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A photograph of a crowd at a devotee gathering. In the centre, a bald older man with grey hair at the temples, wearing a white collared shirt, raises his open right hand toward the upper left and looks upward while speaking. Around him, people wear white ritual clothing; one man at left has a yellow shawl and a beaded necklace, and at right a man in an orange-saffron wrap holds rolled white papers or scrolls. A woman with dark hair in the lower left foreground has a hand resting on the shoulder of the man in white.

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A photograph of a crowd at a devotional gathering. In the centre, a bald older man with grey hair at the sides wears a white shirt and dark tie and kneels with palms pressed together and eyes lowered, while a man in white on his left steadies his shoulder. Behind him, a bespectacled man in white stands watching. On the right, a person in white and an orange shawl reaches forward toward a bundle of white rolled sticks held by devotees. A man in a yellow shawl is at left edge. The scene suggests an attendee receiving blessing or a devotional offering, with people in white clothing around him.2010-07-24January 13 20152015-01-13A devotee in a white shirt and light trousers bends forward at the waist, pressing his head down onto the lap of a seated figure draped in orange saffron robes. Around them, other men in white shirts and a man in a yellow scarf stand close, one holding a white cylindrical object, and a woman with dark hair in the lower right foreground looks on. An orange-robed figure with an orange turban-like head covering sits at the right edge with a hand resting on the robe. The setting appears to be an indoor gathering with crowded devotees, consistent with a darshan or pada puja moment.2010-07-24June 13 20132013-06-13A photograph of an indoor sarva darshan blessing inside a hall with white draped ceiling fabric and a yellow and blue patterned hanging. A young person in an orange sleeveless robe with long dark hair in a low bun places a hand on the forehead of an older man in a white checked short-sleeved shirt, who has a rudraksha-style red-brown mala around his neck and bows his head while another man holds his hand. Behind them a bald man in white with an orange stole watches, and an elderly woman with glasses and a yellow-sleeved person in white stand nearby. Fruit sits on a table at right and a red cloth is visible at the edge.2010-07-29A photograph of a seated congregation at a Mahashivaratri event. In the centre, a white-haired older man with a shaved-looking white crown and a yellow tilak on his forehead sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border and a red-and-gold printed shawl over his shoulder, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. Around him, men in white ritual clothes sit closely packed; some are bare-chested with gold chains and rudraksha malas, and a man in the foreground shows a shaved head. The background is a crowded satsang hall with devotees in white and a few in maroon.2016-03-07A photograph inside a tented hall with white ceiling fabric and decorative yellow, blue and red pillar wraps. In the foreground a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at left, hands pressed together. Beside him an older man in a grey-beige shirt and a man in a white dhoti and light shirt bend forward with palms joined. At centre a young man in white kurta and dhoti wears an orange shawl. At right, a man with long dark hair in orange robes presses his palms together with a smile, and another man in orange stands behind him. Several more people in white and orange stand in the background on a tiled floor.2010-07-14Indoor photograph of a devotee kneeling with palms pressed together in namaskar before a seated figure at the lower right, who wears an orange saffron robe and has short dark hair. Behind them, several standing women in saris, one in a green-and-gold sari and another in a beige sari, wear rudraksha malas and hold their hands folded; a man in white kurta with an orange shawl and mala stands at the right. Tiled floor, a small wooden stool, and a white-clad onlooker at the left edge complete the scene.2009-07-10January 22 20172017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22December 17 20112011-12-17Indoor photograph of an ashram gathering in white ceremonial clothing. In the foreground, a young man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala stands and places his hands on the head of a seated older man with grey hair, who wears a white shirt. Behind them, several men in white and orange or saffron shawls look on, one wearing a gold bangle and another with a gold chain. A white plastic chair and white cloth covers are visible at the edge. The scene reads as a blessing or initiation moment.2007-02-24