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January 01 20192019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01A large seated group during a ritual gathering in a hall with ornate wooden walls. Many participants wear saffron-orange cloths and rudraksha malas; several bare-chested men sit cross-legged on mats. Women in cream and gold-bordered white saris, and one in a green and orange sari, hold small brass oil lamps and cups. A woman in a white headband and a bearded man in glasses sit in the foreground. Brass vessels are arranged on a low table beside them. The photo suggests a puja or lamp offering, but no deity or throne is clearly visible.2019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01December 30 20112011-12-30September 06 20152015-09-06May 31 20122012-05-31Dense crowd of devotees seated on the floor at a ritual gathering. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala holds an oil lamp aloft; beside him a woman in green and orange sari holds a small lamp, and an older woman in white on the left holds a lamp. Behind them, rows of men in saffron-orange cloth with bare torsos, white vibhuti and tilak, and rudraksha malas sit with hands folded in namaskar. A man in a red-brown wrap and red beads sits in the middle. The setting is a hall with a yellow backdrop. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance.2019-01-01July 30 20172017-07-30A seated congregation at an indoor satsang or discourse, with many devotees filling the hall. In the foreground a young man in white dhoti with an orange-red shawl and rudraksha mala claps his hands, beside a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark. Another man in white clothes with a grey-streaked head and white tilak sits with hands folded. Behind them, devotees wear orange and saffron robes, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, and a young boy in a patterned golden robe sits at left. a person is not clearly identifiable here, so no ceremonial figure is named. Watermarked archive photograph of devotees in prayerful attention.2016-04-10A seated communal meal in a hall where many people sit on a patterned mat eating from brass thalis and steel plates. Men and boys in saffron-orange cloth with rudraksha malas and forehead markings dominate the scene, some bare-chested. Women in white and green saris and a woman with a white headband also wear beaded malas and sit among them, eating or holding food. Brass vessels and small cups sit on banana leaves. Standing figures in white dhoti and cloth move among the seated group, and a tiled counter and white draped tables stand in the background. Many people are visible, indicating a large group meal.2019-01-01