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A seated musical ensemble performs in a hall with a red carpet and devotees behind them. A man in a mustard-yellow shirt and white dhoti sings into a handheld microphone on a stand, with a sheet of lyrics on a music stand before him. To his right, a man in a brown shirt and white dhoti sits at a second microphone with a harmonium-style keyboard and sheet music. To the left, a man in a rust-brown shirt plays a keyboard or electronic instrument, and another man in white kurta and dhoti plays a tabla-style drum. Behind them, women in saris and men in white sit or stand among a larger congregation.

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A photograph of a large hall with red carpeting where a musical group performs seated on the floor. In the foreground, a man in a mustard-yellow shirt and white dhoti sings into a handheld microphone, flanked by a man in a brown shirt playing a harmonium-style keyboard with sheet music on a stand, and a seated man in a white shirt playing a tabla-like drum. Another man in a brown shirt sits at the far left beside a laptop and cables. Behind them, many devotees in white, saffron, pink and red saris and white shirts sit and stand across the hall, with framed religious paintings on the walls.2012-01-01August 24 20142014-08-24December 30 20082008-12-30January 01 20122012-01-01A large crowd of men dressed in white dhotis and white shirts sits cross-legged on red floor mats inside a hall, listening to a satsang. Many wear rudraksha mala necklaces, and a few have vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. Several hold yellow paper, notebooks or small booklets. Behind them, the ashram hall has red and gold decor, and many more seated attendees fill the background, with people also visible near the back wall. The setting suggests a devotional discourse; the speaker is not visible in frame.2015-04-25A large seated congregation fills a hall during a satsang, with many devotees in white dhotis and kurtas and others in orange or saffron robes. In the front rows, a bald man in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, and beside him a man in white holds his hands in a mudra. Other devotees wear white, pink, orange and maroon clothing, and a banana leaf with fruit and a small offering sits on the floor in the foreground. Orange-robed figures and a deity murti appear at the upper right edge of the hall.2013-01-01 +1 copiesAugust 21 20162016-08-21A group of devotees sits on a white-draped stage performing devotional music, with a tabla player at the far left in white and an orange-saffron shawl. Near the centre a figure in orange-saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a sandalwood-marked forehead sits at a microphone; the figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, so this is a priest or devotee singing. Around them women and men in white dhotis and orange-red shawls sing into microphones, while in the foreground men in white with orange shawls and forehead markings sit on the floor. Gold-yellow curtains and potted palms frame the stage.2014-12-28December 24 20142014-12-24July 01 20132013-07-01A large hall filled with seated devotees, most dressed in white dhotis and shirts, some with rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks. In the foreground a bald man in white holds a saffron-orange cloth over one shoulder and sits cross-legged on a red carpet. Behind them musicians perform on a stage backed by a lattice screen lit in blue, with a red-clad drummer and a green-clad performer. Framed photographs line the walls.2016-03-07A large indoor hall filled with a seated audience, many dressed in white and some in saffron or orange robes, sitting on white floor mats and red-cushioned benches. In the foreground, several women in orange saris with red borders sit on a red stage carpet beside microphones and a silver flask set. A man in white with a green shawl sits on a bench near the centre, and a group of young boys in white and orange sits on the left. Rudraksha malas and flower garlands are visible on several attendees. Wall banners and a golden decorated seat stand at the back of the hall.2014-11-01