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A seated group on a red patterned carpet during a ritual gathering, with a decorated deity murti behind them draped in gold and framed by colourful flower garlands. In the centre, a bald elderly man with white forehead markings wears an orange-saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, sitting cross-legged with palms joined in prayer. Beside him, a woman in white and gold sari with a mala holds her hands together, and a woman in an orange sari with red border sits at right. Children in white and a girl in blue sit nearby, along with a man in a green shirt and an older man in white seated on a chair behind the murti. Visitors wear name badges.

A seated congregation at an indoor satsang or discourse, with many devotees filling the hall. In the foreground a young man in white dhoti with an orange-red shawl and rudraksha mala claps his hands, beside a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark. Another man in white clothes with a grey-streaked head and white tilak sits with hands folded. Behind them, devotees wear orange and saffron robes, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, and a young boy in a patterned golden robe sits at left. a person is not clearly identifiable here, so no ceremonial figure is named. Watermarked archive photograph of devotees in prayerful attention.

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Photograph of a seated devotional gathering in front of an orange-red wall. In the foreground a woman in a yellow-bordered sari holds a silver plate with orange cloth and offerings, eyes lowered. Beside her a woman in a white sari with a red-bordered pallu and a dark beaded mala holds a plate. Other devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris, some with mala beads and forehead marks, and men in white shirts, sit with hands folded or eyes closed. On the right edge a figure in orange robes sits among the offering plates, and a shaved-headed man in white and gold ornaments sits behind the group. The scene suggests a puja or satsang offering.

A seated audience of devotees in white clothing at a satsang gathering, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the foreground a man in white shirt and dhoti wears a rudraksha mala and sits cross-legged, hands folded. Beside him a bald man in white holds his palms together and wears an orange-red shawl. A woman in a white sari with gold border and gold necklace, and a woman in white with an orange shawl, also sit with folded hands. Behind them rows of men in white shirts and rudraksha malas fill the hall. A man at the back wears a tilak. The scene is a devotional gathering and no figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

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A dense crowd of devotees sits with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed in prayer, a photo taken at a Kailaasa temple inauguration event. Women wear saris in orange, yellow, red, green and magenta, with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces. Men wear white kurtas and some saffron tunics, with white-clad devotees behind. Many are seated close together in an indoor hall with a glimpse of stage equipment at the top. No individual is clearly identified as a person in this frame.