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A seated group meditation in a crowded hall with a red floor. Many people wear white dhoti-style clothing with red-orange shawls, some with orange lanyards. Foreground: a young bearded man with hair tied in a topknot and a rudraksha-style pendant sits cross-legged, eyes closed, hands in a meditation pose. Nearby, a man in black with white forehead markings and a cross pendant also meditates, and a seated man with a thick beard and eyes closed is at left. Others sit with eyes closed around them. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

May 28 2013

A photograph of a seated group of male devotees in a plain hall with pink walls and a wooden door, performing a ritual in a row. The foreground man has long light dreadlocks tied up, wears a rudraksha mala, a white dhoti and an orange-and-gold cloth across the shoulder, with white tilak marks on his forehead and body; his hands are raised in a mudra. Beside him sit other men with shaved heads, white horizontal forehead markings, rudraksha malas and bare upper bodies, some in orange cloths. Brass lamps and offering items sit on the floor in front of them. Other participants are visible further back.

A seated group of devotees with eyes closed in meditation at a large satsang hall. In the foreground a man in white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant, with a lanyard badge. Beside him a younger man in white wears an orange-and-red shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white kurta. Lower left, a man with long swept-back hair in white clothing sits with eyes closed. Behind them, rows of attendees in white and blue shirts sit in meditation. The scene is a meditation or discourse session, and no one visible is identified as a person.

January 01 2017

March 10 2017

A photograph of a seated congregation during a ritual gathering. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and bare upper body sits with hands folded, his forehead marked with white and red tilak. Beside him, men in saffron robes with rudraksha malas sit in rows, several with white sacred ash on their faces and arms. A man in white clothing with a gold-bordered wrap and a mala raises one hand in a gesture of devotion. Behind them, many more devotees in saffron, white and beige attire fill the hall, some with hands raised or clasped. No one in the scene is identified as a person.

A seated group of devotees in a hall with white tiled floor, many wearing saffron and orange robes with gold borders and rudraksha malas, some with white and red forehead markings. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in a rust-red shawl and rudraksha mala sits upright, while a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders sits cross-legged with hands in mudra, and another in white with a notebook and pen takes notes. Behind them rows of younger participants in orange, white and saffron sit attentively.

February 01 2017

A seated group of devotees in a hall during a satsang, with a large audience of women and children in orange and white behind them. In the foreground, several men sit cross-legged on orange and pink mats wearing white dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha mala garlands and red-brown beaded necklaces; one wears a black beaded mala and arm bands, and another wears a bright white cloth with orange-gold border. A man on the right in beige clothing sits with arms resting on his knee, and a person on the left has hands folded near a white cloth.