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An outdoor satsang under a open-sided pavilion with a tiled roof and trees behind. Seated centre on a red platform, a man in saffron-orange robes with a bald head and white beard gestures with raised hands while another saffron-robed monk sits beside him. Standing monks in orange and saffron wear rudraksha-style beads and hold a framed picture. Around them, a large seated crowd on a purple mat, many in white kurtas with orange shawls and red stoles, some with hands folded in anjali. A red flag hangs at left. A man in a white shirt stands at the far left.

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Outdoor satsang on a purple mat under trees, with a small open pavilion with pillars behind the gathering. Many devotees sit on the ground in white kurtas and saffron or orange garments, some with red and orange sashes. In the left foreground a woman in a red-and-orange sari sits with a garland. At the centre left, a robed figure in orange sits raised on a low platform near a small framed picture, with a red flag and a standing group of people in white behind. Standing onlookers in white and orange line the pavilion area, and a small green-roofed structure and foliage fill the background. Roughly thirty to forty people are visible.2014-03-14Outdoor satsang under a covered open-air pavilion with pillars and greenery. A woman with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on a silver-backed throne-like seat at left, wearing orange clothing. In the centre, a bearded man in orange robes sits on a red-and-purple rug, speaking, with another bearded man in orange seated beside him. Behind them, a standing man in orange holds a red flag near an altar-like table with a small deity murti and lit lamps. Around them, a large seated crowd in white clothing with orange-red shawls listens, with some people photographing and filming. a person cues: long dark swept-back hair, orange ornate clothing and rudraksha mala on the woman at left, presented as the central teacher; identity uncertain from appearance.2014-03-14Outdoor satsang under a large banyan-like tree in a shaded garden. A seated teacher on a red-cushioned chair in the upper left, wearing a red-and-gold garment, leads the gathering, with an ornate white arched shrine behind him holding a dark deity murti garlanded with red flowers. In front of the shrine is a platter of red offerings and brass pots and a lamp. Around them, many devotees sit cross-legged on mats: men and women in white clothes with red shawls, several in saffron and orange robes, and a few elderly women in white saris. A man in a red shawl sits at the lower left beside a brass vessel, and a bald man in white sits near the centre. A speaker and small tables are visible among the trees. Whether the seated teacher is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2013-09-03March 14 20142014-03-14A large outdoor group sits on the ground under a broad spreading tree at a shaded garden setting. Most attendees wear white clothing with red or maroon shawls and orange-and-white lanyards, and many have their palms pressed together in namaskar. Seated in front on woven mats and a red patterned rug, a bald man in white with an orange-trimmed garment is in the centre-front, flanked by women in white and red shawls. A cameraman in white stands at the top right beside a tripod-mounted camera. The gathering appears to be a seated satsang or meditation session, and the image is an unmarked photo of many people, with no legible printed names on the scene itself.2013-09-13May 24 20182018-05-24July 12 20122012-07-12Outdoor satsang under a green shade net at an open-air ashram courtyard. A seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits on a raised blue-grey platform before a small shrine with garlands and a trident. Dense crowds of devotees sit on the ground: many women in orange, white and red saris, plus men in orange and saffron. A cameraman films from a tripod at left, and a standing figure in orange stands near it. Two trident-topped iron staffs stand at right beside a white building and a tiled roof pavilion with garlands.2018-05-24December 17 20142014-12-17A large outdoor gathering under a canopy strung with orange and yellow pennant flags. Dozens of seated devotees, mostly women in white and orange saris and salwar kameez, sit on red carpeting facing a raised platform at right. A man in orange robes and a garland sits on the platform near a decorated deity murti niche. Plain white buildings and palm-like foliage form the background. The scene reads as a ceremony or satsang.2008-12-28 +1 copiesMay 24 20182018-05-24July 21 20122012-07-21