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A photograph of a group of men seated cross-legged on a floor in meditation with eyes closed. Most wear white dhotis with maroon borders and bare shoulders, with rudraksha malas around their necks and white vertical and horizontal sacred marks on their foreheads and arms. On the far right a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits beside them. Props on the floor include a clear water bottle, a brown glass bottle, a small green bottle, a small brass lamp and a few flowers. Behind them is a white wall and a red curtain.

Photograph of several men seated cross-legged on a white floor during a ritual, eyes closed in meditation or prayer. The front man, shaved-headed, wears a white dhoti with a maroon border and a rudraksha mala. Beside him sit others in white dhotis and shawls, one with a gold-edged cloth and tilak markings on the forehead. In front lie brass vessels, oil lamps, incense sticks, flowers and a tray of ritual items. A red curtain hangs in the background. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance.

A seated group of devotees with eyes closed during a satsang or meditation gathering on a blue-striped mat. In the foreground, a bespectacled man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a lanyard badge sits with hands folded. Beside him, a man in white with vertical tilak on his forehead sits with eyes closed, and a bald man in white looks down. On the right, a bare-chested man with white ash markings on his arms and forehead wears a white dhoti and red cloth. A child is blurred in the lower foreground, and other seated people are visible in the background.

Seated devotees in white cloths meditate with eyes closed on a floor, several with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. The central man wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and a white dhoti-style wrap, hands resting on his knee. Men to the left and right wear similar white clothes, some with beaded necklaces, and a brass vessel sits on the floor at left beside a metal table with a red cloth. Figures in the foreground are partly cropped.

A photograph of several men seated cross-legged on a blue-and-white striped mat in a hall with red chairs behind them. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with white sandalwood markings on his shoulders and forehead wears a white dhoti with a red border and a rudraksha mala, eyes closed in meditation. Beside and behind him, three men in white short-sleeved shirts sit with eyes closed or gazing forward; one wears glasses, another has a white forehead mark and a dark mala, and one wears an identification badge. Several people are seated in the foreground at left edge. The atmosphere is calm and meditative, with a satsang or meditation session in progress.

Several men seated on the floor in white dhotis and shawls with reddish-maroon borders, several with shaved heads and white vertical tilak marks, rudraksha malas around their necks. They face forward attentively, appearing to listen to a talk in a room with pink walls and red curtains. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly distinguishable by the cues required, so the seated devotees are described by role only.

October 29 2011

Several men sit close together in white ritual dress with reddish-maroon borders, bodies and arms marked with white ash lines. In the foreground two men with shaved heads and rudraksha malas press their palms together in anjali, eyes closed, in prayer. Beside them a man with short dark hair and a gold bangle also holds his hands folded with eyes closed. Behind them another seated man in white is partly visible, and a blurred bald figure in orange appears at the lower right corner. Warm light glows at the left edge.

Photograph of a seated satsang gathering indoors with people sitting on the floor in prayer postures. In the foreground, a man in white kurta with a red shawl and a bald-headed older man in white with red shawl and glasses sit with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them a young man with glasses in white clothes holds his hands in anjali and another man in white kurta also has hands joined. At the lower right, a figure in saffron-orange clothing with a rudraksha mala and a forehead marking sits with eyes closed. A green container and brass items sit at the bottom left, and metal stanchions and cable barriers line the back of the hall.

A row of men seated cross-legged in meditation, eyes closed, wearing plain white dhoti-style garments with reddish-pink borders and rudraksha malas around their necks. Several have shaved heads and white vertical tilak marks or white sacred ash on their foreheads and arms. Their hands rest in mudra gestures on their knees. In the foreground at right, brass oil lamps, small brass vessels and orange cloth sit on a low table. The background is a plain pale wall with a shelf holding metal containers.

A photograph of seated men at a satsang gathering, indoors beside metal stanchions and a chain. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala and white horizontal tilak sits with eyes lowered. Behind him, a man in white dhoti with gold border and a red bindi, wearing glasses and a mala, sits with eyes closed. Another man in white dhoti with gold border sits with eyes closed at left, and a man in a light yellow-green checked shirt with glasses sits behind. The figures appear to be in meditation or chanting.