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A photograph of a crowded indoor hall with red curtains and pale walls, where a bald man in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala around his neck stands with hands joined in front of his chest. Around him, devotees in white clothes and red-orange shawls stand and kneel; a cameraman with a video camera films from the left foreground, and a woman in a cream sari with a red shawl stands at lower right. In the background a gilded throne and a large framed image are visible. The orange-robed man is a person (in person), with the saffron robe, rudraksha mala and ceremonial setting as qualifying cues, while the others are devotees and crew.

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February 17 20162016-02-17February 17 20162016-02-17A crowded indoor hall with pink walls and cream curtains shows a large group of devotees in white ritual clothing, many wearing rudraksha malas. Several people stand in a queue holding white papers, while a woman in a pink top and others in white kneel and sit in the foreground. A cameraman holds a camera at right, and a bald figure in saffron-orange robes is partly visible at the lower right corner. A visible wrapped figure in a yellow and white sari stands near the doorway. No clear a person candidate can be confidently identified from appearance, so the saffron-robed figure is described only by role.2010-09-19A large indoor satsang gathering of devotees in white clothes with red-orange shawls and lanyard badges. In the centre a bald man with a vertical orange-yellow tilak on his forehead, a white t-shirt, a red-orange shawl and a rudraksha-style beaded mala stands with palms pressed together in anjali. Beside him a young woman in a white dress with a red shawl also holds anjali, and women in white and red shawls bow or kneel on a colourful striped mat in the foreground. At the lower right a brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) stands near the floor. Overhead hang stage lights and a draped white ceiling.2015-10-12A man in a red-maroon robe with a long brown rudraksha mala walks barefoot across a bright floor past rows of devotees in white kurtas and red-orange shawls who stand with palms pressed together. A bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands to the right with his hands folded. Behind them, plastic chairs, mats and a tiled wall with framed red artwork fill the hall.2016-03-28November 20 20102010-11-20April 23 20152015-04-23A bare-chested man with long swept-back black hair and a red-orange shawl stands in the foreground, placing his hand on the head of a seated woman in a red-orange shawl. Around him, devotees in white clothes and red-orange shawls stand in a hall with red curtains and a white ceiling. A man in an orange robe with rudraksha mala beads stands at left, another man with his palms pressed together in namaste stands at right, and a woman with a red bindi watches. A blessing or initiation is taking place among a crowd of about twenty visible people.2016-02-17A large hall with a red floor is filled with seated devotees in white and red-and-white clothing, many wearing red shoulder sashes and rudraksha or beaded necklaces. In the centre a standing man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds his palms together in anjali, wearing a red-and-white beaded mala and an ID badge. Seated people nearby have hands raised and eyes closed, and a man in orange robes sits at the left. Water bottles and small booklets lie on the floor. The scene appears to be a satsang or group meditation session. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in the scene.2016-04-23A photograph of a large hall with yellow-panelled walls and wooden paneling where many devotees stand in a crowd during a ritual. Men wear white dhotis with gold borders and saffron-orange shawls, and several hold ritual items; a man in the foreground in the centre has a folded-hands posture and a lanyard. A woman in a bright pink top and orange shawl stands at right. A small boy sits in the lower left in a red garment. A projector screen and a small banner with two orange-turbaned figures hang behind. No a person candidate is clearly visible in the frame.2014-12-30February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA large indoor group puja at an ashram hall. Many seated participants press their palms together in anjali, with some holding pages or a microphone. Foreground women wear red-and-orange shawls and red-orange garments with white lanyards. Central figures in white kurta and beige trousers, and a man in a red shawl, sit on a purple mat near a lit oil lamp. Saffron-clad monastics with white sandalwood-paste tilaka and rudraksha malas sit at right. Green leaf plates with offerings and small oil lamps line the floor, and a tripod-mounted camera stands at the left edge. No single figure is identifiable as the a person here, so no candidate is flagged.2016-03-30