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Interior of a long, dimly lit hall with a corrugated metal roof, where a large crowd of devotees sits in rows on the floor and on blue plastic chairs facing a stage. On the stage, a deity murti is decorated with flowers and framed by a garland arch with strings of lights. Tall cloth-wrapped pillars in blue, orange and yellow hang from the ceiling along the hall, and framed portraits line the walls. Devotees wear sarees and shirts in mixed colours. Several dozen people are visible in the scene.

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October 02 20082008-10-02October 02 20082008-10-02Photograph of a seated congregation in a long, open-sided tin-roofed hall during a puja at a shrine. Dozens of devotees sit on blue plastic chairs in rows facing a brightly lit altar at the far end, decorated with garlands and draped with purple and red cloth. Men on the left wear white dhotis and shirts, one saffron-clad figure sits in front, and women on the right wear sarees in pink, yellow and green. Tall cylindrical kalasha-style banners in blue, red and yellow hang from the ceiling, with paper streamers overhead. Framed photographs line the side walls. No individual can be identified as a person from appearance, and the altar figure is a deity murti or decorative display.2008-10-02Interior of a whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof and ceiling fans, seen from the back as rows of attendees sit on blue plastic chairs facing a stage. Many attendees wear white shirts and dhotis or light clothing, and a woman in red sits at the left edge. Tall cloth-wrapped decorative pillars in red, blue and gold hang along the walls. At the front, a painted backdrop of trees and a shrine with a golden arch hold deity murtis and floral decorations, with a speaker and a standing figure near the stage. Background speakers and a stage lamp are visible. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person, so this is a satsang gathering.2012-01-08A large crowd of devotees sits on the floor of a covered hall facing a raised stage where a deity murti is lit by oil lamps and string lights. Most people wear white garments, with a few women in orange, pink and saffron saris. Tall cylindrical pillars decorated with red, blue and yellow geometric patterns and bird motifs line the hall, and paper lanterns hang from the roof. A man in white stands at the far right near a table of offerings. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible among the seated devotees.2007-02-16October 16 20072007-10-16January 08 20122012-01-08Indoor evening photograph of a devotional gathering in a tented hall at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru. Thirty to forty seated devotees in white clothes, many with saffron-orange shawls, sit on colourful striped mats facing a decorated altar with a deity murti under lights and a kalasha-like painted pillar. At the far left front, a single standing figure in saffron-orange robes stands near a small podium, possibly addressing the group. Hanging paper decorations and fairy lights decorate the ceiling, and a white screen is set up beside the altar.2007-10-16January 08 20122012-01-08A photograph of a large hall filled with seated devotees on blue plastic chairs, viewed from the back of the room during a satsang. Many attendees wear white shirts and white dhotis, one man in the foreground wears a saffron-orange robe with a pink head wrap, and a bald man in a white shirt sits at the left edge. On the stage at the far end, a figure in orange sits before an ornate golden kalasha-style altar framed by green foliage backdrop, with floral garlands and a small deity murti arrangement beside it. Blue and red tasselled hangings with floral patterns line the walls, and ceiling fans hang from the metal roof trusses. A standing woman in white and a man in a red garment stand near the right side of the stage.2012-01-08December 10 20072007-12-10December 10 20072007-12-10