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A large seated audience of devotees fills a covered hall at a satsang, with many people in white and cream clothing and some in saffron, maroon and red saris. Many have palms pressed together in anjali mudra or hands folded in prayer, and several appear to be meditating with eyes closed. Metal railings separate the rows; the crowd extends back toward the rear of the hall, and no speaker or deity is clearly visible in the frame.

October 22 2015

A large seated congregation fills a covered satsang hall at an ashram event. Rows of devotees sit on benches behind a metal railing; many wear white or cream kurtas and shirts, and several women wear sarees in red, maroon, green and pink. A young girl in a pink outfit sits on a man's lap near the front-left, and a man in a grey vest holds a folded cloth. Several women in the foreground have white and red tilaka marks on their foreheads. Near the right edge, an older man in a grey jacket and white shirt sits with his hands folded in namaste. No speaker or stage figure is clearly visible in this frame, and the people shown are congregants rather than a presiding figure.

Large crowd of devotees seated on red-and-white stone steps beside water, many with palms pressed together in anjali. Men wear white dhotis and white or pale shirts with lanyard badges; women wear sarees in yellow, teal, green and a pink-red saree, and one woman has her head covered with a white veil. A man in an orange shirt and blue jeans stands at right with hands folded beside a woman in white with a blue rosette badge. The scene suggests a riverside or ghat gathering with people in prayerful, attentive postures.

December 27 2013

A large seated congregation of devotees fills stone steps at an outdoor event, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. Most wear white shirts, white dhotis and white sarees or salwar-style outfits, with some in yellow, green and pale blue. A few people wear rudraksha or lanyard-style badges around their necks. Metal handrails with red-and-white painted steps lead up past black stone pillars. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd view.

A large seated audience fills an open-air pandal at a satsang, with many devotees in white and cream clothing, some with white and red tilak on their foreheads. In the foreground, rows of women and girls sit closely, several wearing white saris with red or orange borders. Behind a metal railing, men sit in the front row, including one in a yellow-and-white striped shirt with an orange shawl and another in a red shirt, with white-clad men wearing orange and yellow rosettes. Exhibition booths with framed images line the background under a white and red canopy.

October 22 2015

Dense crowd of devotees seated and standing in a large hall, many in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange-red shawls and rudraksha malas, hands raised, palms pressed together and clapping. A large screen at upper left shows a distant stage with red-orange tones. Some men wear gold chains and one wears a red head covering. Most faces are turned toward the stage. No single figure can be identified as a person from appearance cues here.

A large outdoor crowd sits on red-painted concrete steps at a ceremony, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the foreground, an older man with a long white beard wears a white shirt and white dhoti; beside him a woman in a blue and teal sari sits with a girl in a grey shawl. At right, a man in an orange-and-red striped shirt and cream trousers joins his hands. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with orange shawls, and women in saffron, blue and patterned saris fill the tiers, with a metal railing and a white canopy at upper left.

A photograph of a large seated audience at an indoor convention, many people in white shirts and white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth. Several men wear red or orange sashes and some have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. In the foreground a teen boy with long curly hair wears an orange-red garment with a rudraksha mala and a gold-bordered cloth, next to a younger boy with a white forehead mark and gold-bordered white garment. A man in a white shirt with glasses sits at right, and a man with white forehead marks sits at left. Many people are visible across several rows, with more partly visible at the edges.

A large outdoor satsang under a white tent with red and pink bunting, where a dense crowd sits in rows of white plastic chairs on a red carpet. Many attendees wear white ritual clothes, some women wear red, orange and yellow saris, and a man in the left foreground wears an orange and yellow garment with a marigold garland. Several people sit with hands joined in namaste, and a man in a grey vest and white kurta in the right foreground presses his palms together. Children and elderly devotees are interspersed among the audience. A metal barrier runs across the middle distance, and the stage with the speaker is not visible in the frame.