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June 22 2008

Photograph of a seated session in a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof and fluorescent light. A large audience of mostly men in white clothes sits cross-legged on the floor in rows, facing a small raised stage draped with orange curtains. On the stage, two people in saffron/orange robes sit on a low platform beside a decorated deity murti set in an arched alcove. A darker-robed figure sits to one side with the saffron-clad teachers. Orange flags and garlands line the back wall, with a framed picture and a glass cabinet on the left. Oil lamps and a table with a red cloth are visible at the front. A standing fan stands on the right.

A seated assembly in a plain white hall with corrugated metal roof, facing a seated speaker in orange robes on a low white chair and a small platform with a microphone. Beside him, a second seated figure in saffron-orange clothing gestures toward the audience. A standing attendant in white clothes stands near an orange-framed door. Many seated people in white clothes sit on striped mats and carpets. Shelves with glass cabinets and a wall sign in English and Kannada display items used in childhood. A fan stands at the right. In the foreground, the backs of heads of seated listeners are visible.

June 22 2008

A photograph of a seated audience inside a plain hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls. Rows of devotees sit on coloured mats, many in white clothes, some wearing saffron-coloured shawls. On the right, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and sits on a raised seat before a microphone stand, while another person in saffron sits beside them. A standing man in white stands near the centre and a camera is visible on the left. On the left wall, a glass cabinet and a sign reading Things Used by Paramahamsa in his young age stand beside a framed picture. The scene suggests a satsang or darshan session.

Photograph of a seated assembly of many men in white dhotis and white shirts sitting on the floor of a plain white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof. At the front, a figure in white stands near a platform draped with orange and saffron cloth, and an ornate seat and shrine area is decorated with garlands and orange hangings. A standing fan at right and a bookshelf at left are visible. A printed banner on the wall carries Tamil script. Several people in saffron and orange robes are seated near the front platform. Visible physical people number roughly twenty to fifty.

Interior of a tin-roofed hall with exposed steel trusses and fluorescent tubes. A woman in an orange robe stands at left holding a microphone and addressing a large seated audience of devotees in white clothes, many with yellow shawls. Along the left, a glass display cabinet holds framed photographs and objects, and a sign partly reads 'amsa in his young age'. At the back, several deep orange draped cloths and a red ornate chair with gold trim stand before a framed wall of pictures, with a tripod-mounted camera in front. A standing person in an orange robe and a woman in white stand at right, with a white fan nearby.

A seated congregation of many devotees sits on woven mats in a whitewashed hall facing two men standing on a raised platform at right. Most seated devotees wear white dhotis and white shirts or saris; several women wear saris in pink, cream, mustard and orange, and some have long braids. The standing man at left holds a microphone and an open book, and the man beside him presses his palms together. Behind them hang a green curtain, a wall-mounted framed picture, and a row of ceremonial staffs with tassels. A large glass display cabinet with photographs stands at left, and a banner reads in English and Tamil about items used by Paramahamsa in his young age.

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Indoor hall with a corrugated metal roof and a seated audience of devotees dressed in white, many wearing orange-and-yellow lanyards. A standing speaker in orange robes holds a microphone at left, beside glass display cabinets holding framed photographs and small objects. Behind them, a second figure in orange stands near a red-cushioned throne and orange drapes, with a white-clad attendant and a deity murti at right. A wall plaque with Kannada-style and English lettering reads 'Paramahamsa in his young age'. The scene looks like a satsang or talk. No candidate for the page's named speaker is confidently identifiable from appearance, so no identification is made.

A photograph of a seated gathering of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees in a hall with white walls. In the centre, a bearded man with long hair and a rudraksha mala wears an orange robe and sits on a white chair, facing a seated crowd of orange-clad monks, some with shaved heads and some with long matted hair. A woman in an orange top sits near him, and a man in white stands at the right beside a yellow curtain. Behind them, glass display cabinets hold framed photographs and memorabilia, and a painting hangs on the wall. Chairs with orange covers fill the foreground. The central bearded figure is an appearance-based probable Swamiji candidate, identified by long hair, saffron robe and mala, seated in the middle of the gathering.

Indoor session in a plain hall with white walls, a corrugated metal ceiling and an orange-painted door. Two people in saffron-orange robes sit on a raised white-covered seat and a chair; the one on the right, seated on a red cushion, speaks into a microphone. A standing man in white clothes holds a microphone and addresses a seated audience of mostly white-clad devotees on striped mats, with a woman in a white sari and a seated man in white at the right edge. Behind them a rack of ceremonial staffs and a silver-toned pedestal with red flowers stand beside a wall sign. A cheap pedestal fan and a bottle of water sit near the speakers. One saffron-robed figure appears to be a teacher; the other in saffron, if an appearance-based candidate, is shown seated on a chair. a person identity is uncertain from appearance; roles are described only.

June 22 2008