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A photograph inside a bare whitewashed hall with a concrete floor and grilled windows, showing people walking in a line toward the right. Foreground at left, an older man in white clothes presses his palms together in greeting. Two men in white dhotis and shirts walk behind; one wears a yellow shawl and the other a red-orange scarf. In front, a figure in a long saffron-orange robe walks barefoot with long hair swept back, his hands held near his chest. Woven mats are rolled on the floor at right and a loose yellow cord hangs from the ceiling. Probable Swamiji (in-person cues: saffron robe and long swept-back hair) at a Dhyanapeetam centre opening.

February 25 2007

February 25 2007

August 03 2009

A photo inside a plain, open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses, concrete block walls and a grey concrete floor covered with striped woven mats. A line of people walks toward a small shrine at the back, where a deity murti and an illuminated lamp are visible. In front, a dark-skinned man in white dhoti and an orange shawl stands with palms pressed together in greeting at left, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands at right. In the centre, a figure in a saffron-orange robe walks at the front of the group, with other people in white and orange dress, and women in saffron and in white saris following behind. Plastic chairs line the left side wall.

A dim, unfinished hall with a corrugated metal roof and steel trusses, lit by a bare bulb and fluorescent tube. A line of people walks toward a distant altar area with a lit lamp and a deity murti. In the foreground right, a man in white dhoti and shirt wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala. A central figure in an orange robe walks barefoot, and others in white dhotis and white saris, some with orange shawls, follow. Plastic chairs line the walls and a few onlookers stand by the doorways.

June 20 2009

2009-06-20 +1 copies

A photograph inside a thatched-roof room with white plastered walls and a bamboo-and-log ceiling. A seated figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on a white-covered bed on a striped woven mat, smiling. Standing around them are about a dozen men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing rudraksha malas, facing the seated figure. A standing attendant in orange stands to the left holding an orange cloth. On the back wall are framed black-and-white portraits, a small colour picture, and a central poster with printed text. A ceiling fan and a wooden pole supporting the roof are visible.

February 05 2009

Indoor hall with pink walls, ceiling fans and a stage with a red curtain. Devotees in white clothes, some with yellow shawls, stand with palms pressed together on orange and purple mats. A saffron-robed figure stands on an orange mat at the centre, facing a brown upholstered throne on a low platform, with a red cloth draped over it. Several people in white and orange garments line the foreground, with a red-jacketed woman at left and a laptop and books on the mats.

August 08 2009

A photograph of a covered outdoor courtyard with a green tarpaulin floor and corrugated roof where a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts with white shawls stands in rows on the left. Several monastics in saffron-orange robes stand in the centre-right, and one long-haired figure in orange robes stands near a white-draped table or platform. Brass puja trays with lamps, kalasha-like vessels and offerings sit on mats on the floor in the foreground. A child in a plaid shirt stands among the devotees. Loudspeakers and a pedestal fan are visible on the wall. The setting suggests a padhuka-yatra gathering at an ashram courtyard.