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Interior of a plain white-walled hall with a blue steel roof frame and ceiling fans, filled with seated devotees on blue and brown plastic chairs, facing a raised stage at the far end. Most attendees wear white shirts and dhotis or white clothing, with a few in orange or yellow. Hanging on the walls are tall vertical banners with red, green, yellow and white geometric patterns and small bird emblems. At the front, a golden ornate throne-like seat with a red cloth stands before a backdrop of greenery, and a figure in white stands near the stage.

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Indoor satsang in a white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof and blue steel roof trusses, with colourful patterned cloth hangings on the pillars. Rows of seated devotees on blue plastic chairs face a raised stage at the far end, where a deity murti stands in a gilded shrine. A figure in an orange robe sits on the stage near the shrine while others in white stand nearby, and a loudspeaker stands at the right edge. Men in white and cream shirts and women in saris sit in the foreground, and several people stand at the back.2011-11-10January 08 20122012-01-08Interior 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.2012-01-08November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10Interior view of a long, open-sided temple hall with a corrugated metal roof on a steel truss frame, lit by fluorescent tubes. Dozens of seated devotees face a shrine at the far end, where a deity murti is decorated with blue and red cloth. Rows of plastic chairs and sitters fill the floor, with many men in white clothes and women in saris, some in orange. Tall vertical banners with geometric patterns in red, blue and yellow line both walls, and a sign on the left reads silence please. A priest in white stands near the shrine, with oil lamps and offerings in front. The scene suggests a pradosha puja gathering in the evening.2007-09-24November 10 20112011-11-10A 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.2012-01-08November 10 20112011-11-10A large indoor hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis, facing a stage at the far end. Many sit on white plastic chairs and blue chairs, while others sit on the floor on orange mats. Orange and multicoloured fabric panels hang from the ceiling, and a green backdrop with figures stands behind the stage. On the left, a golden deity murti and ornate golden decorations are visible near the stage. Devotees in the foreground wear white clothing, and a few women in saris sit toward the right. The a person candidate cannot be confidently identified from the distant view on the stage.2010-09-12January 08 20122012-01-08September 12 20102010-09-12