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January 04 2016

A crowded indoor event photographed from among seated devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, many with white and red sacred markings on their foreheads. In the centre, a young man in white clothing with a gold-coloured sash and a rudraksha mala holds his palms together in anjali. Behind the crowd, a camera on a tripod and blue lights are visible, and a yellow ornamental pillar stands at left. Other attendees sit with cups in hand. The scene appears to be a satsang or puja gathering.

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January 18th 2013

A photograph of a satsang gathering in a hall with red curtains and rows of red-cushioned chairs in the background. In the centre, a shaved-headed man with white paste marks on his forehead and arms wears a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders, many strands of rudraksha beads around his neck and rudraksha bracelets on his wrists. He stands with palms pressed together in anjali, a devotional gesture. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and collared shirts also stand with hands folded, including a man in white on the right and a boy in a red-patterned shirt behind him. Some attendees on the left wear white dhotis and sacred threads.

May 13 2018

Crowded indoor satsang with devotees seated close together against red and blue drapery. In the centre, a man with short dark hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha mala with a white shawl sits with palms pressed together in anjali. Beside him a woman in glasses and a red bindi also has hands folded, and others wear white and cream garments with gold borders. Several men near the back have white tripundra markings on their foreheads and wear rudraksha malas and brown robes. Foreground heads are blurred. Whether the central man is a person is uncertain; no distinctive presentation cues are clearly visible.

Photograph of a dense crowd of devotees at an evening gathering, mostly men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies and rudraksha-style beaded cords. In the centre a young man in a white cloth with a red-bordered edge presses his palms together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered, with vibhuti marks on his forehead. Around him others raise hands in prayer and sit close together, some shirtless, one bald man at right with a thin white cord. The setting is crowded and dimly lit. No identifiable a person figure is visible among the people shown.

Photograph of a crowded seated gathering of mostly bare-chested men at a Shiva Deeksha-style satsang. In the centre, a young boy with short dark hair and a thin white sacred thread across his bare chest sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. To his left, an older bald man with grey stubble and a white sacred thread looks on, and other seated devotees with white threads and tilak marks fill the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the crowd members shown are devotees.

Devotees seated in a hall during prayer. In the foreground, a man with white vibhuti on his forehead, rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace sits with eyes closed and hands held in a mudra, wearing a white dhoti with red-and-gold borders. Beside him, another man in a white dhoti with gold trim presses his palms together in anjali. Behind them, a row of seated men in white shirts and dhotis and a few in western clothing listen in a satsang-style gathering, with a metal stand and chain at left.

Two bare-chested men with white ash stripes on their shoulders and foreheads sit with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed during devotional worship. Both wear rudraksha malas and a thin sacred thread; the man on the right also wears a small pendant. A blurred crowd of seated devotees in orange and white clothing fills the background, with warm lights at the left edge.

A close photograph of a group of shaved-headed men in orange and red robes seated in prayer with palms pressed together, eyes closed. The foreground man on the left wears white vertical tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and reddish cloth over his shoulder, and appears to be chanting. Behind him a man wears an orange rudraksha necklace, a small earring, and red bead bracelets. Other seated devotees with white forehead markings and orange shawls continue the row. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues, so roles are described only as devotees in meditative prayer.