ThePrint’s Nayanika Chatterjee and Ananya Bhardwaj visited the Dera Sacha Sauda complex in Sirsa just hours before security personnel surrounded it Sunday.
The secretive complex doesn’t permit cameras inside.
Here are some photos from inside the sprawling complex. All photos taken by Nayanika Chatterjee:
Hoardings at the Dera complex
Hoardings like these begin to multiply much before the entrance to the Dera complex.
Hoardings at the Dera complex
Hoardings displaying blessings from Ram Rahim.
The Shah Satnamji Speciality Hospital
Shah Satnam Ji Speciality Hospital, located inside the Dera complex
An MSG Water Tanker
An MSG water tanker
Burnt vehicle inside the Dera complex
A burnt car in the Dera complex after clashes between the army and followers last Friday.
Mahi cinema hall
Mahi Cinema which showcases films starring Ram Rahim.
Worshippers at the Dera complex
Dera followers standing in queue waiting to offer prayers at the inner sanctum inside
Entrance to the ashram
The complex has 10 gates, each with elaborate decorations.
A gate with former gurus of the ashram.
Gate number 4 entrance at the Dera complex.
Army taking position outside the Dera
Army personnel surround the complex before an attempt was made to evacuate the complex and seal the property
Onset of curfew at Sirsa
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What’s left though is an unshakable faith in their Baba.