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A large outdoor gathering of devotees seated on the ground in prayer, most with palms pressed together at chest level. Many wear white clothing, including white kurtas and salwar outfits, with rudraksha malas around their necks; one woman in the foreground wears an orange blouse and cream sari with bangles. Several girls and women have kumkum or tilak marks on their foreheads. A blue plastic chair and a metal stand are visible at the edges, and a figure in white is seated in the background among the crowd. The scene shows satsang participants chanting or praying in a public sitting.

A seated crowd of devotees with palms pressed together in namaste at a satsang. In the foreground a woman in an orange blouse and cream sari with a vertical forehead mark sits with eyes closed. Beside her a girl in white with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, and a young woman in white with a mala also pray. Many attendees wear white clothes and rudraksha malas; several sit on orange mats and blue plastic chairs. The a person candidate is not visible in this frame, so no one is identified as him.

Outdoors on a dirt path beneath tall palm trees, a crowd of devotees stands with hands joined in namaskar and faces lifted upward, as if watching a ritual off-frame. Most women wear white or cream saris with orange shawls draped over their shoulders; one woman in the foreground wears an orange-and-maroon sari, and a woman at right wears a yellow shawl over white. Several men in white dhotis stand at the left and in the back rows. A red-and-white flag on a pole rises behind them, next to a low red-roofed building and white walls with green foliage.

2010-10-18 +1 copies

July 29 2013

A photograph of a seated devotee crowd outdoors with hands pressed in anjali mudra. In the foreground, a woman with a white forehead mark and gold bangles wears a white sari with a gold border. Beside her, a younger woman in a white floral print salwar kameez with a red bindi and gold bangles holds her palms together. To her right, a woman in a red sari with glasses and gold bangles prays, and behind them a woman in an orange shawl, a man in white with glasses, and other devotees sit in prayer. Green leaves appear at the lower left under a pale sky. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this crowd.

January 01 2017

A photograph of several young women seated in a row with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in prayer or meditation. They wear orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders; the foreground woman wears a yellow and white patterned blouse with a braid, small earrings and a bindi, and a wristwatch. Women in white and cream traditional dress sit beside and behind them, and the background is softly blurred with more seated devotees.

A photograph of a line of devotees standing outdoors in front of a red-painted building and greenery, all with hands pressed together in anjali mudra. The central woman in front wears a cream and gold-bordered sari, a dark rudraksha mala around her neck, and a bindi with a white forehead mark. Women behind her wear orange and rust-red saris with white vibhuti on their foreheads. Several are wearing glasses. A stringed garland of yellow and red flowers hangs on a pillar at left, and a blue patterned cloth lies at right. No swami is visible in the frame.

August 27 2016

December 30 2006

A photograph of a covered outdoor courtyard with a brick floor and palm trees behind, where a crowd of devotees stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the foreground, a woman with light blonde hair wears a white kurta and a beaded necklace. Beside her, a woman in a red blouse and deep orange saree stands with hands folded. Several women wear white and cream sarees or white kurtas, and a girl in a purple skirt kneels near the front. On the right, a drummer in a light shirt and dhoti plays a drum while other men in white and beige clothes stand with hands folded. The ritual appears to be a devotional gathering of devotees in prayer.

February 28 2016