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January 07 2008

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Wide view of a covered hall with a long row of devotees, mostly women in white and pastel clothes with white headbands, kneeling and bowing forward with foreheads to the mats on the floor. Many people fill the room in dense rows. At the far end, a raised platform holds a decorated deity murti framed by red drapes and a tiered shrine, with a standing figure in orange robes near the stage. A camera on a tripod faces the stage, and red and orange lanterns hang from the ceiling. Plain grey walls and windows line the sides.2008-01-05January 05 20082008-01-05A large hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hung with framed banners. Many devotees in white clothes, some with orange and yellow garments, kneel and prostrate on mats across the floor, foreheads touching the ground. A tripod-mounted video camera and a handheld camera operator in white clothes stand in the centre among them. Near the back, a figure in orange robes stands by the open doorway, and a few other people are seated further away. The scene shows a group prostration in an ashram-style hall.2008-01-05A large indoor hall with white walls and a corrugated ceiling holds a dense crowd of devotees prostrating face-down on mats and a green carpet. Most wear white clothes with white cloth headbands tied around their heads; others wear orange, pink, and light-blue garments. A small camera on a tripod films the group. Along the top wall hang posters and banners, with colourful hanging cloth panels. A seated figure in a dark brown top and white headband sits at the far right near the front, and a few standing people are visible through the doorway at left. Several hundred people are visible, many partially obscured.2008-01-05A photograph of a seated congregation in a plain white-walled hall. Many devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats facing a raised platform at the far left. A person in orange robes sits on the platform speaking into a microphone, with a purple and gold decorated seat behind them. A video camera on a tripod films the audience from the right. Several devotees wear red or orange shawls and some have white caps. A blue-painted stand sits in front of the platform beside a water bottle. The scene suggests a talk or darshan session.2007-12-23January 05 20082008-01-05A photograph of a Kannada class in a plain whitewashed hall with pale yellow partitions and a ceiling fan. A teacher in white clothes sits on a blue plastic chair at the front, facing a seated group of about twenty students on a striped rug. Most students wear white kurtas and orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and several have shaved heads. On a side table, a framed portrait garlanded with orange and white flowers shows a saffron-robed figure, next to a smaller framed picture of a white-clad woman. A potted palm stands beside the table, and a red and gold patterned cloth hangs on the wall.2008-01-25A large hall filled with many participants in white clothing and white headbands, kneeling and bowing forward with foreheads touching the floor in a group prostration. Most are dressed in white kurtas or dhotis. A few wear other colours, including a person in a teal-blue garment near the front left. Behind them along the far wall, several large printed portraits of a long-haired figure in saffron-toned clothing hang between lattice panels. A speaker stands at the right and a balcony runs along the upper left. The scene suggests a collective devotional bow during a programme.2006-07-28A long hall with a corrugated metal roof and tall decorative pillars in red, white and blue patterns with orange tassels. Dozens of devotees, mostly wearing white clothes with white head cloths tied at the back, kneel and bow forward with their foreheads touching mats on the floor in prostration. Some wear red, pink, green or patterned garments, and several sit on folded mats while others kneel on the bare concrete. A tripod-mounted camera stands among them. Framed panels and photographs line the left wall, and a figure in white stands near the far doorway. The congregation fills the hall in rows.2008-01-07February 27 20092009-02-27A photograph of a seated assembly in a whitewashed hall with a terracotta tiled floor and ceiling fans. Many people sit cross-legged on orange and blue mats in rows, mostly in white clothing, several wearing lanyards. A speaker in the right foreground sits in a yellow armchair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and headwrap, facing the audience with a microphone on a stand before them. Orange curtains hang at a window on the right.A large indoor hall with white walls and a corrugated roof shows thirty or more people kneeling and bowing forward with foreheads to the floor in prostration, many in white clothing with white head cloths. A few wear coloured sarees and salwar in teal, pink and orange. On the right, a man in an orange robe and orange shawl sits on a red-cushioned seat beside a table draped in white, with a kalasha-like object on it. Several people in the foreground wear white with red and white cloth, with bags and sandals on the floor. Camera tripods stand among the devotees, and framed posters hang on the back wall. The scene suggests a group prostration or darshan session.2008-01-05