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November 27 20122012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27October 07 20082008-10-07October 07 20082008-10-07Evening outdoor gathering beneath a large banyan tree with dangling aerial roots and a branch lit by a spotlight. A figure seated on a rug at right, with long swept-back dark hair and a microphone before him, wears a saffron/orange robe and holds his palms together in prayer; a white shawl drapes over his shoulder. In front of him stands a brass tray with bananas, a brass vessel, small brass cups and oil lamps, and a flower arrangement at the edge. Around them, devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged with hands folded in prayer, including a woman in a lavender sari and a man with a white beard. Several more people in white sit in the background among the trees.2005-12-19 +2 copiesPhoto 11734138 +1 copiesNight photograph of a seated group in a circle on mats on an open sandy ground. Most participants wear white clothing, with some in yellow, red and black. Several have hands raised near their faces in a practice. A figure in an orange shawl over white clothes sits at the front of the circle, seen from behind with a shaved head. A white stone structure with a small lit lamp stands at the left, and a white building with a light is at the right. Count of visible people is roughly 20.2008-01-25March 18 20142014-03-18A photograph taken at night of a seated circle of about twenty people on woven mats on a pale open ground, with a white shrine structure with a dark murti and garland at the upper left. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head wears an orange shawl over white clothes and sits with his back to the camera. Around the circle, participants wear white kurtas and salwar, a red shawl, yellow shawls, and a pale blue top, with several people wearing mala beads. Many have hands resting on their knees in a meditative posture. The scene suggests a group meditation or satsang session.2008-01-25Night photo of a seated circle of about twenty people on woven straw mats on bare sandy ground, facing inward. Most wear white or pale clothing with beaded necklaces; some wear yellow, red, and patterned saris. At the front, a shaved-headed person in white with an orange shawl sits with back to camera, and a person in a red shawl sits nearby. Behind the circle at upper left, an illuminated white stone shrine or deity murti with garlands stands in the dark. The scene suggests a group satsang or meditation session.2008-01-25Night outdoor gathering under a large banyan tree with aerial roots and a spotlight in the branches. A man with long dark hair in an orange saffron robe and white undergarment sits at the right, palms pressed together in prayer, a microphone on a stand beside him. Before him on a patterned mat are a brass plate of bananas and fruit, small metal cups, a brass lamp and flowers. Around him, about a dozen seated devotees in white clothing, one man wearing a rudraksha mala, and a woman in lavender, also join hands in prayer. Several standing people are visible behind the seated group.2005-12-19 +2 copiesA photograph of a large outdoor devotional gathering in which people sit close together with palms pressed in anjali mudra, eyes closed in prayer. In the foreground a woman with long dark hair wears an orange saffron garment and a heavy beaded rudraksha-style mala with a gold pendant, her face lowered and hands folded at her chest. Beside her, several men in orange saffron robes and beaded malas sit with hands joined, some with vertical sandalwood or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Behind them, men and women in white and yellow clothes and beaded malas join in the prayer, with a bald man in white dhoti and shawl at left. The scene suggests a satsang or puja, with the crowd seated on a stone floor.2010-01-08