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September 30 2016

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A large seated congregation of devotees holds small oil lamps with lit flames during a ritual gathering. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a white forehead marking and moustache sits on a red mat holding a lamp, beside another bare-chested man with a lamp and a woman in white with a red-orange shawl. A woman in a white top and red-orange shawl holds a lamp near a woman with a black braid, and a bare-chested man with a red-orange lanyard sits at the right. Many more people in white clothes and orange-red shawls fill the background, and an orange-robed figure sits among them at the far right. Hanging red-orange lanyards and white ritual dress are prominent.2016-09-30July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesA large seated congregation of devotees fills a covered hall with a red carpet, many people with palms pressed together in anjali and eyes closed or lifted upward. Many men are bare-chested wearing white dhotis, some with orange or saffron cloth and rudraksha malas. A woman in the foreground right wears a deep maroon sari with a mala and presses her hands together. Ornate golden shrine structures and a deity murti area stand at the back, with incense smoke rising and a plate of food with yellow sweets at the right edge. Cameras on tripods film the gathering. No single figure with distinctive a person cues is clearly identifiable.2016-12-07May 13 20152015-05-13A large indoor satsang gathering with a dense crowd of devotees seated on the floor, many in white kurta and dhoti clothing with orange and white lanyards. In the foreground, a man in white with a tilak on his forehead sits with palms pressed together in namaste, next to a man in white with a long-sleeved white kurta and orange lanyard who claps with hands raised. A bald man in a purple top with glasses sits to the left. Behind them, devotees with folded hands and a man in an orange shawl fill the hall, and a tripod camera stands at the left edge. Lit pillars and a warm-toned backdrop frame the scene.2016-10-03September 15 20152015-09-15January 01 20192019-01-01A large hall filled with seated devotees in orange and red attire during a ritual gathering. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis and sashes sit cross-legged on red mats with palms pressed together in anjali, some with rudraksha malas and forehead markings. Behind them, rows of men in saffron-orange garments sit with hands folded, and women in red and orange saris are seated along the floor. Metal tiffin-style containers and banana leaves holding fruit and offerings line the floor, with a small brass plate of flowers and oil lamps in the centre. Behind them a golden deity shrine and a large screen showing a robed figure are visible.2016-09-30A large seated gathering of devotees in an indoor hall during a satsang. In the foreground, several men sit cross-legged on orange mats wearing white dhotis with gold borders and white shirts, many with rudraksha malas and sandalwood tilaks; the man at center has hands folded in anjali, and another at left is eyes-closed in meditation. Behind them, rows of seated devotees and younger boys in white and maroon fill the room, with a microphone stand at right. Some people in the background wear white shirts. No figure is clearly identifiable as the presenter from appearance alone, and the seated mass suggests a sizable audience.2013-01-22May 06 20162016-05-06December 18 20162016-12-18December 17 20132013-12-17