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A photograph inside a hall with pink-washed walls. In the centre-left, a person in a long reddish-brown robe stands in a doorway or recessed opening, looking toward the room. On the right, a carved stone lion-headed pillar with ornate relief panels stands beside a framed printed collage hanging on the wall showing people at darshan and healing gatherings. A wall-mounted speaker sits above the doorway. On the left edge, part of a screen shows ornamented gold and red imagery.

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A photograph of a man standing alone in a pink-walled hall beside a carved wooden lion-figure pillar on the right. He wears a rust-red draped robe and a long beaded mala necklace, with hands clasped in front. Behind him a framed photo collage hangs on the wall and a black speaker sits high on the left. A large screen on the left shows a close-up of a bare foot and sacred items. a person by appearance cues: he has the swept-back hair and red robes of a sannyasi, but the face is not clearly distinctive enough for certainty, so this is marked unsure.2016-02-17May 21 20182018-05-21February 17 20162016-02-17Photograph of a tiled hall where several people walk in procession across the floor. Foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border walks beside a woman in a deep red sari with gold trim. Behind them, a shaved-headed man in a red-orange robe with a gold-edged cloth walks alongside another person in similar red-orange garments. On the left, figures in white and red-orange stand near a raised platform with a richly decorated golden throne-like seat and a deity murti with garlands. A wall-mounted framed collage on the right shows devotees labelled Darshan & Healing. A dark red curtain hangs behind the platform.2015-02-12A photograph of a Hindu-style hall with carved wooden pillars topped by lion figures and framed pictures on the pale wall. A man in a rust-red dhoti and wrap, with a beaded mala around his neck, stands centrally with eyes lowered, appearing to be a sannyasi or teacher; the appearance is not clearly identifiable as a specific person. To the right, a man in similar red attire stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Seated in the foreground are rows of devotees: women in orange and red shawls, a woman in a white shawl with an orange scarf, and an older woman in yellow with an orange shawl, with several children in white among the audience.2016-02-17A man with long dark hair and a full beard stands on a striped multicolored runner in a hall with pink walls and white tiled floor. He wears an orange-brown robe draped over one shoulder and a beaded necklace, and is barefoot. Behind him a large screen shows a projected image of a figure in orange robes with long hair. To the left stands a golden lion figure beside a red-cushioned chair. Framed Inner Awakening photos hang on the wall, and a sign lists photography, video and mobile cameras and audio recording as strictly prohibited. Speakers, cables and bags sit on the right.2017-03-16A man in saffron-orange robes and a long orange shawl stands on a striped runner carpet in a hall with pink walls. He has long dark hair and a beard, with a rudraksha mala visible at his chest, and his hands are folded at his front. A large screen on the right shows a close-up of a similarly dressed man in orange against a dark background, while a golden lion figure and a red cushioned chair sit at left. Framed Inner Awakening photo panels hang on the wall, and a sign below the screen lists prohibited items including photography, video and audio recording. Swamiji (probable): the standing figure in orange with long hair, mala and shawl is a candidate for the speaker.2017-03-16July 05 20172017-07-05May 21 20182018-05-21Indoor photo of a hall with glossy tiled floor and cream walls, a framed photo collage hanging on the wall at upper right. Three men walk across the floor in the foreground: the left man wears white dhoti with gold border and bare chest with white shawl draped over shoulder, the middle bald man wears maroon-orange cloth with gold border, the right man wears maroon-orange cloth with gold border and a rudraksha-style necklace. In the background left, several people in white and maroon-orange clothes stand and sit near a decorated altar with a gold-framed deity murti, green garlands and draped dark curtains. A small table and a red-and-white shopping bag sit by the stage edge.2015-02-12A photograph of a hall with a large ornate gilded golden throne with lion-carved armrests and a canopy, set on a dark cushioned platform behind stanchion posts. A single person with long black hair and a dark-red wrap stands barefoot on the tiled floor facing the throne, back to the camera. Framed photos of an Inner Awakening event hang on the wall and a large projection screen is on the right. A blue-and-white sign on the wall lists photography and mobile camera rules. The figure has long swept-back hair and a red-brown wrap, a distinctive presentation, so the appearance-based label is a person, shown here in a figure standing before the throne as a devotee's darshan posture.2018-05-21Indoor hall with a large gilded throne on the left, its seat covered in leopard-print cloth and flanked by carved lion figures, with a framed printed portrait of a man in a pink-purple garment seated on it. A standing figure with long dark hair falling down the back, wearing a rust-red garment and a draped shawl, walks away from the camera across a tiled floor toward a large projection screen on the right. Framed photo collage on the upper wall, a black speaker stack, and a bilingual notice board with camera icons below the screen.2018-05-21