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A large hall with a red carpet where four musicians sit on the floor performing devotional music. In the foreground, a man in a yellow shirt and white dhoti sings into a microphone while a man in a brown shirt and dhoti plays a harmonium on the right. A man in a white shirt plays a tabla-style drum, and a seated man on the left plays a small instrument with sheet music nearby. Behind them, a crowd of devotees stands and sits, many women in saris and salwar kameez, some in white traditional clothing, with a bright red backdrop and an umbrella-like decoration in the background.

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January 01 20122012-01-01A 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.2012-01-01A 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.2012-01-01December 30 20082008-12-30A 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 of men in white ritual dhotis and shawls fills a hall during a puja at the Bengaluru ashram. Many wear rudraksha malas; several have bare upper bodies with yellow sacred threads, and a few wear saffron or orange shawls. In the foreground, a man with white hair wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, while a bald man in white sits in front of him. On a raised stage at the far right, musicians perform beside lit lamps under blue lighting, with a carved stone screen behind them and framed portraits on the wall. The congregation counts well over twenty people in view.2016-03-07Photograph of a large seated congregation inside a hall with red floor mats and pale walls, facing forward toward an event in progress. In the foreground, several men sit cross-legged clapping and gesturing; the nearest man on the right wears a white kurta with a red shawl, rudraksha mala and red tilak, and the man beside him in white wears a red beaded mala. Others wear white dhotis, saffron and orange garments, and some have painted foreheads. Hundreds more people fill the rows behind them, many in white.2016-08-21August 24 20142014-08-24August 21 20162016-08-21October 26 20152015-10-26A large seated congregation fills a hall with red mats, many people in white dhotis and shirts and others in saffron-orange robes. Foreground men in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas sit with palms pressed together in prayer, and one man in a teal shirt holds his hands folded. Behind them rows of devotees sit attentively, some children among them. Ornate red and beige decorations and framed pictures line the walls.2016-08-21October 13 20132013-10-13