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A photograph of a courtyard session in a red-walled temple hall with white carved pillars and hanging brass lamps. A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a red-orange garment, sits on a raised white-canopied seat with a red cushion, speaking into a microphone with a small table before him. Around him, a large audience sits on the floor in orange, blue, pink and green saris and robes, many with long hair and some with white hair. Brass trishula-style staffs stand at the sides, a fan is placed nearby, and a framed image hangs on the back wall.

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January 18 20172017-01-18January 18 20172017-01-18A courtyard satsang in a red-walled ashram hall. A man seated cross-legged on a pink-cushioned white wooden swing-bed, wearing an orange-red robe and a white forehead marking, holds a microphone to his mouth while speaking, with a small mic-stand and bowls on a side table. Behind him is a relief of a dancing deity murti and brass oil lamps stand nearby. Many seated devotees in orange, pink, blue and saris face him, some with long dreadlocks and grey hair, while small fans and flower arrangements sit at the edges.2017-01-18January 17 20172017-01-17 +2 copiesJanuary 17 20172017-01-17 +2 copiesFebruary 09 20172017-02-09 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20172017-02-09 +5 copiesJanuary 18 20172017-01-18A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a tilak on his forehead speaks into a microphone from a silver-framed ceremonial seat with a red cushion, a small lectern before him. Behind him are a golden arched shrine with a deity murti, a framed painting, and hanging lamps. A large audience sits on the floor in front, including people in white and cream kurtas, pink and blue saris, and some with flowers in their hair, seen from behind. Silver-finished pillars and a thatched canopy frame the hall. The man's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to identify him.2017-04-05A photograph of a crowded indoor temple-style hall with red walls, silver pillars and a thatched straw canopy. A seated figure in a red robe with long dark hair speaks into a microphone on a raised dais in front of a bronze Nataraja statue within a fiery arch. Attendees sit on the floor facing the dais, including women in red, orange and saffron saris and a person with long braided hair in a red top. Silver umbrella-like canopies, brass lamps and a golden lion figure decorate the room, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at the right near a shrine.2017-01-01A seated man in a rust-orange robe speaks into a handheld microphone from an ornate white wooden swing-like seat with a red cushion, under a wooden canopy hung with brass lamps and bells. Behind him a dark-red wall shows a carved Nataraja-style dancing figure and a framed picture, and a white bull statue rests beside him. Dozens of devotees in orange and pink clothing sit on the floor in the foreground with their backs to the camera, many with braided or dreadlocked hair. A woman in a yellow and red sari sits at the right edge of the seat. Two standing fans stand in the courtyard. The man's visible cues are a bare chest with a dark-red shawl and a long swept hair, consistent with the appearance of a person leading a courtyard satsang session.2017-02-09A photograph of a crowded open-pillared courtyard hall with a red-tiled roof and straw-fringed decorative hangings. Dozens of seated devotees fill the foreground, many with their backs to the camera, including women in green, pink, blue and white saris and a man in white. At centre, a woman in an orange sari stands facing the seated group beside a carved silver-framed throne-like seat with red cushions, under hanging bells and lamps. Several other people in orange and white sit on the right near a silver palanquin-style canopy. The scene appears to be a courtyard initiation session.2017-02-01 +1 copies