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Interior of a covered hall with orange walls, a metal roof and hanging yellow-and-white paper decorations plus tall colourful banners. A large crowd sits on mats in front of a red-carpeted platform. Many people wear white and jewel-toned saris and garlands of white flowers with red blossoms, with hands pressed together in namaskar. In the foreground a woman in a blue and green sari and a man in white clothes sit with folded hands. On the raised platform a bald man in white dhoti and shawl stands holding a microphone, apparently addressing the gathering. Camera equipment stands at the side, and framed text panels hang on the walls.

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November 29 20112011-11-29A large crowd of seated devotees fills a tin-roofed hall with orange-painted walls, many wearing white and cream clothes with yellow and orange shawls. In the foreground, women sit on orange and maroon mats near a metal railing, some working on laptops. A red carpet and orange cloth lie before a small seated elder in white on the right, while a video camera on a tripod and a laptop stand in the centre. Decorative striped pillars line the back wall, and a banner with photographs and text hangs above the crowd.2010-08-26A photograph inside a long, open-sided ashram hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange walls. Rows of devotees sit on the floor and on white plastic chairs along both sides of a central aisle covered with a red carpet and bordered by steel railings. Many wear white clothes; women wear saris and salwar in red, pink, cream and green, and some have red shawls. Framed photographs and text panels line the walls. At the far end, a brightly lit altar with a decorated shrine and red drapery is visible. The scene appears to be a satsang or pada puja gathering. Roughly fifty people are visible.2010-09-20A wide photograph of a covered open-sided hall with orange walls and a corrugated roof, filled with seated devotees on orange mats and white chairs facing a shrine at the far end. Several people sit cross-legged on the floor in the foreground, while a woman in a yellow sari stands at left and a figure in a white and orange robe stands near the centre aisle beside a red carpet. Tall decorated pillars with painted patterns frame the hall. At the back, an altar holds a deity murti decorated with flowers and garlands, with a kalasha and lamps visible. Framed printed posters with photographs and text hang on the left and right walls. Many people are seated in white and pastel clothing, with a lady in a red sari and others in red, yellow and teal tops visible. The scene suggests a satsang gathering.2010-12-23November 29 20112011-11-29Indoor ceremony in a tin-roofed hall with orange walls and decorative cloth banners hanging from the ceiling. In the foreground a man in a green patterned kurta plays a long wooden flute, while seated devotees in white, cream and blue saris and garlands of red and white flowers fill the room. Near a red carpeted platform, a robed figure in orange stands behind a film camera on a tripod. A framed photo strip hangs on the orange wall, and a gold-trimmed red throne sits to the right. Confetti lies on the floor. Many attendees wear marigold and rose garlands.2011-11-29 +1 copiesDecember 02 20092009-12-02December 31 20082008-12-31November 29 20112011-11-29A large seated audience fills an indoor hall with red carpeting and orange floor mats, attending a satsang-style gathering. Men in white shirts and dhotis, many wearing lanyards and rudraksha-style malas, sit in the foreground, some with hands folded. Women in saris, including yellow and green ones, sit toward the left. Steel railings separate the seating areas, and tall decorative banners with yellow, orange and blue floral patterns hang at the right. A framed panel on the upper left shows photographs of a robed man in meditative poses above printed text. Ceiling fans and a cloth canopy are visible overhead.2010-06-27November 29 20112011-11-29A photograph of a large open-sided hall with a corrugated roof, where a seated congregation of devotees sits in prayer. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in an orange shawl over white clothes sits cross-legged with hands folded, beside another seated man in white with a red-and-maroon-bordered cloth. Nearby, a man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl joins palms in namaskar. Behind them, rows of people in white and yellow clothes sit on mats over a red carpet, and a woman in a pink-patterned sari sits at the left. Tall decorated cylindrical pillars with bird motifs flank the hall, and a camera on a tripod films the scene. a person presence is uncertain; the seated figures are described by role only.2010-08-30