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May 10 2013

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Photograph of a large seated gathering in a bright hall with red curtains and white-clad devotees behind. In the foreground, several saffron-robed young men sit with palms pressed together in anjali, with white vibhuti-marked foreheads and rudraksha malas; one holds an ornate gold bracelet. Brass vessels and small oil lamps sit on red mats before them. The main foreground figures are monastic disciples, and no figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2013-05-11May 12 20132013-05-12Photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a hall with white floor tiles. Thirty-plus young boys and youths sit in rows wearing saffron-orange cloth and rudraksha malas, with white horizontal tilak marks on their foreheads. Several wear white-clad, bare-chested adult attendants in white dhotis with rudraksha malas. Brass puja vessels, small lamps and plates of offerings sit on metal trays in front of them, with a few small plantain or flower arrangements. Behind them, adult devotees in white, red and saffron clothing sit or stand, and an elderly man in white and an orange-clad man sit on the right. Pillars and a red curtain frame the background.2013-10-27A seated group of men in a hall during a pada puja or satsang at Aadikailaasa, Bengaluru. Front right, a smiling man with close-cropped grey hair wears a white dhoti and shawl with a gold border, a rudraksha mala, and a red-and-yellow armband, hands folded in his lap. Beside him, a younger man in white with a mala sits with hands together. Behind them, several men wear saffron and orange robes and rust-coloured shawls with dark rudraksha malas and white tilak marks on their foreheads. Brass lamps, small plates of offerings and fruit sit on white wooden trays on the mat in front. Metal barricades and onlookers in white appear in the background.2014-08-17June 26 20172017-06-26 +1 copiesNovember 20 20142014-11-20June 06 20132013-06-06July 30 20172017-07-30 +1 copiesNovember 04 20152015-11-04Seated puja ceremony in an ashram hall with devotees standing and sitting in the background. In the foreground, a bald man in orange-red robes with a rudraksha mala and sandalwood-marked arms sits with palms pressed together, eyes closed. Beside him, a man with long swept-back hair in a white dhoti with gold border and a white shawl, wearing rudraksha malas and a pendant, sits with hands open in meditation. Brass oil lamps, bowls of rose petals and offering plates surround them on a red cloth. Several young boys in saffron robes with white forehead markings sit nearby, and a bowl of white flowers rests in the foreground.2014-06-01October 11 20142014-10-11Photograph of a seated group of devotees at a large ceremony, many with bare upper bodies and white ash markings on the forehead and arms. In the foreground a bald man with a red bindi and white forehead band sits with eyes closed, wearing a rudraksha mala and an orange cloth draped over his left shoulder, hands joined. Beside him a younger man with short hair, an orange shawl and a pendant necklace also sits with eyes closed. Behind them more people sit in meditation or chanting posture, some in red or white cloths. Small oil lamps and offering plates with flames glow on the floor in the middle ground.2017-01-08