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Crowded indoor hall with a dark ceiling hung with yellow and multicoloured tasselled banners and a purple cloth at upper right. Many people in white clothes with orange shawls sit closely on the floor, while a standing man at upper centre, in white with an orange shawl, holds a microphone. At right, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-red top and a rudraksha-style mala, smiling as he stands near a microphone stand, with pink flowers in the foreground. Several people in white and orange move among the seated crowd, and a camera operator in white stands at left. The seated group is large, numbering well over twenty visible people.

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December 25 20072007-12-25October 04 20082008-10-04A crowded hall with a white tented ceiling hung with colourful striped and patterned banners, ceiling fans and strip lights. Dense crowds of devotees in white clothes and saffron-orange robes fill the floor, many with arms raised. In the centre a woman in a red top and red garment wears a long garland of white flowers and a rudraksha mala, smiling with her arm lifted. Nearby a man in a saffron-orange robe stands with his arm raised among the people. Watermarked archive photo text is omitted.2009-06-21October 04 20082008-10-04A large indoor hall packed with devotees in white dhotis and shirts, many wearing white beaded lanyard badges and rudraksha malas. In the centre foreground, a long-haired man in a red-orange robe wears a white jasmine garland with a red-bead mala and smiles as he walks through the crowd. Beside him a man in an orange shawl and dark-rimmed glasses stands at right, and a video camera on a tripod is at left. Woven yellow, orange and blue hanging banners decorate the white ceiling and draped fabric. The centre figure shows cues consistent with the presentation of a person, with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a rudraksha mala, though this is an appearance-based label only; the sequence of the frame does not establish a named event.2009-06-21December 25 20072007-12-25A large indoor hall with a crowd of men seated on the floor in white clothing, many wearing ribbon badges with yellow and green rosettes. In the foreground at right, a man with long dark hair and a white embroidered kurta sits on a raised white cushioned seat, holding a microphone and a folded paper while speaking. Beside him a man with a shawl or wrap of tan and white is seated. On the left, a man in orange cloth sits near a figure in white bowing low to the floor. Overhead hang yellow and blue decorative fabric hangings, red bunting and a red-and-white garland on a pole at right. A camera operator in white stands at the far back left. Behind the speaker, a photograph of the presiding figure is not visible; the scene reads as a devotee gathering with a speaker in front.2007-02-15December 23 20072007-12-23A photograph of a dense crowd inside a white tent-like hall decorated with yellow, blue and red patterned banners. At the centre a long-haired figure in an orange-red robe with a white flower garland and a dark rudraksha mala walks through the crowd, smiling, surrounded by men in white shirts with orange sashes. Many people in white and orange reach toward them, some raising hands, while others stand behind in the background.2009-06-21December 25 20072007-12-25October 04 20082008-10-04December 25 20072007-12-25