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A large seated audience of hundreds fills a tented hall at a person Spurana programme. Most attendees wear white shirts and white or cream sarees, with some in orange, red and green. Many sit cross-legged on mats, listening attentively, and several women have hands raised or palms together. Above the crowd hang banners and printed portraits of a bearded figure in a white turban and saffron robe, but these are printed images, not physically present. Fans and tent poles are visible overhead.

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A large seated audience fills a covered hall at a person Spurana programme, mostly women in white, cream and orange saris and salwar kameez, along with men in white shirts. Many sit cross-legged on mats close together, attentively facing a stage that is not in view. Hanging banners and framed portraits are visible at the top of the hall, and a video camera on a tripod stands at the right edge. No individual can be clearly identified as the central figure in this crowd view.2006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17A large crowd of seated devotees fills a covered pandal at an event in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Most wear white shirts, white dhotis or pale clothing, with some in yellow, pink, blue and red. They sit close together on the floor and on red plastic chairs, facing toward the front of the hall. Tall white poles and blue cloth canopy the space, and a few wall banners and framed portraits hang behind them. A dense crowd of more than a hundred people is visible, many partially hidden by the people in front.2007-12-14A large seated audience fills a tented hall at a person Spurana programme, with many people in white ritual clothes and some in colourful saris and salwar. Most attendees sit cross-legged on mats in dense rows, watching toward the stage. In the foreground, a video camera on a tripod records the crowd, and a woman in a teal sari smiles. Among the crowd, a man wears an orange scarf and a few men wear white dhotis. Behind them, banners and framed portraits hang on the white fabric walls of the tent.2006-12-17A large seated audience of men in white shirts and light clothing fills a hall at an Arogya Yoga session, sitting on green mats in rows. Many wear name badges on lanyards; one man at left front wears a purple head covering and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, white draped fabric hangs from the ceiling, with a framed portrait of a bearded man in saffron-toned clothing on the upper right and a blue banner with a figure on the upper left. Several women in colourful saris sit in the back rows.2006-11-25Article - November 26 20062006-11-26December 17 20062006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17A large seated audience fills the frame at a satsang-style programme, with rows of devotees dressed mostly in white and cream garments. Many people sit cross-legged on red and blue mats with hands folded or resting on their faces, some holding papers. A camera operator with a handheld video camera stands among them near the centre. One man in the back row wears an orange-saffron shawl. Women wear saris and salwar in white, yellow and green, and many have hair pulled back. The scene looks like an attentive discourse audience listening intently.2006-12-17A large seated audience of women in white and cream saris with gold borders fills a tented hall at a person Spurana programme. Many wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and gold earrings, and several rest their chins on their hands while listening. A man in white stands at the upper left near the stage area, and a video camera on a tripod is visible at the right. Banners and framed portraits hang along the tent walls behind the crowd, and some attendees wear pink, purple and red saris among the white.2006-12-17A large seated audience fills a hall, facing toward the front, with many hundreds of attendees visible in rows. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, while some wear pastel or striped shirts. Several attendees wear lanyard badges with cards hanging on their chests, and one man in the foreground carries a yellow bag printed with a portrait of a person. A purple-and-white logo appears at the top left corner. Many attendees look upward toward a stage that is out of frame. No central figure is clearly visible in the frame.2010-10-23