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A large hall with a red floor covered in colourful yoga mats holds a crowd of practitioners performing yoga. Many people stand with arms raised overhead, some sit in meditation, and several perform inverted poses, including a man in a headstand on a striped mat and others bent forward or reclining. Most wear black, grey or white t-shirts and loose trousers. A bald man in a black Mind Bender shirt sits in the foreground, and a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala sits at right. A white curtain backs the hall, and a cameraman stands on a raised platform near a sign reading Sadyojata. Overall the scene is a mass yoga session.

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A large yoga session in a white-draped hall with hanging orange and red lanterns overhead. Many participants sit or stand on colourful striped mats across a red floor, most in black or dark t-shirts and some shirtless. In the centre a young man in a navy shirt and grey trousers stands in tree pose with both arms raised. A cameraman with a tripod and video camera stands at left, and a man in white near the top left holds a camera. A rudraksha mala is visible on a man in black at lower right. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so the a person field is unsure.2016-12-14A large yoga session in a hall with many participants on striped colourful mats. Most wear black or navy t-shirts and dark trousers; some are shirtless. Several people bend forward or stretch with arms raised overhead, others sit cross-legged or kneel. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at the top left holding a camera. A large screen is visible at the top left, and a child in grey trousers and a black t-shirt stands in the centre. A few people in the foreground are partially visible.2016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17A large yoga session fills a tent hall with many participants on striped, multicolored mats. Most wear black, navy or white t-shirts and trousers. Some are doing backbends, forward folds and inverted poses, while others sit cross-legged. A shirtless bald man stands at the right with arms raised, and a bearded man in white stands further right. Hanging paper lanterns and colorful tassels decorate the ceiling. At the back left, a golden deity murti or shrine stands beside a large screen, and a second screen shows an image at the upper right. A man in a white t-shirt is in the foreground.2016-12-17December 14 20162016-12-14A large yoga session in a tented hall with red mats and patterned rugs. A man with long dark hair and an orange-saffron robe sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne at left, one arm raised. In the foreground several participants perform inverted asanas: a headstand and legs-up poses, some in dark trousers and one in a red shirt. Others lie prone or stand with arms raised. Hanging decorative lanterns and a projection screen show in the background, with many more people seated and practising. The scene is a yoga class with a presiding figure on a throne.2016-12-14A large hall decorated with hanging paper lanterns in orange, yellow and red, and red drapes, hosting a mass yoga session. Hundreds of participants in black and colourful clothing lie on striped mats, many in inverted and bent poses, some with legs raised high. On a raised dais at the centre, a man in orange-saffron robes with long hair and a crown-like headdress sits on a white throne-like seat in front of a large screen showing a deity image and a golden shrine at the right. Several standing staff in white and a man in a red shirt move among the mats. Crowd size is in the hundreds, so this is recorded as a broad count range.2016-12-17December 10 20162016-12-10December 17 20162016-12-17A large yoga session held indoors on red and multicoloured striped mats, with a crowd of participants in mostly black and dark clothing. Many are seated or bent in asanas, some lying prone and some with arms raised. A woman in a black top and jeans stands at the back, and a large screen above shows a bright image. Several people wear white traditional clothes, and one man on the right wears a rudraksha mala. A visible man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. No figure can be confidently identified as a person.2016-12-14December 17 20162016-12-17A large yoga session in a hall with many participants on colourful striped mats, mostly in dark t-shirts and track pants. In the foreground a man lies on his back with arms stretched out and palms up while beside him a participant in a black top arches backward into a backbend. A seated man in a dark grey sweatshirt and white trousers sits cross-legged with hands resting on his feet, while others bend forward or stretch on the floor. A rudraksha mala lies on a mat in the lower foreground, and small cups sit beside some mats. Many people are visible across the room, several bare-chested, and the scene is busy and crowded.2016-12-17