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Indoor ritual hall with a sacred fire burning before a gilded altar holding a deity murti, backed by tall black speakers and orange-and-white hanging banners. A figure seated on an ornate gold throne in an orange turban and saffron-orange robe holds a microphone and joins palms in front of the fire. Around the fire, priests in orange and white robes perform the ritual while seated devotees in white and red garments sit behind chain-and-post barriers, with heads of audience members in the foreground.

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September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10A seated figure on an ornate gold throne at the left, wearing a red-orange turban and saffron-orange robe with gold jewellery, holds a microphone and presses palms together while addressing a hall. Before him, seated devotees in white and orange clothing, many with garlands, sit on a green-covered floor behind metal stanchions and chains. At the far end, priests in orange and white stand before a decorated shrine with a deity murti, a kalasha and a flame, with a second gold throne-like seat nearby. Large speakers line the metal-walled hall.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10Indoor ceremony in a metal-walled hall with speaker columns and saffron banners. At left, a figure in an orange-red turban and saffron wrap sits on an ornate gold throne, holding a microphone near his face. Centre, a priest in orange and a red-robed attendant stand before a gold-framed shrine with a deity murti and green draping; a kalasha-like offering and a row of lamps sit on the platform. Right, a man in white dhoti and white head cloth stands with hands folded. Seated devotees in white and saffron clothing, some with garlands, fill the floor in rows behind rope barriers, hands joined in namaskar. The ritual setting suggests an assembly or puja, with the throne prominent.2015-09-10A photograph inside a temple-style hall at a camp, showing a seated figure on an ornate gold throne with a red-orange turban, orange robe and gold bangles, holding a microphone with hands joined in greeting. Rows of seated people in white and orange clothing sit behind metal stanchions and chains. In the background, robed priests in orange stand before a decorated deity shrine with a lit fire and garlands, while a gold arch frames the scene. Swamiji (probable): the seated throned figure in red turban and orange robe with gold jewellery, speaking into a microphone.2015-09-10A seated figure in saffron robes and an orange turban sits on an ornate gold throne at the left, hands raised in greeting, facing a large seated assembly. Many devotees in white dhotis and white garments sit cross-legged on red and green mats in rows, with orange-shawled participants among them, several with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind the throne stands a gilded shrine with a deity murti and a second gold chair. Metal stanchions and chains separate the rows, and loudspeakers stand along the back wall, with orange and green banners hanging above.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10July 17 20152015-07-17Large seated congregation in white clothes with red-orange shawls facing a raised stage in a pavilion hung with gold drapes. On the stage, a figure in orange robes and a shaved head sits on an ornate gold throne with a gold lion-form armrest, a book in hand, with a camera on a tripod nearby. Behind the throne, gold kalasha-shaped finials stand beside a multi-figure deity murti shrine and brass oil lamps. A priest in orange stands at a tiered shrine decorated with lotus motifs at left. a person is seated on the throne, identified here only by the appearance cues of orange ochre robes and red-orange shawl with rudraksha-style beads; the figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone. The scene reflects a satsang-style session with a camera recording.2015-07-20September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copies