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Seated group meditation in a hall with orange floor mats. In the foreground, three men in white dhotis and white kurtas sit cross-legged with eyes closed and hands in mudra or folded in lap. The man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and an orange shawl; the centre man wears an orange shawl and a small pendant; the man on the right wears an orange shawl and has tilak marks on his forehead. Behind them rows of seated devotees wear white with yellow shawls and lanyards, some with tilak. A small book lies on the mat in front and water bottles are visible at right.

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A seated assembly of devotees in an ashram hall, photographed from the front. Most are shaven-headed men in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, with white tilak marks on their foreheads. One man in the foreground wears an orange robe with a gold chain and bangles, sitting cross-legged on an orange mat, and another in the foreground wears a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala. Some attendees wear yellow shawls, and a few have spectacles. They sit attentively on orange mats facing the speaker, with laptops and notebooks nearby.2010-10-27October 20 20102010-10-20A large group of men in white dhotis and white shawls sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, many with rudraksha malas, during a ritual gathering in a marble-floored hall. In the foreground two men in saffron/orange robes sit on red and orange mats before small brass lamps, bowls and offering plates; one in orange sits with hands folded near a blue-and-white striped cloth. 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