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A large seated gathering of devotees in an indoor hall during a deeksha initiation session. Many participants wear red blindfolds over their eyes and sit cross-legged on red and orange mats. Most women wear white or cream saris with gold borders, some in orange, green and teal, and several wear rudraksha malas and small pendants. Some participants are children in white shirts and dark trousers, and one girl wears a white top with black polka dots. Name badges hang from many necks. Hanging framed pictures line the wall behind, and a row of seated people fills the foreground. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this view.

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June 19 20162016-06-19June 19 20162016-06-19A large seated congregation in a hall during a deeksha initiation session. Many devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris with gold borders, sit cross-legged on orange and pink mats with red cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes. Some wear teal, maroon, and orange saris, and many wear gold necklaces and bangles. Name badges hang from some clothing. Rows of people fill the room, with paintings and framed images on the walls behind them. No individual leader is clearly visible in the frame, and no one in the frame can be confidently identified as a person.2016-06-19June 19 20162016-06-19June 19 20162016-06-19May 23 20152015-05-23A large crowd of meditators sits cross-legged on green mats inside a tented hall at an Arogya Yoga programme. Most participants wear white garments and white blindfold bands across their eyes, and many have long braids or hair tied back. Some wear yellow, orange or patterned saris and salwar. Red plastic chairs line the edges, a camera tripod stands near the top left, and decorative drapes hang overhead. Participants sit in rows facing forward, with black bags and a few small items placed on the floor between them.2006-11-26 +1 copiesJune 12 20162016-06-12August 27 20162016-08-27A photograph of a large indoor hall filled with hundreds of seated participants, nearly all wearing white cloth blindfolds tied across their eyes. Most wear white, cream or light clothing, with some in saffron, green, blue and pink saris and salwars. Several people stand near the back wall beside a wooden door, including a woman in an orange-saffron sari and women in white saris. Red chairs and red drapes line the walls, and a few people wear identification badges on lanyards.2009-02-25A large seated group of men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged in rows during a meditation session, each wearing a white blindfold over the eyes and a rudraksha mala of reddish-brown beads around the neck. Some wear red or orange shawls, and several have name badges on their chests. The men are seated on a cream-coloured floor in a large hall, with their heads bowed and hands resting on their laps, forming a dense field of white clothing and white blindfolds. No single figure is clearly identifiable as the a person candidate in this crowd.2015-09-06September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copies