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Indoor hall with yellow-washed walls, a wooden-beamed tiled roof and ceiling fans. A large crowd of devotees stands and sits in a packed gathering. A man in a white shirt and white trousers stands centrally in the aisle with a lanyard. Women wear saris in yellow, green and orange, and several wear orange shawls. A doorway behind is decorated with strings of marigold garlands. A framed portrait hangs on the right wall. The image is watermarked with the archive copyright.

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A crowded indoor hall with pale yellow walls and ceiling fans, where devotees stand and sit in a dense queue. Seated women in white saris with orange shawls are in the foreground, one wearing green and another in a yellow-and-pink sari. A man in a white shirt and a man in a red shirt stand near the centre, and a woman in a green sari with a long plait stands at right. Beyond them a doorway opens onto bright colourful festoon decorations. A small framed portrait hangs on the right wall. a person is not clearly visible.2008-03-12March 12 20082008-03-12A crowded interior hall with white walls, a corrugated metal roof, exposed rafters and ceiling fans. A large group of people stands in a queue, many holding round stainless steel plates or trays, some with food. Women in colourful saris, including a woman in a red and gold sari at right, and older women with grey hair in orange, green and blue saris stand in line, while men in white dhotis and shirts stand among them. Sunlight enters through an open doorway at left. The scene suggests a communal meal distribution. No individual can be confidently identified as a sannyasi from the visible cues.2011-12-08March 12 20082008-03-12Indoor hall with a wood-beamed ceiling and ceiling fans, where a crowd of people stands and sits on chairs and folding tables. Most men wear white shirts and trousers; a woman in a yellow sari sits at a table in the foreground, and women in orange and saffron garments are seated near the bottom edge. A framed portrait hangs on the wall at right, and a window at the back is decorated with a strand of flower garlands. A standing man in a white shirt and dark trousers gestures toward the room. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance, so the photo is recorded as unsure.2008-03-12March 12 20082008-03-12Indoor photo of a devotional gathering in a yellow-walled hall with ceiling fans and a bright marigold-decorated doorway opening onto a garden. Standing devotees, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, line up near a brass oil lamp (deepam) on a small altar stand. A man in a blue-and-black striped shirt holds his hands together in front of his face; a woman in a pale green sari stands nearby. A small framed devotional picture hangs on the wall. A grey-haired woman in the foreground faces away from the camera. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2008-03-12A photograph inside a large tent-roofed hall with white walls and a dark red curtain at right. A long queue of mostly men in white dhotis and shirts stands along the room, some wearing rudraksha malas, while an elderly woman in a pink sari and a woman in a white sari stand at left and an elderly man in a patterned shirt sits in a wheelchair in the foreground. A bald young man in an orange-saffron robe with a wristwatch and hands near his face stands at right, and an older bearded man at right holds his hands together in a namaste gesture. A decorative banner with geometric patterns hangs from the ceiling at upper left. Several people in the front foreground are partially visible. Devotees appear to be waiting in line, consistent with darshan.2008-03-12June 29 20142014-06-29Interior hall with a terracotta tiled roof, exposed wooden beams and ceiling fans, where a crowd of about two dozen people stands and sits on a red-brown floor. In the foreground a seated woman wears a white sari with an orange border, and a man in an orange shawl sits at the lower left. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand in the middle. Beyond a doorway decorated with a garland, a framed portrait hangs on the wall.2008-03-12March 26 20082008-03-26A crowded indoor hall with cream walls, white ceiling trusses and bright lights, filled with a dense mass of men mostly dressed in white shirts and dhotis. Several men at left wear orange and red shawls or garlands, one with a rosette badge. Colourful striped woven hangings hang from the ceiling and walls. Many people press forward with hands raised, some looking toward an unseen focal point. A few women in pink and saffron saris stand among them. No clear individual is singled out for identification.2014-06-29 +1 copies