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A photograph of a seated audience of many men and women in a bright hall at a yoga convention, sitting on colourful striped mats. In the foreground left, a speaker in white clothes sits facing the crowd, with a microphone on a stand and a small table holding glasses and a plate. Women wear saris in pink, teal, yellow, maroon and orange, and men wear white or checked shirts. Plastic chairs line the back wall, and a yellow banner with Tamil script hangs at upper right beside white curtains.

February 24 2007

A photograph of a meditation retreat hall with a pillared, thatched-roof interior and white walls. Around thirty participants sit cross-legged on striped mats across the floor, many in white kurtas and some in shirts. In the foreground at left, a figure sits in a cream-upholstered armchair behind a small white-draped table holding a red flower arrangement and a small figurine. Stacked folded mats and bags line the back of the room.

December 23 2007

A large indoor hall with a crowd of seated devotees on colourful striped mats, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, with some women in saree and children in front. At the front, a few people in saffron and orange robes sit on a raised platform beneath a large projected image of a temple gopuram and a deity. Blue and yellow decorative banners hang from the white tent-style ceiling, and loudspeakers stand on poles. The scene appears to be a satsang or discourse gathering.

Photograph of a seated gathering in a bare-walled hall with a ceiling fan and a pale floor covered by woven mats and colourful rugs. A man on the right, wearing a saffron-orange robe with a long flowing hairstyle and a white and multicoloured flower garland, sits on a raised cushion and speaks into a microphone on a stand, with flowers placed before him. Around him many devotees sit in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing rudraksha beads, while others in saffron cloth sit nearby. A stone sculpture of a bull stands in the background beyond the open side of the hall. Swamiji (probable): the speaker wears long, swept-back hair, saffron robes, a flower garland and a microphone-led discourse setting, consistent with the page's reference to a satsang discourse.

A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees sitting cross-legged on striped turquoise and white mats, facing forward toward the front of the room. Men in white shirts and white dhotis sit in the foreground, while women in saris in orange, blue and green fill the rows behind them. Rows of teal plastic chairs stand stacked along the far right wall, ceiling fans and fluorescent tube lights hang overhead, and a blue banner with Tamil script hangs on the left wall beside a window. A satsang or meditation gathering appears to be in progress, with no visible speaker or figure at the front.

A photograph of a large seated congregation inside a white-walled hall with a fabric ceiling, metal lighting trusses, and bookshelves along the back wall. Hundreds of devotees sit cross-legged on mats and striped rugs, most in white clothes, with some in pale blue, pink, grey and orange tones. Many wear rudraksha malas and some hold small items in their hands. In the foreground a man in a grey-green shirt with an ID badge sits on a striped rug, and a boy in a pink shirt sits near the front left. A few people stand near the far side of the hall beside a small decorated display. The people and room fill the frame, with no visible deity murti or stage figure clearly identifiable.

July 20 2009

A photograph inside a white tent hall where a seated group listens to a speaker standing at a white-draped table on the left. The speaker wears a white shirt and white dhoti. Several people at the table wear saffron/orange shawls. The audience sits on a colourful striped mat, many in white clothing with lanyards. Decorative hanging cloth tassels in blue, yellow and red decorate the tent poles. Several posters and banners hang on the back wall, and a cameraman operates a video camera on a tripod in the foreground. Water bottles and a small decorative object sit on the tables.

A seated audience fills a bright hall with white pillars and hanging decorative banners. In the foreground, women in white and coloured saris and salwar sit cross-legged on an orange cloth with purple border, many wearing rudraksha malas; one woman in a rust-orange sari sits with hands folded, another in a red blouse and pink patterned sari sits calmly. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis sit on white plastic chairs and mats. At the right edge, a shaved-headed man in white robes with a yellow shawl stands and gestures toward the audience. Some attendees raise hands in the air.

A photograph of a seated group of devotees filling a hall with pillars and pale blue walls. Most attendees wear white shirts and white dhotis, with a few in red, yellow and orange saris. Many sit cross-legged on the floor with their backs to the camera, facing a woman in an orange sari at the far right, who sits on a chair. A cameraperson stands at the upper left by a pillar, and a doorway at the back shows another figure. A person in the far right foreground wears a white shirt and sits with grey hair. No figure is clearly identified as a person.