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A large indoor hall with a white fabric ceiling and tall decorative fabric hangings in blue, red and yellow with gold tassels hanging from the ceiling. A dense crowd of devotees, mostly women and men in white clothes, sits cross-legged on the floor facing forward, with many with hands folded in prayer. A video camera on a tripod stands among them. Near the right side, a figure in orange robes stands beside a man in white with a white shawl, and several standing attendants in white are visible at the back. A woman in a yellow sari stands near the center. The people in the back and sides are partly obscured by the crowd.

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June 21 20092009-06-21June 21 20092009-06-21A large indoor hall with a white tent-like ceiling hung with colourful striped cylindrical banners and ceiling fans. Hundreds of people, mostly women and girls in white saris and white kurtas with orange-bordered shawls, sit on the floor in rows while many stand, several with hands pressed together in namaskar. A woman in a white sari with a long braid stands in the foreground with palms joined, and a cameraperson with a camera on a tripod films the gathering at the front. Some men in white and a few in orange robes sit near the right edge. A satsang-style gathering with devotees in prayer posture; no clearly identifiable central figure is visible.2009-06-21A large hall packed with many devotees seated on the floor in white clothing, mostly white saris and white shirts with gold-bordered cloth. Hanging from the ceiling are long decorative banners in yellow, red, blue and green, and white draped fabric lines the ceiling. Several people in the foreground stand with hands pressed together in namaste. A camera operator with a tripod stands at the right side, and a wall screen shows a figure at the back of the room. Ceiling fans and speakers are visible, and the scene appears to be a group satsang or yoga session.2009-06-21June 21 20092009-06-21June 21 20092009-06-21June 21 20092009-06-21A large crowd of devotees, mostly dressed in white, sits closely packed on the floor of a hall with a white fabric-draped ceiling. Decorative hanging panels in blue, red, yellow and gold with painted elephant motifs hang from the ceiling. Black speakers sit high on the walls, and a video camera on a tripod stands at the right edge of the frame, recording the gathering. Many attendees, including some with grey hair and some wearing yellow or orange shawls, face forward toward an unseen front of the hall, while others sit with hands folded in prayer. White lattice windows and wooden doors line the back wall.2009-06-21A large hall full of seated devotees in white ritual clothing, many with palms pressed together in prayer, some in orange, green and pink saris. Yellow and blue decorated pillars and white draped fabric hang from the ceiling, with ceiling fans and speakers visible above. Most people appear to be women, with a few men among them, and the crowd fills the room from front to back.2009-07-01June 21 20092009-06-21A large indoor gathering of devotees seated closely together on the floor under a white tent-like canopy, most dressed in white clothing. Tall pillars wrapped in colourful painted fabric with yellow and multicoloured panels stand along the hall. A few standing men in white shirts and white dhotis are visible at the back, one with hands pressed together in namaste. A video camera on a tripod stands at the right, and black speakers hang from the framework. Pale lattice windows line the walls.2009-06-21A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of devotees seated on the floor, mostly women and some men, dressed predominantly in white with occasional pastel and orange saris. Many have their palms pressed together in anjali mudra. Tall vertical banners with geometric patterns in yellow, blue, red and green hang from the white ceiling, and white fans and speakers are visible. Standing figures in white near the centre face the front of the hall, where a distant stage with a small seated group can be seen. Camera operators with equipment stand along the right side.2009-06-21