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April 10 20162016-04-10A large seated congregation of men fills a hall for a satsang. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, some with name badges clipped to their shirts. A few wear coloured shirts, including a purple shirt in the foreground and an orange-yellow shirt. At the top left, a deity murti or garlanded figure sits on an ornate altar with lamps, and a world map is displayed on the back wall between red pillars. A figure in white sits near the centre background, but no person can be clearly identified as a person in this crowd.2015-05-31January 02 20162016-01-02September 05 20152015-09-05A large seated congregation fills a hall at a Guru Purnima gathering. Most men wear white dhotis and white shirts, with some in orange or saffron tones; a few wear rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks on the forehead. Several in the front rows sit cross-legged and attentive, some with hands folded. The room has red and gold decorative panels and banners along the upper walls. No individual can be confirmed as a person from the visible cues, so no in-person identification is made.2016-07-19A large seated audience fills the frame, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, many wearing name badges and lanyards around their necks. Some wear striped or checked shirts, pastel tones, and a few have sindoor or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. The crowd sits closely packed on mats, with faces in focus across several rows. No speaker or throne is visible in the frame, and no clear individual candidate for a person appears among the attendees.2013-04-21A large seated audience of men in white shirts and white dhotis fills a whitewashed hall at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru, many wearing white lanyards with ID badges and some with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Rows of attendees sit cross-legged on the floor facing a raised platform at the upper right, where a figure in saffron-coloured clothing stands near a display of orange and yellow banners. Bookshelves stocked with books and DVDs stand along the back wall beneath a window. Several people stand near the left side of the hall. The scene reads as a satsang or darshan session with delegates seated in orderly rows, though the platform figure is too small and distant to identify with confidence.2008-06-22A large, densely packed audience of men sits cross-legged on blue-and-white striped mats in a bright hall during a satsang. Most wear white shirts and trousers, and many have white identification lanyards with orange badges. A man in a teal-green striped shirt sits in the middle, and a bearded man with a red tilak on his forehead sits centre-right. In the upper left, a figure in a purple turban is partly visible. The room has pillars and a row of seated attendees extending into the background, with rows of people fading toward the rear wall.2012-09-23A packed hall of seated devotees, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis, sitting on the floor in rows facing forward toward an unseen speaker. Several wear name badges on lanyards. A few in darker or coloured clothing are scattered among them, including a man in a blue shirt and a man in a yellow shirt. Some have closed eyes and appear to be in meditation or listening, and one man wears a red tilak mark on his forehead. Bags and bundles lie on the floor between rows.2016-04-10January 02 20162016-01-02April 10 20162016-04-10A large seated audience of men in white shirts and white dhotis fills a tent at a programme. Many wear white lanyards with name badges and sit with hands pressed together in namaskar. A framed portrait on the upper left shows an elderly man in a white turban and robe, labelled with Tamil text. Blue and white banners hang on the right. The crowd is dense, with more people visible in the background and foreground, and a green fan stands on the left.2006-12-17