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Several men sit seated on a floor in a hall during a satsang-style gathering, with hands pressed together in anjali mudra. In the centre, a young man in glasses and a white dhoti with a red border wears a rudraksha mala and gold bangles. To the left, a bald man in white cloth and a mala also holds his palms together, and on the right an older man in white with grey beard prays. A man in a bright green shirt and a bald man in the foreground are partly visible. The mood is quiet devotion in a plain room.

Indoor puja in a hall with a white tiled floor, where seated devotees perform ritual worship. In the foreground a young man with a shaved head wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder with a yellow border, a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, and holds a leaf over a brass vessel on a marble slab. Beside him an older bald man with white beard and glasses, wearing a rudraksha mala and white dhoti, bare-chested with white ash marks, handles offerings. Other seated participants in white dhotis and orange cloths sit behind them. Brass pots, bowls, a kalasha-style vessel, leaves and flower petals fill the foreground altar. Background shows more people in orange and white.

A seated group of young men and boys in a hall, many wearing maroon or red-brown cloth with gold-yellow borders and bare upper bodies, some with white forehead bands and sandalwood or ash marks on their foreheads and arms. In the foreground, a young man in a white dhoti with gold-yellow border and a long rudraksha mala holds his palms together in anjali. Beside him a boy in maroon with gold border sits with hands folded, and a brass vessel rests on the floor. Behind them, older devotees in white and pink shirts and a bald man in a pink shirt sit among the crowd, and a water bottle is visible in the lower right. The seated audience is visible, though the people are partly cropped and in the background.

A seated group of devotees in white dhotis and white shawls with red-and-maroon borders sits cross-legged on orange mats in a bright hall during a meditative session. Many have vertical white tilak marks on their foreheads, and several wear rudraksha malas. In the centre foreground, a bald man with a red-and-white tilak and a rudraksha mala sits in meditation with hands joined, while a young boy in a dark blue t-shirt sits beside him with eyes closed. Brass plates, small brass oil lamps, incense sticks and a steel bowl with flower petals lie on the orange mat in front of them. On the left edge, a man with white body markings on his bare upper body sits among the crowd. The page belongs to a satsang archive, but no printed text on screen names a specific event or person.

A seated devotional gathering in a hall with cream flooring and woven mats. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti with gold-bordered cloth and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with hands in a mudra on his lap, wearing glasses. Beside him a young girl in orange robes wears a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala and sits with a white forehead mark. Behind them rows of men and boys in white, cream and orange garments with sacred ash and forehead markings sit and clap or fold hands. A boy in an orange cloth claps at right. Many people fill the background.

A group of young boys seated on a floor covered with mats and cloth, wearing maroon robes with gold trim. Several hold small brass oil lamps or diyas and offer them in ritual worship. One boy in front wears glasses and sits with hands joined, another has a white tilak on his forehead and holds a lit lamp, and a boy at right holds a lamp near a brass plate. Brass plates and vessels sit on the floor, and a bright light falls in from the background. Their attention is focused on the lamps.

January 02 2013

A seated puja in a large hall with a crowd of devotees behind. In the foreground, a young man in an orange-and-yellow saffron cloth with rudraksha malas and gold bangles sits on a red mat, holding a folded white cloth over brass puja vessels, kalasha-style pots and leaves on a stone low table. Beside him, an older man in white dhoti and shawl, with vibhuti and rudraksha mala, and other priests in white and saffron sit in a row performing the ritual. Brass plates, lamps and small bowls are arranged on the table.