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February 24 2007

Photograph of devotees in white shirts and dhotis at a stone temple platform, with a red-and-yellow cloth and a wooden item on the ledge. In the foreground a smiling man with a tilak on his forehead wears a rudraksha mala and pendant. Behind him an older man with white hair pours liquid from a small vessel near the stone base, while others in white stand nearby. A bare stone wall and scaffolding frame the background.

A seated crowd of devotees in white clothing meditates with eyes closed inside a hall. In the foreground, a bald man in round glasses and a white shirt sits beside a younger man with a moustache in a white kurta. Behind them, many men in white dhotis and shirts sit closely packed. A man in the centre wears white and orange cloth, a sacred ash mark on his forehead and a red bindi. Several people wear eyeglasses and rudraksha or prayer beads.

February 24 2007

December 14 2011

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Photograph of a group of bare-chested men in white dhotis with white sacred ash markings on their foreheads and arms, gathered outdoors near a reddish-brown wall. The central man has his palms raised and hands open in prayer, wearing a rudraksha mala, red thread and a pendant. Others stand nearby with folded hands or bowed heads, one holding a pendant and another wearing a red-and-white beaded necklace. The men appear to be pada yatris, devotees who walked a long pilgrimage, in a devotional gathering. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.

April 23 2017

Seated devotees in white ritual clothing with orange lanyards and rudraksha malas sit with eyes closed, apparently in meditation or satsang. A bald man in the foreground wears wire-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala and an orange cord. Behind him a man with dark hair and glasses sits with eyes closed, and to the right another man in white with glasses and an orange cord sits in stillness. Several more people in white fill the background.

October 04 2011

Devotional ritual scene at a temple or ashram. A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with red border, wearing a gold bead necklace and rudraksha mala, stands at centre holding folded paper or a small offering in his cupped hands and speaking. Beside him a woman in a white sari with gold border and a black mala sits with eyes closed. A man with glasses in white clothing and gold beads sits in the foreground, hands joined, and a bald devotee is at the lower right with pink flowers. A man in orange wears a microphone in the background. Sacred ash markings are visible on foreheads.

October 14 2012

A large seated audience of men fills the frame at an evening satsang. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed, hands folded in prayer. Beside him, a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti sits with palms joined. On the right, a man in white dhoti with orange border and rudraksha mala sits attentively. Many other men in white and light-coloured shirts, some with vibhuti or kumkum on their foreheads and some wearing glasses, sit in rows behind them. The scene shows devotees listening in prayerful attention. No speaker or a person candidate is visible in this frame.