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A large hall with cream walls, maroon curtains and framed pictures hosts a yoga session. Thirty or more participants sit and kneel on blue-striped mats, many bowing forward with foreheads touching the floor, hands behind their heads. Most wear white kurta or shirts; two men in bright orange shirts are prominent in the foreground, and a man in a pink shirt kneels near the center. Boys in the foreground, one in a red shirt and one in a striped shirt, sit with hands clasped at the head. Rolled blue and green mats and backpacks lie on the floor. Behind them, a display stand holds posters and a woman in a sari appears in a framed picture on the wall.

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A large hall with many devotees seated on blue-and-white striped mats, bowing forward with heads touching the floor in prostration. Most wear white kurtas or white shirts, while some wear grey, maroon, dark tops or orange shawls. Several devotees wear rudraksha malas. Red curtains hang at the windows, a saffron cloth hangs on the back wall, and a golden deity murti and framed pictures are visible at the left. Backpacks lie on the floor near the front. The scene suggests a group prostration practice during a satsang gathering.2011-11-21A large hall with many seated participants on blue-striped mats, most wearing white kurta-style clothes and white lanyard badges, and a few in coloured shirts including a bright orange tee and a red polo. Many have their hands raised to their faces in a breathing or meditation practice, eyes closed. A row of red-cushioned chairs stands near the back, with red curtains and a large dark screen above. Two tall banners hang in the middle background, one orange and one green. A framed portrait of a standing figure in dark clothing is on the back wall, and a gilded frame sits at left. Behind the crowd, people sit in chairs and stand near the doorway.2011-12-02December 12 20112011-12-12A hall with pale walls, pink curtains and rows of red-cushioned chairs along the back. Many men and boys lie prostrate on striped blue-and-white mats across the floor, foreheads touching the ground, in a devotional prostration. Clothing includes white dhotis and shirts, an orange saffron shirt, maroon, green and blue garments. A gold-coloured ornate structure stands at the upper left, and a banner with figures hangs behind. Some people sit upright along the back row watching. A plastic bowl and a bag lie on the floor near the front.2011-12-29A group of people sit on mats and yoga mats in a hall, bowing forward with heads lowered toward the floor in a prostration or meditative posture. Most wear white or cream kurta-style clothing, while a boy in an orange shirt and a boy in a striped yellow kurta sit nearby. Several men wear lanyards around their necks. A red chair and an orange draped cloth sit in the background, and a water bottle and backpacks lie on the floor. Some heads are cropped at the frame edges.2011-11-28A large hall with a glossy white tiled floor holds a crowd of several hundred people kneeling and bowing forward with foreheads touching the ground, in a prostration posture during a satsang-style gathering. Most wear white kurtas, dhotis or light clothing, with some in blue, yellow, teal and orange. A few men in the foreground wear white with ID badges on lanyards. Red curtains line the windows, and cardboard boxes and storage are visible at the back of the room, with more seated attendees along the far wall. No clearly identifiable figure stands out as a person in the visible frame.2010-02-20A large group of seated men in white ritual clothes sit on striped mats in a hall with red curtains and cream walls, arms crossed over their chests in a yoga-style posture. Most wear white kurta-style garments, and one foreground man in an orange t-shirt with a lanyard sits with arms folded. A figure in white near the back-left sits on a raised seat beside a draped tan cloth, and another person sits on a chair at the back-right. Some participants wear rudraksha-style beads. The scene appears to be a satsang or meditation session in an ashram-style space.2011-11-29A large bright hall with cream walls and tiled floor where many people in white kurtas and dhotis, some in grey or patterned shirts, kneel and bend forward on colourful yoga mats in rows, performing a yoga or stretching posture. A man in the foreground wears a beaded mala necklace. Framed portraits hang on the walls, orange cloths are draped over chairs at the back, and red curtains frame the windows. Some participants sit on chairs near the back.2011-09-10A seated group of many devotees in a hall with red curtains, most dressed in white kurtas and white dhotis, many with rudraksha or ID lanyards. They sit cross-legged on mats with arms raised and bent at the elbows in a stretching or yoga-style posture, some with eyes closed. A man in a dark green shirt sits at the right edge, and a bald man in white sits near a poster on the upper left. A stacked chairs area and a banner with a bird logo appear at the left. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the foreground, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.2011-11-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a large hall where many people sit on mattresses on the floor, most with heads bowed and hands pressed together in prayer or meditation. Men in white kurta-style clothes, saffron and orange robes, and a person in a yellow shawl are visible, along with children in colourful shirts and a woman in the lower right. Red-cushioned chairs are stacked along the left wall beside pink curtains and tall windows, and a black screen hangs from the ceiling. Framed pictures hang on the wall above. The scene suggests a group satsang or puja session. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2011-12-25A photograph of a group yoga session in a hall with a striped blue-and-white mat. Several participants in white clothing kneel and bend forward with their foreheads near the floor, hands pressed together or raised beside their heads in a prayer-like pose. A man in a light blue shirt and a man in a beige shirt sit nearby, and a person in a red top with a pale-coloured garment is seated behind them. A bald person is partly visible at the bottom edge. Red chairs, an orange draped cloth and a pink wall form the background. A participant in white wears a rudraksha-style mala with a visible ID badge. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a specific individual.2011-11-24November 29 20112011-11-29