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A photograph of a temple hall with a seated audience on the floor facing a raised shrine. Several deity murtis in colourful silk garments and crowns stand on a platform draped in pink and purple fabric. In the centre, a figure in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair sits on a cushioned seat, and a man in white dhoti and shawl stands beside a canopied seat with an orange cloth. At the right, a man in a dark jacket stands near the wall. Audience members in white, blue, orange and striped garments sit cross-legged, several with their backs to the camera. Fresh flower arrangements and a small lamp sit near the seats.

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A seated woman in an orange-red robe sits in a wooden chair in front of a framed portrait garlanded with orange flowers, beside a canopied seat draped in gold fabric. Behind her stand several large white deity murtis in pink and red garments and crowns, with a pink pillar between them. A seated woman in orange robes faces the group at lower left. Around 20 seated devotees in a range of clothing, including blue, white and striped shawls, face the front in a tiled hall with a ceiling fan and an arrangement of gladiolus flowers.2009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29A photograph inside a temple hall with a pink and purple draped ceiling valance and orange curtains. Several deity murtis stand on a raised platform, including a blue-faced figure with a crown on the left and goddess figures in red and gold on the right. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari sits on a low seat before a shrine, with a man in an orange robe seated nearby. A large seated audience of about forty people in mixed Western and Indian dress faces the front, with a man in a white kurta at the right edge. The crowd has the attentive, seated posture of a satsang or discourse.2009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29Photograph of a seated congregation in a temple hall facing a shrine lined with colourful deity murtis, including a dark-blue deity with a red-and-gold backdrop at left and goddess figures in red and pink saris at right. A woman in orange robes sits cross-legged at the centre, beside a shaved-headed man in orange robes seated at the shrine edge. Pink and purple drapes frame the shrine, and a kalasha and brass lamps rest on the platform. Dozens of people sit on the floor in front, many in white, yellow and blue clothing, some in saffron. Overhead are ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. The image is a photo of a seated congregation at a temple shrine.2009-03-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a public discourse in a temple hall with pink and purple draped pillars and a row of deity murtis behind. A seated figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, gesturing with raised right hand while speaking; he sits in an ornate wooden chair in front of a flower-decorated shrine. Seated beside him on the left is a bald man in orange clothing with a gold necklace. Around a dozen listeners sit on the floor in front, many women in saris and shawls, some in yellow and blue. Large seated and standing deity murtis in red, pink and gold garments line the room, with a flute-holding figure on the right. Flower arrangements and a brass lamp sit on the floor.2009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29A seated man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and rudraksha mala, speaks to a seated audience in a temple hall with pink draped pillars. Behind him stand several large deity murtis in colourful robes and crowns, and a framed portrait garlanded with orange flowers sits on a draped canopy seat. Devotees in orange, white, and blue clothing sit on the floor in rows, while a robed attendant in orange sits near the front. Flower arrangements in vases decorate the scene.2009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29