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Indoor hall with white walls, ceiling fans, orange curtains and tiled floor. About eight men walk across the floor in orange and saffron robes; several wear rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, and some have long hair or beards. Behind them, white-clad and green-shawled attendees sit on plastic chairs near a table with a water dispenser. A small speaker is mounted on the wall. The setting looks like a sannyasi procession or assembly at an ashram hall.

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December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30Interior of a white-walled hall with orange curtains, ceiling fans and white plastic chairs around covered tables. A figure in orange robes and an orange turban walks away from the camera toward a group of saffron-robed sannyasis and visitors. Several women in white and cream salwar kameez and saris stand with hands folded in greeting, and a man with grey hair in a white shirt also stands at right. The scene appears to be a welcoming of visiting monastic guests.2009-12-11August 03 20092009-08-03December 11 20092009-12-11December 11 20092009-12-11A candid photograph inside a tiled-floor hall with white walls, a corrugated ceiling and ceiling fans, rows of black chairs with red seats. Three men in saffron-orange robes walk toward the viewer: the one on the left has a grey-streaked beard, glasses and a rudraksha-style pendant, the middle man smiles with his hands near his chest, and the man on the right with long dark hair and an orange shawl raises his palm in a blessing gesture. Behind them a figure in white and another in a yellow-and-white shawl stand near a carved wooden screen with framed pictures on the wall. The image is slightly blurred from motion. a person candidate appearance is inconclusive, so the identity is left unsure.2009-11-16A photograph inside a bare, whitewashed hall with a concrete floor, where a procession of barefoot men walks toward an open doorway. In the centre a man with long dark hair wears a bright orange sleeveless robe and a long rudraksha mala, looking ahead. Beside and behind him, several men in orange and saffron robes, one wearing an orange turban and bead necklaces, walk alongside a man in a yellow garment and figures in white with orange shawls. Two attendants hold white feathered fans aloft. Light enters through the doorway and high windows, and the scene reads as a ceremonial walk within an ashram-style building.2007-08-09A group of about a dozen men in saffron and orange robes stands on a glossy tiled floor inside a bare, unpainted concrete hall with large windows. On the right, a man with long curly hair and a rudraksha mala raises his arm and points, while others around him listen attentively. A bearded man in a green shawl and white-clad attendants stand nearby. Several robed men wear beaded necklaces. The scene looks like an ashram visit or walkthrough.2009-12-30A photograph inside a bare, unfinished hall with pink-washed brick walls and white fabric drapes at the windows. On the right, a man in a bright orange robe and matching orange turban and wrap stands gesturing as he speaks. Around him, four other men in orange and cream robes and white or orange headwear stand in conversation, one holding a folder. Stacked colourful mats and bolsters are visible at the right edge, and loudspeakers hang from the upper wall.2009-12-11Indoor photograph of a group of saffron-clad sadhus standing in a plain hall with a corrugated metal roof and fluorescent tube lights. A man in the centre with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, smiling and looking to his right, with his hands folded at his waist. Around him, bearded and shaven-headed men in orange and ochre robes stand in a loose line; one at right wears a green shawl over white garments. Framed pictures hang on the walls behind them, and a potted plant stands at left. The scene appears to be a gathering of sannyasis at an ashram hall.2009-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30