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A photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a seated audience of many women in white and orange-red garments, clapping. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a green blouse and gold border stands smiling with palms pressed together, facing a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who bows with folded hands. A yellow and blue embroidered banner hangs from the white draped ceiling, and a camera on a tripod is visible at the doorway. The setting resembles an ashram satsang hall with white drapery and windows with lattice grilles.

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A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees, mostly women, dressed in white sarees with coloured borders and tied with green and white rosette badges. Many sit on white mats in rows, some with hands pressed together in namaste or clapping. Colourful striped hanging banners and a white tent canopy decorate the ceiling, with speakers and metal scaffolding overhead. At left, a deity murti and a large framed portrait sit near the stage area. Several men in white are visible at the back and right. The scene suggests a satsang gathering in progress.2007-02-15June 21 20092009-06-21June 21 20092009-06-21A photograph inside a tented hall with white walls, red and orange draped fabric and a fan. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a multicolour flower garland, with long swept-back hair, smiles at a man in a white shirt and orange shawl who kneels and reaches toward him holding a small item. Another seated person in orange sits in the foreground. A woman in white with gold border and a rudraksha mala stands at right beside a standing crowd of devotees in white and cream saris, some with garlands. A man in white with an orange shawl stands near a video camera on a tripod. Brass items and a low table with flowers sit at left.2006-10-22 +1 copiesA large indoor gathering of devotees dressed in white, many wearing white kurtas, dhotis and saris with identification lanyards. In the foreground a shaved-headed woman in white with palms pressed together in anjali, beside a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari with a mala-like necklace, hand over her chest. Behind them a crowd fills a hall with white draped ceilings, colourful striped hanging banners, and lattice-pattern windows. A man in white with a gold chain stands raising a hand among the crowd. A camera on a stand is visible near the front.2009-06-21A large crowd of devotees claps and raises their hands in a hall with pale walls, orange-and-white striped drapes and hanging orange lanterns. In the foreground, a professional video camera on a tripod films the gathering. Near the right, a man with short dark hair in a white kurta with a mala necklace stands with raised palms among the crowd. Many participants wear white, with some in orange, yellow and blue garments. Further back, figures in white and a saffron-yellow garment stand near a wooden podium.2009-12-25A crowded indoor tent event with white canvas ceiling and colourful painted hanging panels decorated with elephant motifs. A large group of devotees, mostly dressed in white with some in orange and yellow saris, raise their hands and clap or dance, many with palms pressed together. A woman in orange and white sari stands at left, a woman in lime-green shawl and white kurta centre, and a young boy in white with a shawl at right. A man in white kurta and rudraksha mala stands at right edge. A white cloth-covered platform and red flowers are visible in the foreground. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.2008-06-22A photograph of a crowded room in a plain house with white walls and a window with grille. In the centre, a man in a white shirt, white trousers and a dark rudraksha mala gestures with raised hands toward a kneeling woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a yellow blouse, her palms pressed together. Behind her, a woman in an orange-and-red top with green flowers in her hair faces them, hand raised. Around them stand a dozen or more women and a few men in white and pastel saris and white shirts, plus a small child in white on the left. No appearance-based a person candidate is clearly identifiable, so the person in the centre is described by role only.2009-08-08A photograph of a large seated gathering of devotees on a mat inside a white tent-like hall, many with palms pressed together in namaste or raised in gestures of devotion. Most wear white clothes; women wear white sarees, one in a yellow and blue saree, another in a green patterned top, and one in an orange shawl. Colourful woven hangings with orange tassels hang from the tent roof, and white plastic chairs stand at the back. Several people with grey and white hair sit near the front. No single leader is clearly visible in the frame, and no person is identified as a person.2006-12-10June 21 20092009-06-21January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12