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A dimly lit hall filled with many seated participants, mostly women in white clothing, many with white or cream saris and some with coloured borders, sitting cross-legged in rows with hands pressed together in prayer. Fluorescent tube lights hang from a metal roof and illuminate the back wall. Some participants wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. The crowd extends far back into the room, with standing figures near the rear. No clearly identifiable presiding figure is visible at the front.

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A dimly lit hall filled with a large seated audience of participants dressed in white garments, sitting on mats on the floor in neat rows. Several people in the front rows wear white clothes and some wear red or light-coloured tops; a few hold small objects and some wear name badges. A video camera on a tripod stands at the lower left edge, pointed at the crowd. Fluorescent tube lights run along the high ceiling, and the audience faces toward the front of the hall where the presentation takes place. Round lights or reflections dot the upper frame.2005-11-30November 30 20052005-11-30October 15 20082008-10-15A dim hall filled with a large seated audience, mostly women in white and pastel saris and salwars, with some men in white shirts toward the back. Many attendees sit with hands folded or look toward the front of the room. Hanging cloth banners with ornamental borders hang from the ceiling, and white lattice windows line the back wall. No speaker or a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame.2007-01-01February 16 20072007-02-16A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of people dressed in white, many seated on the floor with hands raised or pressed together, while a hazy white mist or smoke fills the air. Fluorescent ceiling lights and a balcony railing are visible at the back of the hall. A man in white standing at left wears a lanyard, and a few women in pink and red saris appear in the foreground. The scene conveys a large group meditation or workshop session with the room filled with haze.2006-07-29A dim indoor hall filled with a large crowd of seated and standing people, mostly dressed in white shirts and white garments. Overhead fluorescent tube lights run across a grey ceiling. In the foreground, a woman with grey-streaked hair in a white top and a dark cord around her neck looks down, while a second woman in a light patterned shawl sits beside her. Further back, a few figures wear orange or red garments among the white-clad crowd, and a wall display with a poster is partly visible behind them. The room appears to be a meditation or satsang gathering, though the image itself shows only people seated and standing in a dark hall.2005-11-23A large crowd of women seated on the floor in a dimly lit hall at night, facing forward toward a distant front area. Most wear white or cream clothing, some in saffron, orange or yellow saris, and several have long braids or hair tied back. Two women in the foreground hold a water bottle and papers near a patterned mat, and a small white figure stands far off near the front. Overhead fluorescent lights and hanging decorations are visible.2006-12-26December 30 20062006-12-30A dimly lit hall with many seated devotees, mostly women, sitting cross-legged on striped mats and facing toward the front. Many wear white or cream saris and rudraksha malas; one woman in the foreground wears a white sari with a gold border and a white shawl, another in a floral white sari, and one in a red top at left. Name badges are pinned to several clothes. Men in white stand at the back of the hall beneath fluorescent lights. The scene suggests a healers' initiation session with a meditative gathering.2005-11-30A dimly lit hall filled with a large seated audience of devotees, mostly women in white, cream and pastel saris and salwar, with some men in white kurtas and shirts. Many wear necklaces and beaded malas. Hanging tapestries with geometric patterns decorate the walls, and metal lighting truss stands at left. The crowd faces forward toward an unseen front. No clearly identifiable speaker is visible in the frame.2006-12-25A dimly lit hall where a large seated congregation sits on the floor facing forward in a dense rows. Most are women in white traditional clothing, many with thin gold or black beaded necklaces. In the foreground a woman in white with a black-and-gold border palms her hands together in prayer, while beside her another woman in a light blue-and-white top sits with hands folded. Further right, a woman in a white sari with a red blouse and a dark-haired woman in a grey-green shawl sit in meditative stillness. A standing figure in white is visible near the back, and the walls show dark banners and framed panels.2006-12-23