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A large hall packed with seated devotees on colourful striped mats in red, green, blue and yellow, with backpacks and bags placed between them. Many attendees wear white kurtas and dhotis, while others wear yellow, orange, and maroon clothing; several men and a bald-headed participant wear rudraksha malas. Large screens and hanging orange and multicoloured festoon decorations are visible at the top of the hall, and a person in a green sari stands near the back. No individual is identifiable as a person from appearance cues in this view.

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December 01 20162016-12-01December 03 20162016-12-03December 21 20162016-12-21A large indoor assembly hall with a white tented ceiling hung with rows of colourful cloth banners and paper lanterns. Hundreds of seated participants fill the floor on striped woven mats, most in white or cream clothing, with saffron, orange and maroon shawls and rudraksha malas visible among them. Two large screens flank the stage at the far end. The foreground shows men in white kurtas and saffron wraps seated in meditation posture.2016-12-01December 12 20162016-12-12A large seated congregation of devotees on a red mat in a hall, many in white kurtas and dhotis with saffron-orange shawls and lanyard badges. A bald man in white in the centre has his eyes closed and hands folded in meditation, beside a man in a blue kurta and a young boy in a yellow shirt. Water bottles sit on the floor. Background audience fills the hall, with a few pillar decorations and a gold ornament visible behind them.2016-05-06December 01 20162016-12-01A large seated audience fills a long hall with red floor mats and striped colourful blankets, many participants wearing white kurtas and dhotis, some in saffron or orange shawls and rudraksha malas, with name badges on lanyards. In the foreground a man with a shaved head and rudraksha mala sits in white clothing, and a young man in a saffron shawl sits beside him. Bags and water bottles lie on the mats, and a few people walk along the back of the hall beneath strings of paper lanterns.2016-12-01A large hall packed with seated devotees on colourful striped woven mats, most sitting cross-legged facing a stage at the back. Foreground figures include a man in a white kurta and dhoti with a beaded necklace, a man in a golden-yellow kurta, a man in a white shirt and an older man in a blue shirt. A man in white robes with a brown shawl and a bare-armed devotee in white with rudraksha necklaces sit near the front. Several people hold phones; overhead hang orange and yellow lanterns and a camera operator stands on a platform. Large pink-lit screens display a speaker figure. Several hundred people are visible.2016-12-01A large hall filled with many seated devotees on pink and purple mats, most dressed in white with red and beige rudraksha-style malas. Colourful paper lanterns and fabric streamers hang from the wooden ceiling. Large screens on the walls show a live feed, and a camera operator stands at the back. A man in a white kurta sits near the front right, and a bald man in white sits at the far right. Many people hold water bottles, bags and notebooks.2016-12-17December 01 20162016-12-01A large indoor hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees on colourful striped woven mats. Overhead hang many colourful paper lanterns and decorated umbrellas with streamers in orange, green, pink and blue. In the foreground, a few men sit cross-legged: one in a white kurta, one in a yellow dhoti with a mala, one in a rust-orange shirt, and a man in a grey jacket with an orange shawl. Large screens line the walls showing the stage. The crowd wears mostly white and orange clothing.2016-12-01 +1 copies