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A crowded hall with garlanded yellow flower strings and a large brass bell hanging at right. On a raised green-draped seat at centre, a woman in orange robes with a garland sits beside a man in orange and a rudraksha mala, both facing a seated audience of devotees on the floor. A low black table in the foreground holds brass bowls of offerings and red and yellow flowers. Devotees in white, orange, green and red clothing sit cross-legged, and a woman in a pink sari stands at right. Wall posters show deity images and a yellow banner printed with Kannada text hangs behind the stage. A cameraman in an orange shirt films at left.

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A photograph inside a hall decorated with a yellow marigold garland strung along the ceiling. A seated woman in an orange sari sits on a green cushioned seat facing a crowd of seated devotees, with a man in orange beside her. Behind her hangs a banner reading the event name in Kannada and English, and framed devotional pictures line the walls. A woman in a pink sari stands at the right. On a dark stone-topped table in front are brass plates, bowls and flower petals. Many devotees sit on the floor, including women in saris and girls with braided hair, and a man with a camera operator stands at the left.2009-01-07A temple hall during a seated gathering. A figure with long dark hair in an orange saffron robe and garlands sits centrally on a green cloth-covered seat, facing a crowd. Beside him a man in a saffron-orange robe sits in front of a dais. Many seated devotees in white dhotis, saris in orange, green and maroon, and children fill the floor, some with long braids. A video camera on the left films the scene. Behind, a banner reads Vaikuntha Ekadashi and Sri Paramahamsa Jayanti. A table on the right holds metal bowls, a brass pot and yellow flowers, and walls display framed deity pictures and posters.2009-01-07A photograph inside a temple hall decorated with a yellow marigold garland strung along the ceiling. A Kannada banner on the back wall reads a dedication notice. Seated on a red carpet, a woman in orange robes sits on a green cushioned seat, flanked by another woman in orange and a man in an orange-brown garment seated before offerings. Devotees in white sit on the floor in front, and a standing man in white shirts and a brown vest gestures near a tray of flowers and brass vessels. Framed deity pictures hang on the walls, and a shaved-headed man in white stands at the right edge.2009-01-07A photo inside a temple hall decorated with yellow marigold garlands strung along the ceiling. A central seated figure in an orange robe with a green silk cushion and garland speaks while gesturing with a hand; a man in orange sits beside them. Seated devotees in white, orange, blue and red clothing fill the foreground, including girls with braids and flowers in their hair. A dark table holds steel bowls, a brass kalasha-style pot, and flower offerings. On the back wall, framed deity prints and a yellow banner with Telugu/Kannada-style lettering hang alongside a standing woman in a pink sari on the right. The scene suggests a satsang or discourse gathering.2009-01-07Indoor temple hall with a cream wall and a row of framed deity pictures. Yellow marigold garlands hang in swags along the top. A banner in red and yellow reads in Kannada and English, announcing an event dated 07-01-2009 and a birth anniversary celebration. A woman in an orange sari with a flower garland sits on a green-cushioned seat, with a man in white kurta seated beside her. Around them, a seated audience of devotees in saris and white clothes sits on the floor, many with flowers in their hair. On the right, a woman in pink stands near a camera operator in white. A metal-bowl offering table with marigolds sits in the foreground, and a cameraman in white holds a video camera at left. A man stands at the far right in white dhoti.2009-01-07Photograph of a seated devotional gathering inside a hall with a wire-mesh wall displaying framed deity pictures and a hanging calendar. A yellow Kannada banner with red and black lettering is mounted above the seated crowd. A woman in an orange and green sari sits on a green cloth-covered seat behind a small table with flowers and a plate of offerings. A man in white kurta and a tan shawl gestures with his hand beside her. A bare-chested priest in a green dhoti stands at right, and a cameraman in white stands at left. Most people sit on the floor in white, green, and blue clothes, with garlands of yellow flowers strung along the wall.2009-01-07Indoor ceremony in a hall decorated with strands of white and yellow flower garlands along the ceiling. A seated person in orange robes and a flower garland, sits on a green and gold cushioned seat in the centre, with a green silk cloth draped behind. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands speaking into a microphone, and a second standing man in white robes is beside him. Seated devotees in white, cream and saffron clothing fill the floor, many women in saris, some with flowers in their hair. In the foreground a dark table holds brass bowls, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a plate of flowers and fruit, and trays of offerings. Behind them a yellow banner in Kannada script hangs on the wall, with framed portraits and devotional posters above.2009-01-07Indoor temple hall with a crowd seated on the floor facing a central figure in an orange saffron robe with a green shawl, seated on a green-draped raised dais. Around them devotees in saffron, green and white clothes sit in rows, several women with long braids and flowers in their hair. A standing man in a white shirt and beige vest at left faces the group, and a woman in pink stands at the back near a priest in orange. Yellow and orange marigold garlands hang across the ceiling. Behind the dais hang framed deity pictures and a banner in Kannada reading a temple event announcement. A yellow-and-red decorative board and brass vessels sit in the foreground, with a flower-decorated shrine at right.2009-01-07A crowded indoor hall of a temple, with devotees seated on the floor in rows. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a garland stands before a red carpet, with another woman in orange seated beside her. A yellow banner hanging on the back wall reads a Kannada programme notice with the date 07-01-2009. Strings of yellow marigold garlands hang from the ceiling at right, and a decorated table with flowers and a kalasha-like vessel sits at left. Men in white dhotis and women in green and red saris sit among the audience. Framed devotional pictures and a small calendar hang on the walls. A person in a red robe stands at the far right. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable in this image.2009-01-07A photograph of a seated satsang inside a temple hall with a yellow banner reading Vaikunta Ekadashi and Sri Parvati Jayanti. A person in saffron robes with long dark hair and a garland sits on a green-draped seat on a red carpet, speaking to devotees. Seated around them are people in white and saffron clothes, a man in a yellow dhoti and green shawl, and women in green and pink saris. Behind the banner, a figure in a red robe stands near a cloth-covered table with flowers and offerings, and a woman in a pink sari stands at the back. Hanging yellow marigold garlands decorate the upper wall, and framed deity pictures hang behind the seated devotees.2009-01-07A photograph of a seated gathering inside a temple hall with a red carpet. At centre, a woman in orange robes and a garland sits on a green cushioned chair holding a microphone, with a man in orange beside her. Devotees in white and pale clothes sit cross-legged on the carpet around them; a bare-chested priest in a green cloth sits at lower centre near offerings of bananas, apples and fruit on a tray. Behind them a wall displays framed deity pictures and a hanging banner with Hindi/Kannada-script lettering, and two posters of a woman in orange are pinned to the wall. A woman in a pink sari stands at the right edge. Yellow flower garlands hang from the ceiling.2009-01-07A photograph of a hall in a Venkateshwara temple with a crowd seated on the floor. At the centre, a woman with long dark hair wearing an orange sari and a garland sits on a green cushioned seat draped in a green cloth, with a second woman in orange seated beside her. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the front holding a microphone, another man in white stands beside him, and a man in a red garment stands at the far right. A yellow flower garland hangs across the top of the room. A banner in Kannada reads 'Pushpaka Ekadashi, Pousha Bahula Ekadashi' with a note of a date and a Sri Padmavati event. Walls display framed deity pictures and a poster of a bearded man. A brass vessel and a tray of flowers and fruit sit at the lower right, with devotees in green and white saris and dhotis in the foreground with hands folded.2009-01-07