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Wide view of a large hall during a seated satsang or meditation session. Rows of devotees sit on mats across the floor, with saffron and orange-robed attendees on the right and left, and many people in white clothing at the back. A long pale carpet runs down the centre aisle between metal stanchion posts with ropes. Red curtains line the windows and white ceiling fans and lights hang above. Brass lamps and small offerings sit on the floor near the front rows. A small ornate gold shrine or altar is visible at the far end of the hall. The camera is positioned high and far back, so individual faces are not clearly visible. No person at the front is clearly identifiable as a candidate; the seated figures are devotees and sannyasis in robes.

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July 23 20132013-07-23August 19 20132013-08-19 +1 copiesWide view inside a large hall with white ceiling tiles, ceiling fans and rows of fluorescent lights, with red curtains on the high windows. Rows of seated devotees fill both sides of a long central aisle lined with stanchions. On the left, many people wear saffron and orange robes, some seated before small brass plates and oil lamps; on the right, a block of people in white clothing sits alongside others in maroon and dark red garments, with a few in saffron. A shaved-headed person in maroon sits near the right foreground. The scene suggests a seated puja or satsang gathering, with no clear deity image or throne visible in this frame.2013-07-23September 15 20132013-09-15July 07 20132013-07-07September 13 20132013-09-13A large hall with red curtains and fluorescent ceiling lights holds many seated devotees on mats in rows facing a central pink-carpeted aisle lined with silver stanchions. Most are dressed in saffron and orange robes, while a section on the right wears white. Some sit before small brass plates and oil lamps. No single figure can be clearly identified as a person, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.2013-07-23A wide photograph of a large hall with white ceiling lights and framed portraits on the walls behind red curtains. Rows of people sit cross-legged on mats and rugs along a central aisle lined with silver posts and chains. Many wear orange, maroon and red robes, and a few sit near brass puja trays with flowers and small oil lamps. Most seated figures are shown from behind or at a distance, and attendees in white clothing sit toward the rear.2013-07-06A large hall filled with seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing, many with shaved heads, sitting on the floor in rows along a central white aisle lined with silver stanchions. Many wear white garments and rudraksha malas. Before several rows are brass plates holding flowers, small oil lamps, bowls and offerings, and some participants hold notebooks or papers. Decorative hanging cloth panels with coloured bands are draped across the ceiling and tall striped pillars line the room, with pink curtains at the windows. Near the front a figure seated in orange with a white forehead marking and mala beads has no clear basis for identification from appearance, so the scene is described by roles only, as devotees and participants at a satsang-style gathering. Hundreds of people are visible across the hall.2013-03-03 +1 copiesJuly 07 20132013-07-07July 02 20132013-07-02A large hall filled with hundreds of seated people in white and saffron clothing, with a long central aisle covered by a beige runner and lined with silver stanchions. Rows of devotees sit on mats, many wearing white, and in the foreground several people in maroon and orange robes sit before brass plates of offerings, lamps and flowers. Red curtains line the windows, and framed pictures hang on the side walls. The scene suggests a satsang or ritual gathering, though no clear figure can be identified as a specific person.2013-05-17