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October 18 2015

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Large group of devotees seated on a patterned carpet during a ritual, most dressed in white kurta-style clothing with red-and-black woven shawls. Several men in front have a sacred ash or kumkum mark on the forehead and touch their brows or foreheads with their fingers, while others behind also raise hands to the forehead. Some wear lanyards and name badges, and a woman in the middle wears a white top. Warm red stage lighting and a blurred background suggest a large hall during a meditative or puja-style gathering.2016-07-02A seated congregation at a satsang or meditation gathering, with many participants wearing white clothes and orange-red shawls with embroidered borders. Several people in the foreground and middle rows press a hand to the forehead or brow, as if focusing at the third eye. A man at left wears a white shirt, an orange lanyard and a watch; the man beside him in glasses wears a white top and orange lanyard; a long-haired man in the centre wears a white kurta, green lanyard and pendant. Women behind them wear saffron shawls and a woman at upper left wears a teal sari. Water bottles sit at the left edge.2016-10-10September 30 20162016-09-30July 16 20152015-07-16A photograph of a crowded seated meditation session in a hall during an Inner Awakening initiation. In the foreground, a man in white clothes with a rust-orange shawl sits with eyes closed, with a tilak on his forehead and a small microphone clipped near his collar. Around him, women and men in white with orange-red shawls and orange lanyards sit closely, some wearing black blindfolds. A woman in a pink garment sits at the right edge. In the background, a standing man in a white shirt and orange scarf stands near red chairs, and a few people in saffron and orange robes sit further back.2016-10-08May 18 20152015-05-18July 17 20142014-07-17July 17 20142014-07-17A seated satsang gathering in a hall with purple patterned wall panels. Devotees in white clothes wear red-and-white checked shawls and red-orange lanyard badges. Many sit cross-legged on a carpet, some with eyes closed in meditation, some with hands folded. A man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and orange tilak sits centre-right, and a shaved-headed man in white sits centre. Many people in the foreground are seen from behind, with their heads and shoulders in silhouette.2015-05-09A seated congregation of devotees in white clothes with orange-red shawls and orange lanyards, photographed in a large hall with a white pedestal fan at upper right. In the foreground an older woman in white with a gold bangle touches her forehead with her hand, eyes closed. Behind her a man in white with an orange shawl also raises a hand to his brow. Other devotees around them, some with long braids and some holding small papers, sit in meditative stillness. No speaker or throne is visible in the frame.2016-10-08A photograph of a seated meditation or satsang gathering in a hall with white-clothed participants wearing rust-orange shawls and orange lanyards. Several people wear black or red blindfolds or headbands; one bald man in front wears a black blindfold, and a woman in the foreground with hair in a ponytail sits with palms resting together. Others sit with eyes closed in stillness. The background shows a red curtain, a golden decorative element and a brown draped stage.2016-09-30October 08 20162016-10-08