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A wide view of a satsang hall with a grey draped ceiling and colourful painted pillars hanging from it. Rows of seated devotees, many in white and green clothes, face a raised stage at the far end. On the stage, a figure in saffron sits on an ornate throne before a painted backdrop of deities. Two large screens show projections, and several saffron-robed monks sit on the stage steps. Audience members sit on chairs and mats, facing the stage.

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March 13 20132013-03-13March 13 20132013-03-13A large hall during a seated satsang or discourse. Rows of devotees fill the floor and plastic chairs, many in white and orange or saffron clothing, with some sitting cross-legged on mats in the foreground. A raised stage at the back has a white and maroon backdrop, and a central ornate golden seat holds a figure in orange robes who appears to be giving the talk. Tall decorated pillars with colourful geometric patterns and tassels hang from a draped fabric ceiling. Two projection screens flank the stage, one showing a figure in orange and the other a portrait-style image. A small framed picture hangs on the left wall. Hundreds of people are visible across the hall; a crowd of roughly 100 or more is shown.2013-03-13March 08 20132013-03-08Photograph taken from the back of a large tented hall during a satsang. Many devotees sit on the floor and in black chairs facing a stage, with rows of seated people in the foreground, many in white and orange clothing. Colourful striped hanging decorations line the white ceiling tent. On the stage, a person in white stands near an ornate golden throne-like seat with a central figure, and a presenter stands at the left of the stage. On the right, a seated figure in saffron/orange robes sits on a red-draped platform beside other seated people. A large screen on the right shows a bald-headed figure in orange robes, with a mounted screen behind the stage. Ceiling fans and hanging orange cloth are visible. Roughly thirty to forty people are visible.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26A photograph taken from the back of a seated audience inside a hall with a white draped fabric ceiling and ceiling fans. Rows of plastic chairs face a stage at the far end. Decorative cylindrical banners in multicolour patterns with orange tassels hang from the ceiling. The stage has a red backdrop with a large portrait of a woman, and a gold throne-like seat stands at the side with a decorative panel. Several people sit on the stage near a low platform. Many audience members in white and checked shirts are visible in the foreground. The audience is large, with dozens of visible heads.2010-12-27A wide view from the back of a hall during a satsang, with rows of devotees seated on white plastic chairs and some on the floor in front. The white draped ceiling has colourful striped pillars hung with orange fabric. On a raised stage with red and green draped backdrops, several people sit on a red-covered dais behind a white table, one in an orange robe at right. A large portrait on a pink banner at right shows a bearded figure in orange. A deity murti and floral decorations sit at the centre of the stage, and a projector screen is visible. A person stands at the side of the stage. Roughly two dozen people are visible.2010-12-26A photograph of a large satsang hall with a tented fabric ceiling and decorative colourful striped pillars hung with orange cloth. A crowd of many seated devotees fills the foreground and middle, most in white or light clothing, some on chairs and others on mats on the floor. At the far end a golden ornate throne sits on a raised stage flanked by dark maroon drapes, with two large screens showing an image of a seated figure with long hair and saffron robes. Several people stand near the stage and at the left edge.2013-01-19December 26 20102010-12-26Wide view from the back of a large tented hall filled with rows of black plastic chairs and seated audience members in mostly white clothing. A raised stage at the far end holds a gold ornate throne with a seated figure in saffron-orange clothing. Tall cylindrical pillars wrapped in colourful geometric patterns in red, blue, yellow and white hang from the white ceiling, with screens flanking the stage and fans overhead.2010-12-18 +1 copiesA large hall with a pale pink wall and a draped fabric ceiling hung with colourful patterned cylindrical banners fringed in orange. Hundreds of people sit on the floor on red and white mats and on black plastic chairs at the back, facing a raised stage at the far end. On the stage, a figure in white sits near a decorated central arrangement with a floral display, flanked by two large projection screens on a blue curtain. Many attendees wear white, saffron, orange and pink saris and kurtas, and some have long braided hair. The scene reads as a seated satsang or discourse audience.2011-01-22