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Photograph from the back of a large hall during an Inner Awakening satsang. Many seated devotees, mostly in white clothes, fill rows of cream-covered chairs and floor mats facing a raised stage. On the stage, a figure seated on a golden ornate throne under a golden canopy, with a golden staff and green plants, lit by oil lamps and offerings on the stage edge. A banner reads Inner Awakening. Gold carved pillars flank the stage, and a large backdrop shows a painted figure and a night sky. Individuals in the foreground include a woman in a red and pink sari and a woman in a green and gold sari. a person presence on stage is an appearance-based judgement from a distant figure, so it is marked unsure.

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July 02 20152015-07-02A photograph taken from the back of a hall showing a large seated audience facing a stage at a satsang. Many devotees in white clothes and some in orange or red shawls sit on gold-cushioned chairs and white floor mats. On the stage, a central figure sits on an ornate gold throne before a dark backdrop with a galaxy image, with flanking gold pillars and candlestick lamps. A banner reading Inner Awakening hangs at upper left, and a large screen at upper right shows a seated figure in orange. A figure in orange and white stands near the stage at right. The enthusiastic crowd is attentive to the discourse.2015-07-05 +1 copiesA photograph from the back of a hall filled with seated devotees in white clothing, their heads and shoulders in the foreground. On a raised red stage, a figure in a red-and-orange turban and saffron-toned robes sits on an ornate golden throne canopy, with flower arrangements, brass lamps and a camera on a tripod nearby. Behind the stage is a painted backdrop of the Earth and night sky, and gold carved pillars frame the platform. Above is a red banner reading Inner Awakening. The figure has no clearly distinctive appearance cues beyond the turban and robes, so identity is uncertain; the scene shows a satsang discourse.2015-07-01A photograph taken from the back of a seated audience facing a stage at an indoor satsang hall. A banner reading "Inner Awakening" hangs at the top left. On the stage, a figure in orange-saffron robes sits on an ornate golden throne with a canopy, flanked by brass lamps and potted green plants, against a backdrop showing a glowing Earth and space imagery. Audience members wear white clothes with red-and-orange shawls. A camera on a tripod records the event at right. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure on the golden throne wears saffron robes and has long swept-back hair, with a cue-based appearance match, so he is treated as in person on stage.2015-07-04July 02 20152015-07-02July 04 20152015-07-04July 03 20152015-07-03July 04 20152015-07-04A photograph of a seated audience in white clothes facing a raised stage in a hall. On the stage a figure in red and white clothing with a garland sits on an ornate gold throne with a canopy, flanked by potted green plants, a brass lamp and ceremonial staffs. A backdrop shows a painted cosmic scene with Earth and a deity image. Many devotees wearing white sit cross-legged on white sheets in the foreground, with a red banner reading Inner Awakening overhead. The figure's appearance is not clear enough to confirm identity, so the role is given as seated speaker on a throne. Dozens of people are visible.2015-07-01 +1 copiesJuly 05 20152015-07-05A photograph of a satsang hall taken from behind a large seated audience. A figure in orange-red robes sits on a golden throne on a raised stage beneath a banner reading Inner Awakening, with a golden deity-like backdrop and brass lamps flanking the stage. A large screen to the right shows a close-up of the same seated figure in red and white. Many devotees in white clothes with red-orange shawls sit on the floor and on chairs, mostly with their backs to the camera. The figure on the throne appears to be a person, wearing orange-red robes and a red headpiece, seated in a discourse role.2015-07-04July 04 20152015-07-04