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A seated group of devotees in white clothes fills a open-sided hall for the First Healers Initiation at AdiKailaasa. Many wear white garments and necks garlanded with white flower strands, and women have long braided hair. In the centre a woman in a white sari holds a small lit oil lamp in one hand while the other hand is pressed in anjali, facing a tray of offerings and flowers on the floor. Men sit with palms joined in prayer nearby, and rows of participants in white fill the background, with a woman in a light blue top at the lower left. Red floor mats are laid out beneath them.

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A photograph of a seated congregation in white clothing inside a hall at the First Healers Initiation at AdiKailaasa, Bidadi. In the foreground, several women sit cross-legged on mats: a woman in a white sari with a grey-patterned border on the far left, a woman in a white sari with red and orange borders with folded hands in front, a woman in a white sari with a red blouse and red-bordered sari with hands clasped, and a woman in white with folded hands and a gold necklace on the right. Behind them, many more men and women in white garments sit with hands folded in prayer or hands on their laps. A woman in a yellow-and-white sari and a few others wear coloured clothing among the white. A wooden pillar and tiled floor are visible on the right.2003-01-01September 09 20102010-09-09May 27 20042004-05-27December 26 20082008-12-26A photograph of a large indoor gathering at AdiKailaasa, with many seated devotees dressed in white and wearing white flower garlands. In the foreground left, a young person in an orange-saffron dhoti and a saffron-orange head wrap holds a brass tray and gestures toward a seated devotee on a red mat, while petals scatter through the air. Rows of white-clad participants sit on red cloth with hands in anjali, and women in white saris and dark braids fill the lower right. Wooden pillars, a lattice window and a microphone stand frame the hall.A night-time photograph of a seated group at a ritual gathering. On the left, a bare-chested figure in an orange-red turban and saffron cloth sits on a woven wicker chair, wearing a white and orange garland, with hands pressed together. Around the red-and-white striped mat, many people in white clothes sit or stand with palms joined in anjali. Women in white saris, some with gold necklaces, kneel close by; a young boy in white and a child in white sit in the foreground. A brass oil lamp (lamp) with a white flower garland stands at right, beside brass plates holding flowers and offerings. Behind them, more devotees in white stand with hands folded, and a man in an orange shawl appears in the middle. Several people in white and orange dominate the scene.2007-08-17December 23 20072007-12-23A large seated congregation in white clothing fills a hall, most women in white saris and salwar with orange or red shawls and stoles, many with long braided hair and bangles. They sit in rows on a carpet, attentive and facing forward toward an unseen stage at left, with stage lights and a backdrop of framed printed images visible at the top. The scene looks like a satsang or discourse audience, with the speaker not visible in frame.2006-12-29November 11 20152015-11-11A photograph of a large indoor gathering of devotees at an event hall with blue flooring and draped curtains. Many devotees stand in rows with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, most wearing white or cream traditional clothing. Several women wear marigold and red-flower garlands; one woman in the foreground wears a saffron-bordered white sari and a garland. Some men in white kurtas stand in the background, one with a visitor badge. Chairs and red plastic seating line the back of the hall.2003-01-01A large hall filled with seated devotees in white and coloured traditional clothing, many wearing white and jasmine-style flower garlands, pressing palms together in namaskar. Smoke or incense haze fills the room, with bright windows high on the back wall. In the right foreground a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a white garland and folded hands sits near a woman in a green sari. In the centre a grey-haired man in white holds an object near a small oil lamp on the floor. Throughout the crowd are men in white shirts and women in yellow, orange and red saris, several with garlands. The setting appears to be a ritual gathering or puja.2007-12-26May 18 20132013-05-18