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A seated man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold-yellow borders sits cross-legged on a cloth mat during a group sitting. He wears a dark rudraksha-style bead mala, a gold bangle, white horizontal sacred ash lines and a red dot on his forehead, and gazes off to the side with his hands resting on his knees. Other men in white garments sit behind and beside him, and a brass vessel rests on an orange cloth at the lower right. A printed copyright line runs vertically along the right edge. a person cues are not strong enough here, so he is described by role as a seated devotee in white.

Photograph of seated devotees at a satsang. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, wearing thin-framed glasses, a vertical white vibhuti/tilak on his forehead and white-painted markings on his upper arm, sits with eyes lowered in meditation. Behind him, slightly blurred, a second man in an orange-and-gold garment and rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed. A third seated figure in white is at the far left edge. The blurred background shows a warm-toned hall with a red pillar at upper right.

A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and white shawl with red border stands in a ritual setting, eyes lowered, holding a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand. He wears wire-rimmed glasses, a white sandalwood-paste mark and a red kumkum dot on his forehead, a heavy gold-bead necklace with rudraksha beads, and gold bangles. Another person in white is partly visible at the right edge, and a blurred flame glows in the foreground. Appearance does not clearly meet the identification cues, so the person is described by role only.

A seated man with closed eyes wears a white dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala necklace and white horizontal ash stripes across his forehead, chest and shoulders with a red dot between the brows. Behind him, several seated people in yellow, pink and striped shirts sit in a row, some with eyes closed. The setting appears to be a temple satsang or meditation gathering. The man's identity is not established from the image, and there is no legible caption naming him.

November 14 2011

Close photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti with a maroon border, bare-chested and wearing a long necklace of large gold beads with dark bands. He has white horizontal forehead markings and a small red dot, and looks downward. A bald older man in white cloth sits at the right edge, and brass vessels and a red cloth are visible in the background. The man's role appears to be a priest or devotee at a ceremony; no appearance-based a person cues are clearly present.

Photograph of a seated priest in a white dhoti and white shawl with a maroon border, bare-chested, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and a brown rudraksha mala. He has a red bindi and a shaved head, and holds a gold bead garland with a small framed deity pendant in both hands while looking down at it. Behind him an older man in white clothes with a white moustache sits with palms pressed together in namaste and a rudraksha mala. Blurred seated devotees in the foreground, some with grey hair, and an orange cloth on the floor suggest a ritual gathering. The priest's appearance does not clearly match the presentation cues for the a person candidate, so the identity is uncertain.

A bald, shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged on a mat, eyes closed, hands joined in namaskar at his chest. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha beads, a rudraksha armband, a large ornate gold pendant, and a red and white lanyard. A white tilak marks his forehead with a red dot. In front of him are brass cups, a brass bell, a flower-filled plate, incense sticks, and a small brass lamp. Seated devotees in white clothes with similar red lanyards fill the blurred background.

A close photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with maroon borders, seated with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed. He wears wire-rimmed glasses, white vertical tilak lines on his forehead, a silver bangle and a gold bead necklace with a small framed pendant. Behind him is a red-orange wall. To the left, a second seated man in white with folded hands is partly visible. The scene suggests a devotional puja or satsang setting.