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A large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and hanging colourful fabric lanterns in yellow, orange and blue. Rows of men sit cross-legged on striped woven mats, most wearing white shirts and white dhotis, with some in white and orange. A man in the front right wears a white shirt and white dhoti with a mala necklace. In the background, a few people in saffron and orange robes stand near a stage area with a framed portrait and a purple banner reading Healer's Initiation Program. Dense audience seating fills the frame.

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June 17 20082008-06-17June 17 20082008-06-17A large seated audience of men in white ritual clothes fills a white tented hall, sitting on mats in rows and listening attentively. Many wear white kurtas or shirts and rudraksha or bead malas, with lanyard badges on some. Colourful decorative hangings with elephant motifs hang from the ceiling. A banner reading Healer's Initiation Program hangs on the left wall beside a bookshelf. At the front, a figure in orange stands near the far end of the hall, and a video camera on a tripod records the session. The lower foreground shows a bottle of water.2008-06-22A large seated audience fills a white-walled hall at an ashram convention, sitting cross-legged on colourful striped mats in rows. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, many with lanyards and name badges; a few wear red or patterned shirts. Behind them a raised stage area is partly visible, with a banner reading Healer's Initiation Program on the left wall, colourful hanging cloth decorations overhead, and a framed image on the far wall. Water bottles sit on the floor among attendees. Counting visible people gives a crowd well above one hundred.2008-06-17June 22 20082008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22A large hall filled with seated men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing lanyards with name badges, sitting cross-legged on mats in rows, facing forward. Hanging from the white ceiling are colourful woven banners and yellow cloth drapes. On the back wall, a purple banner reads Healer's Initiation Program beside a small portrait of a bearded man in saffron. Display shelves with books and products line the walls. A few women in saris sit toward the back. Nobody at the front is clearly identifiable as a central presenter from this view.2008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22Indoor assembly hall under a white tent-style ceiling hung with colourful cylindrical fabric lanterns and yellow cloth streamers. Rows of seated men in white shirts and white headbands fill the floor, many with lanyards, some sitting on mats. In the centre aisle a figure in orange robes walks past, and a camera on a tripod is set up at left. A banner on the wall reads Hindu's Initiation Program, and a large framed image of a deity hangs at left.2008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22