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July 17 20152015-07-17A seated man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold border sits with eyes closed in a crowded hall during a puja, wearing dark-rimmed glasses, a red-brown rudraksha mala around his neck, matching rudraksha bracelets on both wrists, and white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms. A lanyard ID badge hangs from his neck. Other devotees surround him, including a man in white and gold shawl with rudraksha beads, and a shaved-headed devotee at right. The room is filled with seated participants in the foreground.2016-12-18May 25 20172017-05-25 +1 copiesA shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders sits on the floor and lights incense sticks held in a small gold holder. He wears glasses, a red tilak on his forehead, white vibhuti stripes, and layered rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets. Behind him, seated devotees in orange and saffron robes and white clothing are blurred in a hall with a red cushion and wooden pillars. Visible here is a ritual incense offering, not a clearly identified figure.2016-08-09A photograph of a seated group in meditation during a satsang gathering. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron shawl over bare shoulders wears a long rudraksha mala, eyes closed, with a red bindi and white vertical tilak, and glasses. Beside him on the right, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border sits with eyes closed. On the left, a man with long swept-back hair, white forehead band and white shirt wears a dark cord with a pendant, eyes closed. Behind them several other seated participants in white clothes meditate in a pale yellow hall. Presentation cues for the foreground figure are not distinctive enough to confirm identity.2012-07-13 +1 copiesJanuary 08 20172017-01-08January 17 20132013-01-17October 10 20162016-10-10A seated man in an all-white kurta with a rudraksha mala around his neck and white sacred ash on his forehead, wearing glasses, speaks while holding a yellow flower offering in cupped hands. Behind him, several people in white clothing sit with hands folded in prayer or namaskar, with mats and red cloth visible in the lower corners. The setting appears to be a satsang or puja gathering.2013-12-05Close-up photograph of a bare-chested man seated with eyes closed in meditation during a group session. He wears thin metal-framed glasses, a red bindi, white ash markings on his forehead and shoulders, a rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread. Behind him, other seated participants in white sacred threads and white-marked skin meditate in a blurred hall. On the left, a man with hands folded in prayer gesture. The scene suggests a Shaktipada meditation session.2017-02-26February 26 20172017-02-26September 21 20112011-09-21