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A large bright hall with cream walls, red curtains and a glossy white tiled floor holds a yoga morning session. Many participants sit cross-legged on coloured mats in meditation pose, several with hands in anjali mudra or resting on knees. Most wear white or cream loose clothing, while two front-centre men in orange t-shirts with a printed portrait and orange dhoti-style lower garments sit with palms pressed together. Small metal weights sit beside some mats. Framed portraits hang on the back wall and a banner stands at the right edge.

October 29 2011

September 16 2011

A large hall with cream walls and framed devotional artwork shows a seated gathering of participants on mats and cushions in a meditation or satsang session. In the foreground, a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a striped rug, hands folded, with a tablet and papers before him. Many participants in white clothes and orange shawls sit in rows across the tiled floor. Ceiling lights and a wall screen are visible.

August 21 2011

A photograph of a large hall with a tiled floor and orange and yellow hanging decorations along the ceiling. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats and cushions in rows, eyes closed in meditation. In the foreground a man in white with a yellow shawl stands near a camera on a tripod, while a man in white sits upright with hands resting in a mudra on a striped mat. A golden ornate throne-like seat stands at the far right of the hall near the front.

October 10 2011

A large hall with cream walls and framed portraits of women in orange saffron clothing hung high on the back wall, above red valances. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor on yellow-green mats. In the foreground, several monks in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged with rudraksha malas, and a man in white dhoti and shawl sits beside them with a brass plate and small lamps in front. Other men in white dhotis and shawls and children in mixed colours sit behind them, with women in sarees on the left. Brass plates with offerings, small oil lamps and bowls lie on orange cloths before the group.

2011-09-08 +1 copies

Indoor hall with a seated audience on blue-and-white striped mats, most people in white dhotis and kurtas, some in colourful shirts, sitting on chairs at the right and facing toward the front. Framed portraits of saints and deities in red-curtained niches line the back wall, and the ceiling has recessed lights. Several people in the audience appear to be attending a satsang or discourse.

June 05 2011

November 05 2011

A seated group of devotees on a mat in a bright hall. In the foreground a man in white ritual clothes, with rectangular glasses, a green lanyard and multiple rudraksha malas, sits cross-legged with hands folded. Behind him, several young boys and men wear saffron-orange dhotis and shawls with rudraksha malas, sacred ash on their foreheads and arms, and sit attentively. A glass container of offerings sits on the mat, and framed pictures hang on the wall behind. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance here.