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A large crowd sits on green mats and chairs inside an orange-draped hall during a satsang. In the foreground, men in white dhotis with red-and-gold cloth sit cross-legged beside a small puja setup with brass dishes, red flowers and a framed image. Several seated men in saffron robes, one with a yellow-orange head wrap and beard, face forward. Behind them, many devotees in white and orange clothing fill the room, with a wall of framed photographs above.

Outdoor tent at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering with red fabric walls and green mats. Many seated devotees face forward in attentive meditation or satsang. Foreground: a man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with hands folded; to his left a bald man in saffron robes and a mala holds his hands in a mudra. Near the right, a white-bearded sadhu in orange robes with tilak sits upright. A camera on a tripod and a cameraman are at the top left. Several people wear white kurtas and rudraksha malas.

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February 12 2013

A seated audience of saffron-robed sannyasis, many with long white or grey beards and orange turbans, fills the rows of a satsang hall with cream padded walls. Several men in the foreground wear white or cream kurtas with orange or red shawls, and one man in a green jacket and another in a striped sweater sit among them. A bearded man in the upper left wears a black vest over orange robes. A bearded man in a dark turban and orange kurta sits with folded hands.

A hall filled with saffron-robed sadhus and devotees seated on colourful striped mats. Standing in the foreground, a bearded man in orange robes and rudraksha mala is at left; beside him a bald man in peach robes and sacred thread stands arms folded; further right, bearded men in orange robes and orange turbans stand together, and a man at far right wears a patterned orange and green shawl with a pearl mala. Behind them, white-clad attendants in red sashes and garlands move about near an altar with gilded decorations, and posters line the back wall.

A large open tent filled with seated devotees on green and striped mats during a satsang. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe sits cross-legged facing the stage, beside a man in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha beads and a red-and-white-marked forehead. A man in white with a sacred thread and tilak holds prayer beads, and a younger man in orange with a rudraksha mala sits at right near a small lit oil lamp. Behind them, a man with a long white beard wears a red turban and maroon vest on a red-cushioned chair, and many others in white, orange and red sit in rows. A video camera on a tripod stands at left, and orange and red banners hang on the tent walls.

February 12 2013

A crowd of devotees sits on a green mat inside a bright orange tent, watching a teaching. In the foreground at lower left, an elderly white-bearded sadhu in orange robes and forehead tilak sits beside a brass plate with small lamps. Centre, a bald man in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged with hands folded. At right, a man in a long orange robe with a dark headwrap and yellow forehead marking sits upright on a folding chair with arms crossed. Behind them, men in turbans, caps and rough jackets sit or stand, one with a long beard in orange. A decorated umbrella with a painted bird motif hangs at upper left. Orange cloth walls surround the gathering.

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