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A large hall with white walls and a lattice window shows a seated group of devotees in prayer posture with palms pressed together. Many men wear white kurta-style clothes with rudraksha malas, while women wear white, orange, green, and pink saris and salwar. Brass plates with oil lamps, flowers, and offerings sit on mats in front of them. Folded colourful blankets are stacked on a shelf behind, and a red-and-white banner reads Maa Bangaru Swamiji at the top. No single person is identifiable as a person in this crowd.

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July 07 20092009-07-07A large hall with white-washed walls and a banner reading MAA BANGARU SWAMI in English above the seated gathering. Dozens of devotees sit cross-legged on mats in white clothes, many with rudraksha malas and palms pressed together in prayer. Brass lamps and plates with offerings stand on the floor before them. At the upper right, a figure in saffron-orange robes stands holding a microphone near a wooden door, appearing to address the gathering. A yellow-draped table stands at the right edge.2009-07-06 +1 copiesJuly 21 20092009-07-21July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesA large hall of seated devotees in white clothing, many with palms pressed together in namaste during a session. Participants sit on colourful striped mats and white plastic chairs, some holding notebooks and papers, several women wearing white and turquoise, one in purple. Patterned cloth banners hang from the white ceiling, and a video camera on a tripod records the gathering near the front. A man in white stands at the far right side and an elder in saffron stands near the right edge. The setting resembles a satsang or discourse. Crowd is dense, numbering well over twenty people.2009-07-19 +1 copiesApril 08 20122012-04-08A large seated congregation with palms pressed together in namaste inside a bright hall with white tiled floor and orange-red curtains. Many people sit cross-legged on orange and dark mats, wearing mostly white shirts and kurtas, with some in blue, green, grey and yellow. A man in a blue cap and a man with white hair in white kurta are prominent in the front rows. No clear figure in saffron or ornate attire is visible to suggest a person's presence, so no identity is asserted. A striped woven wall hanging appears at top left, and a purple logo sits in the corner.2010-02-20December 10 20132013-12-10A large hall filled with seated devotees, mostly women in saffron, white, pink, green and red saris and kurtas, many with palms pressed together in anjali mudra during a group prayer or satsang. Some wear orange shawls and white dhotis; a few children in pink and green dresses sit among them. Brass plates, small oil lamps and steel containers rest on the floor in front, and a gilded deity murti and ornate shrine stand at the far left. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the visible people.2012-05-01A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees, mostly women in white and cream sari-style clothing, many with palms pressed together in anjali mudra while praying or meditating. Some raise their arms overhead in a stretching or devotional gesture. Pale pink walls, tall windows with orange curtains, a wall notice board and hanging orange and yellow tassels frame the scene. Orange cloth mats cover the floor in front of the rows. No a person is visible in the frame, so this is a satsang-style gathering of devotees.2010-10-24A large hall filled with seated devotees in white clothing meditating in rows on cushions and mats. Many wear rudraksha malas around their necks. Some sit with eyes closed and hands folded in prayer, including a man in the right foreground pressing palms together. Yellow and red decorative banners hang from the tall yellow steel trusses along the roof, and bright windows line the walls. A water bottle sits on the floor at left. The crowd is seated in a dense block, and a figure in white sits near the front center, but no one appears clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2005-12-20April AF 2012