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A large indoor hall under a white fabric ceiling with ceiling fans and colourful tasselled hanging decorations in red, yellow, blue and green. Hundreds of seated men in white clothes fill plastic chairs facing a stage at the far end, where a small shrine with a deity murti and a screen are visible. Some attendees wear white dhotis and shirts, and a few have shaved heads. Two projection screens flank the stage. In the foreground, a man in white sits in profile with a shoulder bag near him.

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A large photograph of a seated audience in a tented hall with a pale ceiling canopy and colourful hanging fabric tassels in red, blue, orange and yellow. Rows of men and some women in white clothes sit on beige plastic chairs facing a stage at the far end, where a golden throne-like seat and a screen display a small figure. Two wall screens show the stage. Most attendees are seated and some have hands joined in namaskar. A person in white stands near the centre aisle. The scene suggests a satsang or discourse gathering.2009-12-20December 20 20092009-12-20A large photograph of a seated assembly inside a tented hall with a white fabric ceiling and colourful hanging decorations with orange tassels. Hundreds of people in white clothing sit on beige plastic chairs facing a stage at the far end. Two projection screens flank the stage, and a deity murti sits on an ornate raised platform near the centre. Men in the foreground wear white shirts and dhotis; a few people sit in the front rows with bags beside them. Walls are pale pink and the hall is brightly lit.2009-12-20A large indoor hall filled with seated audience members facing a stage at the far end. Most attendees are men in white shirts and white clothing, seated on white plastic chairs over green carpet, with some women in colourful saris seated on the right side. A backdrop on the stage shows a large framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a headpiece and a banner with printed Tamil text, flanked by a yellow-and-red emblem. Two large projection screens hang on either side of the stage, with smaller monitors below them. Overhead white ceiling fans and exposed steel roof trusses are visible. The scene suggests a satsang talk or public discourse. The portrait is a depiction on a backdrop, not a physical person on stage.2010-08-19A large hall filled with seated devotees in white clothes facing a raised stage at the far end. A figure in orange robes sits on an orange-draped seat on the stage, which is framed by ornate hanging banners with geometric patterns in red, yellow, blue and orange with orange tassels. Rows of pale plastic chairs fill the floor, with an orange carpet at the front. White fabric canopies hang from the ceiling, and ceiling fans are visible. Several people stand near the right side. Dozens of people are visible in the frame.2010-07-24March 03 20132013-03-03Wide photograph of a large white tent hall filled with rows of seated devotees in white clothing on beige plastic chairs, facing a distant stage at the far end. Colourful striped and tasselled hanging decorations in orange, yellow, red and blue hang from the white canopy, and ceiling fans are visible. Two projection screens flank the stage, which holds a decorated seat. Many people are visible, and most of the figures in the foreground and midground are clearly identifiable as seated attendees. The image shows a satsang-style gathering; the stage figures are too small and distant to assess.2009-12-20Wide view of a large indoor satsang hall filled with rows of seated attendees in white and orange clothing on beige plastic chairs, facing a stage at the far left where a figure in orange sits on a raised seat with flowers. Tall vertical pillars wrapped in colourful patterned fabric with orange tassels line the hall, and white drapery hangs from the ceiling. A projector screen shows an image above the stage, and a banner reads Freedom in green lettering. Cameras are set up near the front, and the crowd fills most of the room.2010-07-11A large crowd of devotees dressed in white sits on white plastic chairs and floor mats inside a tented hall with a white canopy. Tall cylindrical hanging decorations with blue, red, yellow and geometric patterns hang from the ceiling. At the far end, a raised stage with a dark backdrop holds a seated figure in orange robes on a white-draped throne, with flower arrangements in front. A banner with a painted portrait sits at the right edge. The scene appears to be a seated assembly or discourse.2008-02-17Wide view of a large hall filled with seated devotees dressed in white, sitting in rows of plastic chairs and on the floor along a central aisle. At the far end, a raised stage with a decorated pink and gold backdrop holds a small figure in orange seated on a throne-like seat, flanked by flower arrangements. Two large projection screens hang on either side of the stage, and colourful decorative banners with orange tassels hang from the white canopy ceiling.2009-12-20Wide view from the back of a large hall during a seated discourse. Hundreds of people in white clothes sit on beige plastic chairs on an orange floor, many of them shaved-headed men in white. At the front, a figure in orange robes stands near a woman in white on a raised platform before a dark stage with a draped white and red canopy.2010-09-12September 12 20102010-09-12