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December 18 20162016-12-18Close photo of a devotional gathering with a sannyasi-style monastic singing into a handheld microphone. The central man has a shaved head, white ash markings on his forehead and body, and wears a wooden rudraksha-style mala with a short orange-saffron cloth over his shoulder. Beside him on the right, a man with long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha malas and orange cloth sits with his eyes lowered. On the left, a shaved-headed man in beaded malas looks down. Behind them, blurred seated devotees in white and orange sit on colourful mats.2016-12-18A shaved-headed man stands bare-chested in the foreground at a gathering, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a saffron-orange sacred cord across his chest, with a vertical tilak on his forehead and a small pendant at his neck. Behind him, several people sit close together, including a younger boy with white and red ash markings and a woman with a red bindi and dark hair. Some attendees wear saffron-orange cloths and rudraksha beads, and a shelf of framed photos is visible in the background. The man shows no clear cues of the a person presentation and is described only by role.2016-12-18Photo of three shaved-headed male devotees in white sacred markings, seated closely together and bare-chested with long rudraksha mala necklaces. The central man holds a black handheld microphone to his mouth and speaks, while the men on either side look toward him. A blurred crowd of seated participants fills the background, and colourful striped cloth covers the floor. The scene suggests a satsang or discourse session.2016-12-18A bald, bare-chested man holding a black microphone to his mouth speaks at a gathering of seated devotees. He wears a tiered mala of dark rudraksha beads, a thin cord, and several bangles and red threads on his wrist. White ash lines mark his shoulder and upper arm. Behind him and to the right, other bare-chested men in rudraksha malas sit close together, some in white dhotis, with orange cloth visible in the foreground. Blurred figures fill the background.2016-12-18A young man with a shaved head and white urdhva pundra forehead markings sits and speaks into a black handheld microphone with a teal band during a seated gathering in an orange-draped hall. He wears rust-orange robes, a long braided ponytail, a small gold earring and a bead mala, while white markings also appear on his shoulders and upper arms. Blurred figures in orange robes sit behind him, and a second person in orange is partly visible at the right edge.2013-07-14December 18 20162016-12-18A shaved-headed man in orange-saffron robes speaks into a black microphone with a teal grip, holding it in both hands. He wears white horizontal tripundra marks on his forehead, a red dot between the brows, a rudraksha mala of brown beads over his shoulders, and a small earring. White stripes mark his arms and shoulder. Behind him, blurred figures in orange robes with white forehead markings sit in a row.2013-07-14A photograph of a shaved-headed sannyasi in an orange saffron robe with a red border, wearing a long rudraksha mala and red-brown rudraksha bracelets, holding a lit brass oil lamp in his right hand while a small vessel rests in his left. He sits on a red mat among seated devotees in white ritual clothes with tilak markings, several with hands folded in anjali and rudraksha malas. Behind him, a man with palms pressed together and a bare-chested man in white are visible. The setting suggests a satsang or puja gathering with the lamp offering as the focus.2014-08-24November 04 20152015-11-04July 14 20132013-07-14July 14 20132013-07-14