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A large crowd of women and girls, mostly with long braided hair, stands with arms raised and palms together in a hall with a red carpet and blue draped ceiling. Many wear white or cream salwar-style clothes, sarees in pink, orange, peach, maroon and blue, and some hold papers. In the upper right, a figure in orange and white is seated on a raised stage beside a microphone and flower decorations, and another man in white stands near it, appearing to photograph the stage. A green pole stands in the foreground.

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A large crowd of devotees, mostly women, stands closely packed under a white tent with hanging lights and draped white fabric along the back wall. Many wear sarees in blue, green, pink, orange, purple and white, some with long braids and jasmine or hair ornaments. Several have hands raised or pressed together in prayer. A speaker stands at the rear and a red carpet covers the floor.2006-12-14December 16 20062006-12-16A photograph inside a large tent at a convention, with dim blue-tinted lighting and bare bulbs hanging from the canopy. Many women crowd the red-carpeted floor with arms raised and hands lifted in devotion, some clapping or palms open. Foreground figures include a woman in a pale green sari with a grey-patterned shawl, a woman in a peach sari with orange-red borders and a silver necklace, a woman in a white dress with a light-blue hair tie, and a woman in an orange-and-white checked garment with a long braid. Many others in white and pastel clothing fill the background. No central figure is clearly visible, so no a person candidate can be identified.2006-12-16A large crowd of devotees fills a white-tented hall, with many people raising their arms and clapping in celebration. In the foreground, two women with long braided hair face away from the camera: one wears a cream sari and the other a white sari with a gold-bordered orange blouse, while nearby a woman in a white churidar holds her hands together. Several women wear white and pastel saris, and a red carpet runs across the floor. Some people in the background hold up hands in devotion.2006-12-14December 16 20062006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16December 14 20062006-12-14A large indoor event under a white tented ceiling with hanging lights and draped white fabric edges. A dense crowd of devotees stands on red carpet with palms pressed together in anjali, facing a stage backed by a deep blue curtain decorated with yellow-orange floral garlands and framed portraits. Women predominate in saris and salwar kameez in pink, green, blue, yellow and white, many wearing beaded necklaces; several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand among them. The scene reads as a satsang or programme gathering, with no visible swamiji figure clearly identifiable on stage.2006-12-14A large crowd of devotees stands on a red carpet inside a white tented hall under bright ceiling lights. Most people raise their arms overhead, many women wear white and cream salwar kameez or saris with orange and green accents, and some wear dark blue, teal and pale purple saris. Blue draped backdrop panels line the far wall with small orange floral decorations, and water bottles and bags sit on the carpet among the crowd.2006-12-14A photograph of a large crowd of devotees inside a tent-like hall with a red carpet and blue backdrop, many with arms raised in a devotional gesture. Most are women in white, cream and pastel saris and salwar, with some in orange, maroon and blue. A woman in the foreground with grey hair and a red bead mala raises her palms, and another in the front right wears a white top and bangles with her arm lifted. Several women have long braids. No single figure stands out as a teacher on a dais in view, and no a person candidate is clearly visible. Overhead lights and a hanging sheet frame the scene, and a border of orange motifs appears at the top.2006-12-16December 15 20062006-12-15