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February 23 2016

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Photograph of devotees seated in a hall during a ritual. In the foreground a young man in a white top and an orange-red patterned shawl dabs white ash or paste onto his forehead with his fingers. Beside him a man with short dark hair bows his head, hand to his brow. Behind them other people in white clothes and red shawls sit in rows, and a woman at right touches her forehead. No one is clearly identifiable as a person; the scene shows devotees in white ritual dress with red shawls performing forehead markings during a puja.2016-02-23Devotees sit closely packed in a hall, many wearing white kurtas and orange-red shawls printed with small dark motifs. In the foreground a young man with short swept-back brown hair, a stud earring, and a white striped shirt keeps his eyes closed and touches his chest with one hand, a silver ring visible, while wearing the same orange shawl. Other devotees with shaved or short hair and a woman with dark hair tied back sit nearby, some in profile, in a meditative satsang or initiation setting.2015-07-15 +1 copiesDevotees seated in a hall during a satsang or meditation session, eyes closed. In the foreground a man in white kurta and an orange-red shawl with printed Sanskrit-style script holds a small object to his forehead with his right hand, wearing a gold wristwatch and a red thread on his wrist. To the left, a bald man with a white beard wears white clothes and an orange shawl with his hands raised near his face. Other people, one with white hair, sit blurred in the foreground and background. A patterned wall and a red panel are visible behind them.2016-10-11A photograph of a seated man with short greying hair applying a small pinch of white powder. He wears a white sleeveless garment with an orange-red shawl bearing repeated printed text, and a long rudraksha mala with brown beads around his neck. A red-orange wristband is visible on his arm. Around him, blurred seated attendees wear white and pale yellow clothing with orange shawls. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with chairs, consistent with a satsang or initiation gathering.2017-03-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man in a meditation or initiation session at an indoor event. He has short grey hair and wears a white garment, a rudraksha mala necklace, and an orange-red shawl printed with the text Nithyanandam. He holds a small object near his forehead with one hand, wearing a gold ring and a red wrist thread. Blurred seated participants in white and yellow clothing, and an orange shawl on a man at the right, fill the background.2017-03-17Large seated gathering of devotees in white and orange clothing during an initiation session. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold trim wears a long gold-bead necklace and multiple rudraksha malas; he touches a small object to his forehead near the third eye. Around him many seated devotees, some in white, some in orange or red robes, perform similar gestures with eyes closed. Blurred background of further participants and a building.2016-05-06September 03 20122012-09-03A photograph of a seated crowd of devotees in white shirts and kurtas with red-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground a man in a white collared shirt with a red-and-white lanyard touches his forehead with his fingers, eyes closed, in a moment of prayer or meditation. Behind him, others in similar white and red attire sit with hands raised to their foreheads. The background is blurred, with a bright tent-like setting and another devotee on the right with hand raised. No deity murti, puja items or a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the frame.2015-09-16 +1 copiesMarch 15 20142014-03-15April 23 20162016-04-23July 14 20152015-07-14March 17 20172017-03-17 +2 copies