellow or orange garments. Hanging decorative banners with orange tassels and woven patterns hang from the tent ceiling, and a small figure in saffron robes is visible at the far left stage area. Bookshelves and framed pictures line the right wall, and a portrait is mounted near the stage. The scene suggests a satsang or meditation session at an ashram.2008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23A large indoor hall under a white tent-style ceiling hung with colourful patterned banners and yellow tassels. Hundreds of seated devotees fill the foreground and middle, most dressed in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing lanyard badges. Some are clapping or have their hands pressed together. At the far front, a small figure in saffron-orange robes sits on a raised platform before a painted backdrop of a mountain at dusk. A banner with a bird logo hangs on the left wall.2008-03-06A large indoor hall filled with hundreds of devotees seated on orange mats, many with hands raised to their ears in a meditative posture. Most wear white kurtas and white dhotis; some wear saffron or orange shawls, and several have rudraksha malas around their necks. Tripod-mounted cameras stand at left near a white tent structure, with colourful striped hanging banners overhead and a bank of lamps in the upper area. Shelves of printed materials line the back wall. The scene resembles a group meditation or satsang session at an ashram-style venue.2008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23A large indoor hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees performing a meditation practice with hands raised to the ears in a mudra-like posture. Most wear white clothes with orange or saffron shawls, and several women have orange and yellow garments and bindi or tilak marks. A video camera on a tripod and a red plastic chair sit near the front center, with a large tent-like ceiling, hanging decorative panels with elephant motifs, and banners on the back wall. A figure in a red shawl sits at the lower center with a cluster of seated participants around them.2008-03-23A large indoor hall with a white arched fabric ceiling and white metal truss frames, hung with tall colourful cylindrical banners in yellow, red, blue and patterned motifs. A dense audience of men in white clothing, many wearing rudraksha or lanyard-style necklaces with purple beads, sits on the floor facing forward, attentive and seated close together. In the lower right, a small table draped with a blue patterned cloth holds a framed photograph and a microphone-like object. No individual on stage is clearly visible as a candidate for the presiding teacher, so the seating-facing audience is the main subject.2008-03-06A large indoor hall with a curved metal roof and white steel arches, where a crowd of about 100 people sit cross-legged on striped green and red mats. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts with white cloth tied over their eyes, and several have their hands pressed to their faces in meditation. A few men in saffron or yellow garments sit near the front, one in an orange shawl with a rudraksha mala. Behind them hang banners and a display board, with a framed deity image on the left wall.2008-11-28