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February 09 2012

February 09 2012

Photograph of a seated ritual gathering where several devotees wear white jasmine garlands with red rose accents. A bespectacled man with a shaved head and white forehead markings wears a white cloth and a rudraksha mala. Beside him a woman in a red and gold sari with a gold necklace and a red bindi sits attentively. On the right a man with white forehead tilak and red-and-white garlands sits in front of wooden beads. Background shows more women in saris and a child with a bindi.

December 23 2010

A photograph of a seated audience at a satsang gathering. In the foreground, a smiling man with grey hair and glasses wears a white kurta and a rudraksha mala, with a garland of yellow and red flowers around his neck, and holds the garland at his chest while petals lie on his white clothing. Beside him a woman in a coral-and-pink sari with a yellow flower garland and red bindi presses her palms together in anjali. Behind them, other devotees in white and orange shawls clap, and a woman in a blue sari sits at the left edge. The room is filled with seated people, many in orange and white. a person's appearance is not confidently established, so no identification is made.

A photograph of a seated couple at a ceremony, with a crowd of seated devotees behind them. The man on the left wears a white dhoti and white shirt with a gold-bordered cloth over his shoulder, and smiles broadly with his hands folded. The woman beside him wears an orange and gold-bordered sari with a blue-and-maroon lower section, rimless glasses, gold jewellery and bangles, and presses her palms together in namaste. Both wear long garlands of white jasmine and red flowers. Scattered rose petals and small brass plates lie on the ground around them, and many other people in white and cream clothing sit nearby with garlands.

July 18 2013

Photograph of a seated congregation in a hall, with many devotees wearing white-and-jasmine garlands and red flower accents. In the foreground, a bald man with glasses and a white vibhuti line on his forehead wears a white shirt, rudraksha mala and white jasmine garland; beside him a woman in a teal sari with a gold-and-green border smiles. Other women in saris and salwars, some with kumkum, sit close together, and a wooden lectern stands at left. No clear a person candidate is visible.

February 09 2012

A photograph of a devotee pada puja in a home. A seated man in a white dhoti and shirt, with a black rudraksha mala and glasses, holds flower garlands and leaves. Beside him, a woman in an orange-red silk saree with gold border and a jasmine flower in her hair holds leaves and white flowers. On the left, a bare-headed monastic in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas sits near a seated figure's feet. Several saffron-robed attendants stand in the background, and a red and gold cloth covers the floor with scattered petals and flowers. A wall fan is visible at top left.

November 29 2011

Photo of a seated devotee gathering in a temple-like hall. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with white jasmine garlands and red flower accents sits with hands pressed together in namaste. Beside her a man in white kurta with white and red garlands looks forward. Other devotees in white, teal and green saris and kurtas, many wearing jasmine garlands, sit in rows behind a metal railing. At upper right a figure in orange robes sits on an ornate red and gold throne, which may indicate a person presence, though the view is partial and uncertain. A small ceremonial lamp or instrument is visible at lower left.