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May 24 2018

Close photo of smiling young aadheenavasis in saffron-orange cloth at a person Mission gathering. A girl with long dark tousled hair sits centre, wearing an orange wrap over bare shoulders, a long rudraksha mala and a white beaded necklace, with a white tilak and red bindi on her forehead. Behind her, a smiling boy with a white forehead mark and rudraksha malas wears orange cloth, and another smiling boy on the left has a red mark on his forehead and an orange garment. A black microphone stand pole cuts diagonally across the frame, and out-of-focus heads sit in the foreground. No a person candidate is visible.

A crowd of young devotees in orange and saffron garments and multi-row rudraksha malas gathers closely together. In the centre, a smiling boy with long dark hair wears an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and a small pendant on a white beaded chain, with white and red tilak marks on his forehead. Around him, other young men and a girl also wear rudraksha malas and forehead markings, and a black tripod-like metal stand is visible at left. The setting appears to be an event with a dense gathering. The boy is not clearly identifiable as a person, so the figure is described by role only.

Photograph of several young people in saffron-orange garments at what appears to be a gathering. The central girl with long dark wavy hair wears an orange cloth wrap, layered rudraksha mala beads and a small pendant, with white and red marks on her forehead, and smiles toward the camera. To her right, a young man in an orange wrap wears a long rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, with white sacred ash across his brow and a red mark between his eyes. Another smiling young person with a red forehead mark stands at the left edge, and a bare-chested figure is partly visible at right. A thin black stand or pole cuts diagonally through the left foreground.

May 24 2018

A close crowd photo of smiling devotees in saffron-orange cloth with rudraksha malas and white and red forehead markings. In front, a young girl with long dreadlocked hair wears a white paste mark on her forehead, an orange garment and multiple rudraksha beads. To the left, an older man with grey hair and beard wears a white dhoti with a yellow border and a pendant necklace. To the right, a bearded man in orange with a rudraksha mala and a bare chest smiles, with more people blurred in the background.

Several young men in saffron-orange robes sit closely together and smile broadly. The central figure has long dreadlocked hair, a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead, and wears layered rudraksha malas with gold-toned beads and a pendant. Flanking him, a young man on the left wears a similar mala and a white-marked forehead, and another on the right, also with a white tilak and gold beads, looks sideways and smiles. Others are partly visible in the background, all in orange clothing and malas.

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A candid group photograph of smiling devotees seated closely together outdoors, mostly wearing saffron-orange garments. A man in front left wears a white dhoti with yellow border and a grey beard, smiling broadly. Beside him a young girl in an orange wrap wears rudraksha beads and a white tilak on her forehead, smiling. To the right a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair wears rudraksha malas and orange cloth, and another man at far right wears a large white beaded necklace and orange cloth. Several other people with tilaks and orange clothing sit behind them.

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A photograph of a large seated assembly at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam event. In the foreground, four young people wear saffron/orange draped garments, rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets, with long dreadlocked hair wound up on top of their heads and white tilak marks on their foreheads. Several are smiling and one gestures with a raised hand while speaking. Behind them, a dense crowd sits closely packed, many in white ritual clothes with white tilaks, and some in orange. Ornate gold-toned decoration is visible in the background. The image shows ashram participants during a gathering rather than a single identifiable ritual.

A group of young male devotees seated closely together in orange saffron dhoti-style wraps, bare-chested and wearing rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces. Many have white vibhuti lines across their foreheads and shoulders, and one central young man in the middle holds a black handheld microphone while smiling. Others around him look on, some with hands near their faces, and a blurred background shows more people in orange and white ceremonial clothing at an outdoor event. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues, so this is a group of disciples seated during a session.