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A photograph inside a pavilion-style hall with a maroon curtain and colourful painted pillars. A seated figure in bare-chested orange cloth gestures toward a white board on an easel, with a table of flowers and a brass lamp in the foreground. Behind the stage, several people in orange robes carry long staffs and walk in a line. On the right, a row of men and women in white dhotis and white garments with orange shawls stands in line beside an orange cloth draped over a white stool. The setting resembles a monastic training session with a white-clad line of trainees.

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Photograph inside a hall at an ashram during a monastic training convention. On the left, a man in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a raised platform beside a white-covered table holding a plate and flowers. Behind him, a white board stands on an easel. Standing in a line in the centre are people in white dhoti and kurta clothing and others in orange robes, several holding long wooden staffs. A large orange cloth lies folded on a chair in the foreground. Ornate patterned cylindrical pillars in yellow, blue and red frame the hall, and a purple curtain hangs at the left.2006-08-17A photograph of a monastic training convention hall with a raised stage. A seated figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on a low dais beside a white-covered table holding a silver plate, a small brass lamp and flowers, smiling and gesturing toward a whiteboard on an easel. On the left, a decorated throne-like seat and a golden deity murti stand on the stage. In the foreground, an orange-robed figure walks past holding a long bamboo staff, while a line of robed trainees in white and orange follows along the right side. Maroon curtains and colourful banners hang behind the stage. A seated figure appears as a person in the sense that the page places him at this event, though his face is not a basis for identification; the cue here is the seated central role on the dais. Hanging kalasha-style ornaments and a vase of flowers are visible.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Indoor monastic training hall with maroon curtains and a tall decorated cobra-hood canopy behind a raised stage. A figure in saffron robes stands at left near a small golden deity murti on a white pedestal. A seated monastic in saffron sits on the stage beside a white-covered table with a silver plate and flowers. A man in white dhoti and a saffron shawl stands centre-right, near a whiteboard on an easel. Saffron-robed monastics on the right hold long poles and a saffron cloth is draped over a white chair. A younger saffron-clad figure kneels in the foreground.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Indoor photograph of a monastic training session on a raised stage hung with maroon drapes and colourful striped banners. A seated young person in saffron-orange robes sits on a white-draped chair beside a small table with a plate and flowers, near a whiteboard on an easel. Behind, a standing man in white clothes and saffron-clad trainees in orange robes carry long wooden staves, while a golden deity murti stands on a pedestal beside a kalasha-like cobra-hooded ornamental stand. Several more saffron-robed trainees stand and kneel in the background, one holding a staff, and a laptop rests on a table at left.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A monastic training hall with orange-robed monastics. On a raised platform at left, a seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits on a white-draped chair beside a white easel board and a round white-covered table holding a plate, flowers and a water bottle. In front of him a monastic in orange prostrates on the floor. A gold deity murti stands on a pedestal at far left, and a carved wooden throne-like seat sits behind the platform. At centre right, a man in white with an orange shawl stands by a white plastic chair draped with orange cloth, while several orange-robed and white-clad monastics with long staffs stand in a row. Colourful hanging banners and maroon curtains frame the hall.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Interior of a large tented hall with striped decorative pillars and white walls. A line of monastic trainees in saffron/orange robes and white dhotis stands on a purple mat holding long wooden staffs, while women in white saris with orange borders stand at right. A man in white kurta at left holds an orange cloth beside a whiteboard on an easel, and a pile of orange fabric lies on a white sheet on the floor. Other devotees in white and orange move in the background. Possibly a monastic training session with staff drill.2006-08-17