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A candid photo in a plain indoor room with a tiled floor. A man with grey hair and a white shirt and white dhoti stands bent forward, hands pressed to his chest, smiling warmly toward a seated woman in an orange saree with a gold border and a multi-strand orange-beaded necklace. She sits cross-legged on a patterned mat and smiles back. Behind them, a standing man in an orange robe with a purple forehead mark holds a small phone and looks on. Floral offerings and white cloth lie on the floor, and a television, a blue-bladed desk fan and a glass-fronted cabinet holding a flower arrangement stand against the wall.

A photograph of a satsang in a plain whitewashed hall with a red-and-orange curtain at the doorway and a fan on the left. A long-haired man in an orange robe sits on a white-covered seat at the right, one hand raised mid-gesture, speaking into a microphone on a stand. Across from him a man in a white dhoti and shirt sits cross-legged on a mat, smiling and gesturing with his hands. Behind them, a man in white with a microphone stands near a small framed picture on a white-draped table with a steel tumbler, and several standing people in white, cream and orange garments watch. A woman in white with a sari stands in the background. A small framed picture on the table is partly visible.

July 07 2010

2010-07-07 +1 copies

July 07 2010

Photograph of a satsang hall where a man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl and a long strand of gold-beaded ceremonial necklaces, raises his hand in blessing toward a devotee. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ornate gold necklaces match the page's note that he is present. Facing him, a man in white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and gold bracelet joins his palms in namaskar, smiling. Behind them a man in a white shirt holds the blessing gesture area, and a monk in saffron stands at right holding a silver tray with offerings. A projector screen and a red-and-yellow banner hang on the pale pink wall behind.

A photograph inside a hall with a light interior and colourful decorated pillars. A bearded elder in an orange saffron wrap and orange turban stands at left, his hands folded. Facing him, a smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a shawl draped over his shoulder, a rudraksha mala with a gold necklace and red-brown armbands, raises one hand in blessing toward the elder. Other men in white ritual clothes and a shaved-headed man with white tilak stand around, and a tray of fruit sits at lower right. The setting looks like a devotional gathering.

2011-02-14 +1 copies

August 11 2009

A photograph of two men greeting each other with palms pressed together in a namaste-like clasp inside a small room with pale walls and a dark red curtain behind them. The man on the left wears an orange-saffron robe with a darker orange shawl and has his hair tied back in a bun, smiling. The man on the right has long dark hair, a full beard, glasses, an orange shawl draped over a white robe. A forest tree mural covers the wall at right, and a sofa and a small red book sit in the lower left.

July 11 2010

Indoor photo of a man in a long-sleeved sleeveless saffron/orange robe with long swept-back dark hair, smiling with palms pressed together in namaste as a man kneels on a patterned rug before him, wearing a white dhoti with a green-and-maroon border and a rudraksha mala. The seated figure sits on a blue cushion on a dark patterned mat, with other saffron-robed people seated nearby. Behind them, a standing man in orange dhoti and shawl, a white-shirted man at left, white plastic chairs, a floor fan, a small television and flower garlands are visible.

A seated figure with long dark hair, wearing saffron-orange robes and a long orange-red rudraksha mala, sits on a maroon cushioned seat while smiling and extending a hand toward a young man with curly hair in a white kurta and an orange-beaded necklace, who presses his palms together in anjali. Behind them a shaved-headed monk in orange robes and a beaded mala smiles, and a bald man in orange cloth sits at lower right. Several people in white clothing stand in the background near white air conditioning units, in a room with peach walls. a person: the seated figure has long hair, saffron robes and a rudraksha mala.

A photograph of a satsang hall where a figure in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair and a heavy ornate gold necklace of beads stands at centre, extending a hand in blessing toward a bald elderly man in white clothes with a tilak mark on his forehead. A kneeling man in white dress with a brown shawl bows with palms pressed together, and an older man with glasses in white clothes and a mala stands at left with folded hands. Beside the blessing figure, a man in an orange robe holds a silver tray with offerings. A white-shirted man stands behind, and a projection screen and orange and yellow banner hang on the wall. Visible people: several, roughly six to twenty. Swamiji (probable): the central blessing figure wears saffron robes, long dark hair and ornate gold bead necklaces, a distinctive presentation.