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A crowded covered hall decorated with banana leaf stalks, red and white flower garlands and yellow marigold strings along metal railings. Seated devotees in white and coloured clothes fill the floor, several with hands joined, while a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala in the foreground watches. A boy in a striped shirt raises his arm between rows. Behind them, a wall display shows framed photographs and a banner with a printed heading about Growing Consciousness. Tall decorated poles hang from the ceiling.

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December 21 20092009-12-21Indoor photo of a seated gathering in a temporary tented hall with a corrugated roof, banana plants, and tall decorative pillars wrapped in patterned cloth and hanging with leaf garlands. In the foreground, several men sit on a straw mat dressed in white kurtas and white dhotis; one wears a brown lungi and watch, another a grey shirt and a bracelet, and another a white shirt with a mala. Behind them, a larger crowd of devotees in white clothes sits and some have their hands folded in namaskar. A wall behind shows framed pictures and a banner. No individual is clearly identifiable as a specific figure from the scene itself.2009-06-09A large crowd of seated devotees fills a covered open-sided hall under a corrugated roof with ceiling fans. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, some with lanyards, seated on mats on the floor. Women in saris sit at left behind a metal railing beside potted banana plants. Tall cylindrical decorations with patterned red, white and blue panels line the hall. A framed poster on the left shows a red-robed figure and text, and a red wavy line is painted on the right wall. Hundreds of people are visible.2010-02-12December 30 20092009-12-30A large crowd of devotees stands and sits in a covered hall decorated with hanging paper cranes and tall striped pillars. Many women and men wear white dhotis and saris, and some carry small metal vessels. A woman in a turquoise sari holds a child on her hip near the left foreground. Along the right side, a long red carpet runs between metal railings where devotees line up for darshan. Banners on the back wall show a seated saffron-clad sannyasi in meditation and a line of text about growing consciousness. Many people are visible, but the crowd is dense and partly cut off at the edges.2008-12-31December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated congregation in an open-sided hall with a corrugated roof, hung with banana leaves, garlands and framed pictures. A standing figure in white dhoti and an orange-red shawl stands centre-left, near a banana-leaf arrangement and microphone stand. Seated devotees in white clothes with orange sashes, and others in yellow or orange lanyards, sit on a concrete floor in rows. A printed banner with a text panel and portrait images hangs on the back wall, and an orange drape hangs at the left edge.2009-06-09A large crowd of devotees sits on the floor of a covered, open-sided pavilion with a corrugated metal roof decorated with hanging strings of paper stars and leaf garlands. A red carpet runs down the centre aisle between metal railings toward a distant altar framed by colourful draped cloth and green foliage, where robed figures in orange and saffron stand near a deity murti. Many devotees wear white and pastel saris and salwar, some with flowers in their hair. A boy in a yellow-green shirt with an ID badge stands at the left near a glass display case, and a man in white stands at the far left by a counter. Walls display framed photographs and banners in orange, blue and red patterns. The scene suggests a Brahmotsavam celebration.2008-12-31December 21 20092009-12-21December 31 20082008-12-31A photograph of a crowded indoor hall under a corrugated metal roof strung with saffron-orange triangular bunting. A seated figure in an orange saffron cloth and a gold-and-brown patterned shawl sits on a mat on the right, with a small child in white beside them. Several women in saris, one in pink and one in green, stand and sit near a metal railing, some holding small brass vessels. Devotees in white and pastel clothes sit and stand around the room. Behind them, framed photographs and printed panels line the walls, including a large banner reading Growing Consciousness.2009-02-23