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Photograph inside an open-sided orange-walled hall with a corrugated roof and ceiling fans. A barefoot figure in a leopard-print shawl over an orange garment walks down a long red carpet between rows of devotees. Along the right, many women in white, cream and orange saris and white-clad men with orange shawls stand with palms pressed together in greeting. On the left, two shaved-headed monks in orange robes stand with hands folded. A red sign on the wall reads about more than 39,000 people attending a Sri Anandeshwara daily darshan. A framed picture hangs on the back wall, and a loudspeaker is mounted near the ceiling.

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Indoor temple hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange walls, a red carpet runner down the center and a gold-and-red ceremonial seat at the lower right. A central figure with long dark hair wears a leopard-print top over orange clothing and walks along the carpet. Two men in orange robes stand at left, and a double row of devotees in white dhotis and white and green saris with hands folded line the right side behind a metal railing. A young boy in a yellow shirt stands near them. Some people in the background are blurred by low light.2010-11-05A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands in the foreground in front of a red carpet, hands pressed together in namaste, smiling. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a leopard-print shawl over his shoulders, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind him, a row of women in white and orange saris, some with orange shawls and yellow scarves, stand with hands folded in a covered, open-sided hall with a corrugated roof, orange walls, a loudspeaker, a camera on a tripod, and a red-and-white placard reading that more than 20,000 people have been served in 347 countries. The description identifies a probable Swamiji in the foreground based on long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, leopard shawl and rudraksha mala.2010-11-09November 07 20102010-11-07November 07 20102010-11-07November 02 20102010-11-02 +1 copiesNovember 07 20102010-11-07A photograph inside an open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and orange walls. A man with long dark hair in an orange robe and orange shawl, wearing a white flower garland, stands barefoot on a red carpet with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind him, a row of women in orange and cream saris with red and orange shawls stand in lines, and a man in white dhoti kneels on a mat at right. On the left a red-and-gold patterned mat and a brass lamp stand on a wooden platform. Signboards and framed images hang on the walls.2010-11-06Indoor satsang hall under a corrugated metal roof with a red-orange wall. In the foreground a barefoot man in saffron-orange robes with a red-bordered dhoti-style wrap and a long dark rudraksha mala walks across a striped mat, leaning on a white cane. He has long swept-back dark hair. Behind him a line of devotees stands with palms pressed together in namaskar; women wear white saris with yellow and orange shawls. A red carpet runs along a metal railing, and at left stands a gilded peetha-style seat draped in red with a tray of flowers and an offering. A plaque on the wall reads about more than 20,000 people attending daily satsang.2010-11-07A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands at the centre front in an orange-saffron dhoti and a leopard-print shawl over the shoulders, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. He stands with palms pressed together in anjali, smiling and looking upward. Behind him, a line of devotees in white and orange-saffron garments, many women wearing orange or yellow shawls, stand under a corrugated roof in an orange-walled hall. A red carpet runs along the right side, with metal railings and a tripod-mounted camera. On the wall is a red sign reading that more than 20,000 people in 147 countries are visiting, and a framed poster with deity imagery is on the back wall. Swamiji (probable) is the man at centre, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala.2010-11-09November 14 20102010-11-14October 31 20102010-10-31 +1 copiesNovember 06 20102010-11-06