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Indoor temple hall at night with a white-pillared pavilion and a golden stepped pyramid-shaped structure on a polished reddish floor. A seated figure at left wears a white cloth and orange-and-gold patterned skirt with gold necklace and bangles, holding a long stick near a dark-robed seated person in orange. A large group of about twenty-five seated devotees in orange and white robes, some with rudraksha malas, sit in rows facing the structure. A brass bell hangs from the ceiling, and green leaf garlands with string lights decorate the openings. A standing deity murti is visible in an alcove at back.

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A seated long-haired figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits on a patterned cushion at the left, holding a walking staff, and addresses a seated group. A golden tiered kalasha-like structure stands on a pedestal in the centre of a white marble hall with green leaf garlands hung along the windows. Around a dozen-plus devotees sit cross-legged on the polished floor, many in orange robes and some in white dhotis and white kurtas, with a bell hanging above. A hanging fan and a camera operator appear at the right. The setting suggests a temple preparation satsang. a person is the seated figure at left, identified by long swept hair, orange robes and rudraksha mala.2006-09-29Photograph of a nighttime ritual preparation in a temple hall with white pillars and a dark sky through the windows. A large golden tiered pillar-like structure, a dhwajastambha-style piece, stands on the floor at centre. A standing man in orange robes holds a staff near the left side, while seated people in orange and white clothes sit in rows on the polished floor, several holding printed sheets. Behind them, seated devotees in white and orange wait, and a cameraman in orange stands at right operating a camera on a tripod. Green leaf garlands hang across the top of the hall, and a brass bell hangs from the ceiling. Several people are seated in a semicircle facing the central golden structure.2006-09-29September 29 20062006-09-29September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesSeptember 30 20062006-09-30September 29 20062006-09-29A dimly lit hall where a woman in a white dress sits cross-legged on a raised platform with a red and tan cloth, speaking into a microphone beside gold-painted pillars. A large audience of people in orange and saffron robes and white garments sits on the floor facing her, seen from behind, with some devotees wearing rudraksha malas. A staircase with metal railings stands at the right. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figure is described only by role.2014-09-24Indoor gathering in a large tented hall decorated with orange, yellow and red bunting and garlands, with framed portraits on the back wall. Many seated devotees in white clothes with orange shawls fill the floor, some with orange sashes. In the foreground, a row of seated women and men wear white and orange. At right, a figure in orange robes sits on a golden throne with a flower garland and a microphone before him, while a cameraperson in white stands at left. a person (orange robes, long swept-back hair and a flower garland on a golden throne) presides over the Ananda Samajam convention.2007-02-24Indoor evening scene in a hall with a plain grey floor and pale blue walls hung with colourful woven ornamental banners in red, blue, yellow and white. A seated figure in orange and saffron robes, with a red-orange garment and a red bindi, sits on a red patterned rug holding a microphone on a stand and reading from a small book, with a heap of rice grains before them. Around them young men in white dhotis and orange or saffron shawls sit cross-legged on mats, some with hands folded and others listening. A golden lion statue stands at the right edge beside the wall. Partially visible figures sit at the left. Photo-style documentation of a Navaratri day gathering.2008-10-07Indoor temple pavilion at night showing a large gold-coloured stepped pyramid structure, a dhwajastambha-style ritual form, placed on a polished reddish-brown floor. A person in an orange-saffron robe sits on a white plastic chair at the right, hands joined near the face. Several people in white clothes sit on the floor at the centre, one wearing an orange shawl. Green leaf garlands hang from the ceiling beams and white columns frame the hall; a black deity murti sits on a pedestal at the left.2006-09-29November 12 20102010-11-12September 29 20062006-09-29