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A seated satsang gathering in a hall with cream walls and a dark wooden backdrop. In the foreground, shaven-headed sannyasis in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged, some holding notebooks; one wears a rudraksha mala. At centre, a young man in a white t-shirt and white trousers sits with eyes closed and a red bindi, hands resting on his knee. Behind them, men in white shirts sit on chairs, one wearing a headset, and a man in a maroon shirt sits among the crowd. A figure in white stands at the upper right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible, so the a person field is set to none.

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A shaved-headed young man in plain white ritual clothing sits cross-legged, looking off to the side with a serious expression. A rudraksha mala with brown beads hangs around his neck, and a dark vertical mark is applied to his forehead above white ash lines. An orange-red cloth with printed script rests across his lap. Behind him, blurred people in white and a colourful cloth-covered surface suggest a seated gathering.

A seated man in the foreground wears a cream-white kurta with gold embroidered collar and a saffron-orange shawl draped over one shoulder, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a small red tilak on his forehead. He sits with eyes lowered in a meditative, reverent posture. Behind him, several men in white kurtas and white clothing are seated or standing in a crowded hall, with warm orange lights blurred in the background. The setting appears to be a large assembly during a satsang-style session.

September 04 2012

A seated group meditating indoors with eyes closed. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in saffron-orange and rust-red robes, with orange beads around his neck, a red dot on his forehead and white horizontal tilak stripes, sits upright. To his right a man in orange and red robes wears a rudraksha mala and white markings. Behind them, rows of participants in white shirts with orange lanyards sit cross-legged on the floor, some with white tilak on their foreheads. A young boy in a dark shirt sits at left with white forehead marks. Red chairs are visible in the background. The scene reads as a satsang or meditation session.

September 05 2012

A crowd of devotees sits with eyes closed in a meditation or satsang gathering outdoors. In the foreground a shaved-headed man with white vibhuti stripes and a red kumkum dot on his forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala, sits in meditation. Beside him a shaved-headed young man in a white kurta wears a red lanyard and white tilak stripes, eyes closed. Behind them men in white shirts and an orange-clad figure sit with white and red forehead marks.

Close photo of a smiling man with short brown hair and a small red bindi on his forehead, wearing a white kurta with an orange scarf draped over his shoulder. A second man with a red-orange turban and white clothes is partly visible at right, and another person stands behind at left. The background is a plain wall with a dark chair edge.

July 11 2016

A photograph of seated devotees at a temple-style event. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak sits with eyes lowered, beside a man with a shaved head, a red tilak and a saffron-orange shawl over a white kurta, also wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind them, several men in white and dark clothing sit or stand, one with a moustache and another with a beard, and a person at the right edge holds a camera. The setting has wooden pillars and a dim hall. Neither foreground man shows the distinctive long hair, crown or ornate adornments required for a person identification, so their roles are described only as seated devotees.

July 08 2017

A photograph of devotees seated closely together at a satsang or discourse, most with eyes closed in meditation. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in a white t-shirt wears glasses, a red bindi, a grey ash mark on his forehead and a beaded mala with a pale necklace, looking down. To his left a shaved-headed man in white kurta with a tilak-marked forehead sits with eyes closed. Behind them a bearded man in white wears a long rudraksha-style mala, and a man on the right in white shirt wears a lanyard and mala. Several others in white clothing are partly visible at the edges. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present; the figures are devotees in white.