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A seated group ritual in a hall with participants in white and cream traditional clothing, many wearing rudraksha malas. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a pink and gold border and a man in white kurta with a pendant sit cross-legged before a small brick-built fire pit with sticks, a metal bowl, a ladle and offering plates of rice and flowers. Other seated devotees in white and colourful saris fill the background.

A seated puja gathering in a bright room with pale peach walls and a tripod at the back. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl with a yellow border, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold bracelet, sits with palms pressed together and eyes closed, with a small red bindi. Beside him a man in a light teal kurta with glasses sits in prayer. A woman in an orange sari with a red border stands behind a microphone with hands folded, and a man in white kurta sits at left with hands joined. Brass and silver offering plates with fruit sit in the foreground. Hindu ritual chanting or prayer.

March 05 2006

A seated congregation during a satsang or puja in a large hall, many people in rows wearing white, orange and maroon clothing. In the foreground a woman in a maroon sari with gold border holds a small red flower in her cupped hands while looking down. Beside her a woman in white with a red rudraksha mala and a red pendant sits with hands folded, gazing forward. At right a young woman in orange clothing wears a rudraksha mala and a white forehead band. Brass plates with flower offerings and a small brass vessel rest on the floor in front. Many more devotees in white and orange sit behind them.

Indoor convention scene where a seated man in white clothes with folded palms and eyes closed receives a touch on the forehead from a woman in the foreground with her dark hair in a braid. Behind him a man in white with a saffron-orange shawl draped over one shoulder stands watching, with a few other white-clothed participants and a blue cooler visible at right. A man with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace kneels nearby, and a woman at left wears a yellow top. The people in the background wear predominantly white.

December 08 2013

July 30 2006

A seated group inside a hall with a wooden floor. In the foreground, a grey-haired man with a curly beard wears white kurta-style clothing and a long rudraksha mala, sitting cross-legged and facing a person on the right. That person has long dark hair, wears a white outfit with gold borders, and gestures with raised hands in a teaching or guiding posture. Behind them, a woman in a cream sari with gold borders and a dark beaded necklace smiles, and another woman in white sits nearby. A man with glasses in white clothes leans in on the left. Partial figures in white appear in the lower corners and background, with a flower arrangement at the right edge. a person: the figure on the right has long swept-back dark hair and a gold-bordered white garment, but facial and presentation cues are not distinctive enough to confirm identity.

July 02 2004

December 07 2013

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A seated group of devotees in a large hall during a satsang or puja, with many more people visible in the background. In the foreground a woman in a rust-red sari with a red-brown rudraksha mala and a gold-toned border sits with palms joined. Beside her an older woman in white clothes wears a red coral garland and dark beads, eyes closed, hands clasped. To the right a young woman in orange clothes wears a red coral garland and holds her palms together in prayer. Brass oil lamps, a small brass bowl with petals and a plate of offerings sit on the white floor in front, with a small brass bell at the right edge. Several other devotees in white with white forehead markings and red garlands fill the rows behind.

A photograph from a seated meditation session with a long-haired man in a gold-trimmed white garment and gold necklace, seated on a low cushioned seat with a red-and-gold patterned base, smiling and turned toward a grey-haired older man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala, who leans forward with hands together. A woman in a white sari with gold border sits nearby with folded hands, and a younger woman in white with a red-and-white shawl sits at the lower left. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothes fill a wooden-floored hall, and orange and pink flower arrangements stand at the right edge. a person: the long-haired man in gold-trimmed white with a gold necklace on the cushioned seat, presented as the central figure receiving devotees.