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A large hall with cream walls, ceiling fans and framed photographs on the walls shows a group practice in progress. Many shirtless young men in white dhotis, some with shaved heads, bend forward over blue padded mats, hands on the mats. At the centre, a standing man with long blond dreadlocks wears a white dhoti and a white upper cloth with a yellow border and holds a bundle near his chest. Two wooden pillars rise from the floor among the mats. Seated students in saffron/orange robes line the left and right edges of the frame, and a digital clock on the wall reads 10:38. The people are gathered in a disciplined physical exercise setting.

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August 15 20172017-08-15August 15 20172017-08-15August 15 20172017-08-15A photograph of an indoor hall with pink walls and a row of ceiling lights, where a standing line of shirtless men in white dhoti-style cloths stands before blue padded mats and a tall wooden pole. A central man in a white dhoti and white shawl, with a mala around his neck, stands at the front of the line. Several boys in orange robes sit on the floor at the left, and framed posters hang on the walls behind. A digital clock on the wall reads 10:38. The scene appears to be a physical training or exercise session.2017-08-15A group of shirtless men in white dhoti-style lower garments stand in a row inside a hall beside a blue-mat-covered square platform and a wooden pillar. Several have white ash or paste markings on their chests and arms, and some wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Behind them seated men wear orange robes, with a silver drum in the foreground and a digital clock showing 10:38 on the wall. Framed photographs hang on the pale pink wall, and an open wooden doorway stands in the centre. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable in this scene.2017-08-15A group of men stands in a line on a blue mat inside a plainly decorated hall with a digital clock reading 10:38 AM 43 and framed photographs on the walls. The men are bare-chested and wear white dhoti-style cloths with gold borders, many with rudraksha malas around their necks and white ash markings on their skin. Behind them, figures in saffron and orange robes sit and watch, and a drum rests at the right edge. The men appear to be awaiting or taking part in a ritual, and one man near the centre has a shaved head and white markings. No single person is clearly identified as a person by the appearance cues required, so the identity is recorded as unsure.2017-08-15August 15 20172017-08-15August 26 20172017-08-26August 15 20172017-08-15Indoor hall scene with a group of bare-chested men in white dhoti-style cloths standing in a semicircle with hands folded in anjali, facing a central standing figure. That figure, at the centre-left, wears a white dhoti, a gold-bordered white shawl, a rudraksha-style necklace and long blond hair, and is. Several boys in orange clothes sit cross-legged on the floor at the left. Blue padded mats cover the floor, with two tall wooden poles standing upright beside them. Framed photographs with orange and red tones line the walls, and a red digital clock reads 10:44 at the top of the scene.2017-08-15Indoor ashram hall where a performer in an orange-saffron cloth is balancing and gripping a tall wooden pole above a blue padded mat, with another bare-chested man in a white loincloth standing nearby watching. Seated and standing devotees in orange and saffron robes, some in white and some with orange headwear, surround the mat. On the left, a golden throne holds a deity murti in ornate garments and a gilded peetha stands beside it, with a seated figure in saffron and gold-trimmed clothing and a rudraksha-style garland. Two women in white and maroon saris stand at the right edge. Framed photographs of saffron-clad crowds hang on the back wall between maroon curtains.2017-08-26A large hall with cream walls, red curtains and framed photographs. Many bare-chested men in white dhoti-style cloths, some with orange cloths over one shoulder, stand in rows. A central figure with long light hair and white robes with a gold-striped border holds a microphone and speaks, standing near two wooden poles set on blue padded mats. Seated children and young people in orange clothing sit on the floor at left. A red digital clock on the wall reads 10:44. a person is not confidently distinguishable here, so the central speaker is described by role only.2017-08-15