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Wide indoor photo of a ceremonial paada pooja in a wood-panelled hall with a chandelier. On the left, a figure with long dark hair and a red-and-orange garment sits on an ornate gold throne with gold back panels, flanked by golden seats and a gold-framed back panel. Before the throne, devotees sit on the floor in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls, one man in a white shirt with a red shawl holding a brass plate with offerings, a woman in white with a plate, and a man at right with hands folded in namaskar. Bright flower arrangements in yellow and purple sit at the left. Rows of seated saffron-robed devotees fill the right side, and a screen shows a ceremony.

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December 30 20142014-12-30December 30 20142014-12-30May 27 20152015-05-27A photo inside a wood-panelled hall where a seated figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-red garment and black patterned skirt, sits on an ornate gold throne with a gold umbrella above. Before the throne, devotees in white and orange-red shawls sit on the floor holding brass plates with fruit, flowers and oil lamps, and some are raising hands in prayer. Yellow and red flowers arranged in a vase stand at the left, and a deity murti is set behind the throne. Many more devotees sit in rows at the back of the hall. This appears to be a paada pooja foot-worship ritual.2014-12-30December 30 20142014-12-30May 27 20152015-05-27A seated audience of devotees fills a hall during a Shodasi initiation session. In the foreground, women in green and yellow saris and men and women in white kurtas and orange-red shawls sit on the floor, several holding brass plates with flowers and offerings. At upper right, a figure in an orange turban and white garland sits on an ornate gold throne holding a silver staff, with a golden canopy and red drapes behind. Many people in white ritual clothing sit in rows at the back, and a camera on a tripod and a video screen appear at left.2015-05-27July 21 20152015-07-21October 26 20152015-10-26May 27 20152015-05-27A photo of a seated group in a red-curtained hall with ornate gold furnishings. On a large gold throne at upper right sits a robed figure in orange-saffron garments with a golden necklace and an orange turban, holding a golden staff; the figure's appearance is consistent with the Swamiji (probable) cues of a turban, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold, presented here as a throne-seated presence with devotees on the floor. Around him, roughly two dozen devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in white, red and saffron clothing with red shawls, many holding brass plates of offerings. A tall brass oil lamp stands at left beside a tripod camera. Several bald and white-haired devotees in white garments sit in the foreground.2015-10-26Photograph of a large indoor satsang hall with red drapes and a gold-ornate throne in the foreground. A man seated on the left of the golden throne wears a red-brown turban, a white flower garland and an orange wrap, holding a golden ceremonial staff, and appears to be the central figure. Surrounding him, devotees sit on the floor in white and orange clothing with red-orange shawls; one woman in white holds a brass plate with offerings. Several people in the middle distance wear saffron shawls, and a figure in a red turban and garland sits at the right back near a stage with a laptop and brass lamps. Partially visible heads fill the lower foreground.2015-05-27