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A seated man with closed eyes meditates in a crowded hall. He wears a white kurta with an orange-and-red printed shawl bearing Sanskrit mantras, a rudraksha mala, and a red-thread pendant. An orange tilak marks his forehead. Behind him, other meditators in white and orange shawls sit in the blurred background. He wears a name badge reading Awakening, Varanasi, India, and a small framed portrait pendant hangs from his mala.

Close-up photo of a man with short dark hair, a short beard and a red tilak mark on his forehead, wearing a white kurta and an orange-red shawl printed with repeated mantra text. He looks off to the side with a serious expression. Behind him, another man with short hair and an orange lanyard turns his head, and a blurred white-clad figure appears at the top. The shawl bears Om Sri Nithyananda Namaha style printed text. Indoor setting with blurred background.

Close-up photo of a seated man with short dark hair, a short beard and a red bindi on his forehead. He wears a white kurta and an orange-red shawl printed with Sanskrit mantras in black. A red lanyard hangs at his neck. Behind him, blurred seated people in white clothes sit near red-cushioned chairs. He looks steadily toward the camera. No a person candidate is identifiable from visible cues beyond a general devotee presentation.

A photograph of a seated man in a white t-shirt wearing a red-orange shawl printed with dark Sanskrit script and a dark rudraksha mala, with a red bindi and white forehead markings. He sits attentively, gazing forward, among other seated devotees in white clothing with malas in a bright hall. Another man at right in white clothes and a mala is visible, as are white-clad sitters at the left edge. No deity murti or ritual fire is visible. The man has no distinctive a person cues of long swept-back hair, crown, or ceremonial gold and is not identifiable as a person; he is best described as a devotee.

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July 15 2016

A photograph of a seated group of devotees in a meditation session. Men in white kurtas wear orange-red shawls printed with repeated a person and Sanskrit mantra text in black and white. Several have sacred ash or tilak marks on their foreheads, and some wear rudraksha malas. Eyes are closed and faces are calm in meditative stillness. Foreground devotees in the lower corners are partly visible. No speaker or a person is clearly visible among those pictured.

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A young man with short dark hair, rimless glasses and a trimmed beard sits in the foreground wearing a white kurta, a white beaded necklace with a small pendant, and a long red-orange shawl printed with black Tamil-script text. Behind him, blurred people in white clothes with red sashes sit in a hall with a wall and cushioned floor.

A close portrait of a man with closed eyes seated in meditation at a gathering. He wears white clothing with a red-orange shawl draped over his shoulders, a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, and an orange lanyard with a badge reading Inner Awakening. Three horizontal white vibhuti stripes mark his forehead. Other seated people in white are blurred in the background.

A man with short dark hair and a small red tilak on his forehead sits with eyes closed in meditation, wearing a white collared shirt, a red shawl printed with mantra text in white, and rudraksha malas around his neck. Blurred seated devotees in white and blue clothing fill the background. a person cues are not clearly distinctive here, so the identity is uncertain and he is described by role as a meditating devotee.

May 10 2014

A man with short dark hair sits in a seated gathering, looking to the side with a neutral expression. He wears a plain white t-shirt and a red-orange shawl printed with repeated Sanskrit mantra text, and a red-orange lanyard hangs around his neck, with a rudraksha mala visible at his throat. Behind him, another person in white and a metal stand are partly visible, with red chairs in the background. The setting suggests an organised satsang or event hall. Appearance is ordinary white clothing with a shawl rather than the ornate cues needed to label him as a person.