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A large hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hung with framed banners. Many devotees in white clothes, some with orange and yellow garments, kneel and prostrate on mats across the floor, foreheads touching the ground. A tripod-mounted video camera and a handheld camera operator in white clothes stand in the centre among them. Near the back, a figure in orange robes stands by the open doorway, and a few other people are seated further away. The scene shows a group prostration in an ashram-style hall.

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January 05 20082008-01-05Wide view of a covered hall with a long row of devotees, mostly women in white and pastel clothes with white headbands, kneeling and bowing forward with foreheads to the mats on the floor. Many people fill the room in dense rows. At the far end, a raised platform holds a decorated deity murti framed by red drapes and a tiered shrine, with a standing figure in orange robes near the stage. A camera on a tripod faces the stage, and red and orange lanterns hang from the ceiling. Plain grey walls and windows line the sides.2008-01-05A large indoor hall with white walls and a corrugated ceiling holds a dense crowd of devotees prostrating face-down on mats and a green carpet. Most wear white clothes with white cloth headbands tied around their heads; others wear orange, pink, and light-blue garments. A small camera on a tripod films the group. Along the top wall hang posters and banners, with colourful hanging cloth panels. A seated figure in a dark brown top and white headband sits at the far right near the front, and a few standing people are visible through the doorway at left. Several hundred people are visible, many partially obscured.2008-01-05January 07 20082008-01-07January 07 20082008-01-07January 05 20082008-01-05A long hall with a corrugated metal roof and tall decorative pillars in red, white and blue patterns with orange tassels. Dozens of devotees, mostly wearing white clothes with white head cloths tied at the back, kneel and bow forward with their foreheads touching mats on the floor in prostration. Some wear red, pink, green or patterned garments, and several sit on folded mats while others kneel on the bare concrete. A tripod-mounted camera stands among them. Framed panels and photographs line the left wall, and a figure in white stands near the far doorway. The congregation fills the hall in rows.2008-01-07December 23 20072007-12-23January 05 20082008-01-05A large hall filled with many participants in white clothing and white headbands, kneeling and bowing forward with foreheads touching the floor in a group prostration. Most are dressed in white kurtas or dhotis. A few wear other colours, including a person in a teal-blue garment near the front left. Behind them along the far wall, several large printed portraits of a long-haired figure in saffron-toned clothing hang between lattice panels. A speaker stands at the right and a balcony runs along the upper left. The scene suggests a collective devotional bow during a programme.2006-07-28A large tented hall with striped decorative hangings overhead shows a dense seated audience of many people in white and orange-saffron clothing, many wearing yellow or orange shawls and sitting on orange cushions in rows. In the foreground, a few shaved-headed young men in saffron robes sit closely together. A video camera on a tripod and stage lighting are visible at the front, with a backdrop image of a hill at the far end. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person in this crowd view, and the speaker's position is not visible enough to confirm.2008-03-24October 27 20082008-10-27