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October 07 2011

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November 02 20112011-11-02A seated man with a shaved head, bare-chested and wearing white dhoti-style cloth, sits cross-legged on a striped mat among children. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha beads and a white bead mala, a red and white forehead mark, and white sacred ash lines on his chest and arms. Several children in white and orange cloth sit around him, one girl with a red-beaded necklace and another with a red mark on her forehead. The man leans forward, pointing at a sheet of paper held by a child in the foreground. The setting looks like a group study or teaching session.2017-07-08A man sits cross-legged on a mat on a polished floor, eyes lifted and gazing upward, in a devotional hall. He wears a white dhoti and white shawl with gold-yellow borders, a long rudraksha mala around his neck, and matching rudraksha bracelets on both upper arms. White sacred ash lines mark his forehead and arms, with a red kumkum dot between his brows. A small heap of rudraksha beads lies on the mat near his hand. Behind him, two children sit on the floor in the background, and a bright orange cloth and offerings are visible at the edges.2011-11-28November 01 20112011-11-01October 05 20112011-10-05A photograph of a seated group of men in white ritual dhotis and shawls with red-striped borders, sitting cross-legged on the floor during a satsang-style gathering. In the centre, a man with shaved head and white tilak markings on his forehead wears a rudraksha mala and sits with hands clasped, gazing to the side. Brass pots and small brass lamps stand on orange and patterned mats in front of the group, with a clear plastic container and scattered flower petals nearby. Several other seated participants are visible behind and to the sides, and the floor is pale tiled.2010-10-13A photograph inside a large hall with cream walls and a polished floor, where many people sit cross-legged on purple and pink mats in white ritual clothes with saffron-orange shawls. In the foreground a man with short dark hair and a long plaited rudraksha-style mala down his back sits on a white mat, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a white upper cloth, reading a sheet of paper. Beside him a man with grey hair and glasses reads from a booklet, and to the left a bearded man in glasses sits with hands in his lap. Many other participants sit in rows behind them.2017-03-08A photograph of a large group of young male devotees seated on the floor in a hall with a red backdrop, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with white sacred ash markings on their chests, arms and foreheads. A central boy in the foreground, with white ash on his body and a white thread across his shoulder, sits cross-legged on a colourful striped mat, holding a small book or leaf and reading or reciting. Others around him, some wearing wire-rimmed glasses and white necklaces, sit in similar postures, with yellow-bordered cloth visible at the edges. No person is identified as a person in this image.2017-04-03December 14 20102010-12-14A photograph of a seated meditation or satsang gathering in a large hall with a glossy white floor. In the foreground a man with a shaved head and a tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged, bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti with a maroon-and-gold border and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, his eyes closed. Beside him a boy in glasses and a dark jacket sits with hands folded on an orange mat. Behind them, rows of adults in white shirts with lanyards and children in blue and white sit on mats and chairs. Items on the floor include a small blue container, a brass bowl and a purple-and-orange mat, with a cable running across the floor. No a person identification is made from appearance.2011-02-11January 17 20132013-01-17October 21 20112011-10-21