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November 02 2011

A group of men in plain white dhoti-style garments with gold borders sit cross-legged on a floor during meditation, performing nadi shodhana-style breathing with fingers at their nostrils. The central man wears white vibhuti horizontal lines on his forehead, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a gold bangle, and has his eyes closed. Other men on either side, some with shaved heads and white markings on their bodies, also sit in meditation. Behind them is a pink room wall, a red curtain and a small altar table with flowers. Several white-bodied participants are visible, one wearing a red-bordered cloth. The scene suggests a satsang meditation session.

November 25 2011

A 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.

A photograph inside a hall with pale tiled floor and red curtains. In the foreground a man sits cross-legged on a black mat, raising his right hand in a blessing gesture. He wears a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, a dark rudraksha mala, a small pendant, a gold bangle and white ash marks on his forehead and arms. Behind him several seated people in white clothes sit on mats, and a young boy in a striped shirt sits to the left. Red chairs and a table with glasses and a jug stand at right.

A seated man in white dhoti with gold borders and a bare upper body wrapped in white cloth performs a breathing practice, pressing his right hand to his nose. He wears rudraksha malas on his neck and arm, a gold bangle on his wrist, and white horizontal sacred ash bands on his forehead, shoulder and upper arm. Behind him, several other men in white garments sit on the floor in a hall with red curtains and a bright window, some with heads bowed.

Several men seated on the floor in white dhoti and shawl garments wear white ash markings on their foreheads and arms during a seated meditation or satsang session. The foreground man in front right holds two fingers to his forehead in a meditative gesture, wearing a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle and a red-edged white shawl. Other seated devotees are blurred behind him, some with hands joined near their faces, in front of red and white backdrops with warm lamp light. No swami visible in close view; the scene shows devotees in ashram attire during a sitting practice.

A photograph of a seated group practising a ritual in a bright hall with pink curtains and mats on the floor. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders wears a rudraksha mala and a white sacred ash line on his forehead, both hands raised to his temples. Beside him, other seated participants in white clothes repeat the same gesture. A small silver bell and an oil lamp sit on the mat nearby, and an orange cloth is visible at the right edge.

November 20 2011

A photograph of two devotees in ritual practice seated in a hall. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and white sacred ash marks with a red bindi, has his right hand raised to his nose in a breathing practice with eyes closed. Beside him, another man in white with a gold-bordered cloth and a rudraksha mala, his hand also raised near his face, sits with eyes closed. Blue-and-white striped cushions and blurred onlookers in the background. No distinctive a person cues are visible.

A man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a white upper cloth lies prone on a tiled floor in an upward-facing yoga posture, chest lifted, arms straight and palms down, looking forward. He wears a dark rudraksha mala across his bare shoulder, a bracelet, and white sacred markings on his forehead and arms. Behind him several other men in white ritual clothes sit or lie on mats in the same posture. A cream wall, a red curtain, a grey bag, an orange bag and stacked books lie on the floor beside them. The yoga practice is a group session in a hall.