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Photograph of a crowded indoor darshan session at a convention hall, with a large audience of mostly young men in white shirts and dhotis standing behind. In the foreground, a long-haired man in a turquoise-blue turban and a white and turquoise embroidered robe with a red garland reaches forward to place his hands on the head of a young man in a white shirt printed with orange flowers, who raises his hands in reverence. A young woman with a long braid in a green-and-cream sari stands beside him, and a man with a white tilak mark on his forehead is partly visible at the lower left.

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February 09 20082008-02-09February 09 20082008-02-09February 09 20082008-02-09February 09 20082008-02-09A large indoor crowd of devotees, mostly men in white and pale shirts with some wearing red headbands, fills a hall with a red floor carpet and hanging orange banners. In the foreground a man in a turquoise turban and a white and turquoise shawl, with long dark hair, stands with palms raised toward a woman in a red and orange patterned sari with a gold bangle, who holds her palms together in a darshan gesture. Another man in a striped shirt stands beside them, and devotees lean in around them. The man in the turquoise turban has distinctive long hair and a turquoise wrap, so this appears to be a person giving darshan to delegates at a convention session.2008-02-09February 09 20082008-02-09February 09 20082008-02-09February 09 20082008-02-09Photo of a darshan session in a large hall crowded with devotees in white clothes. A man with long dark hair and beard wears a turquoise turban and a turquoise-and-orange shawl over white robes, placing his hand on the forehead of a young man in a white floral-print shirt who has his eyes closed. Behind him a woman in white with a black mala and gold necklace raises one hand, and a white-clad man in the foreground watches. A blue electric fan stands at the right edge. a person (turquoise turban, long hair, ornate shawl) gives darshan to a devotee.2008-02-09February 09 20082008-02-09February 09 20082008-02-09A photo of a darshan moment at a large indoor convention hall. A man in a white kurta with a turquoise turban and a turquoise shawl with gold border stretches his arms forward, palms open, toward a young woman in a turquoise and white salwar kameez who stands with her hands pressed together in namaste. Behind them a dense crowd of mostly young men in white and pastel shirts fills the hall, and an orange-clad figure is partially visible at the upper right with gold bangles on the wrist. The man's appearance, with a turquoise turban and shawl with gold border, is a person candidate but the framing is partial; the role is a darshan-giving figure blessing a devotee.2008-02-09