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Photograph of several men in saffron-orange robes seated in a row on the floor during a meditation or satsang session, eyes closed. The closest man, in the foreground, sits cross-legged with hands resting on his feet, wearing a rudraksha mala and white horizontal marks on his forehead and arms. Beside him, a man with a shaved head holds his palms together in prayer. Behind them, men in white clothing sit in the blurred background. Brass items and a small oil lamp appear at the lower right edge.

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Close side view of a shaven-headed man in an orange cloth wrap with a rudraksha mala, seated cross-legged with eyes closed and white stripes on his arms and forehead. Behind him a second man in orange sits with palms pressed together in prayer, and more seated figures in white stand blurred in the background. Brass items and offerings lie on the floor at right, consistent with a satsang or meditation setting. The visible man appears to be a disciple or sannyasi; no appearance-based candidate for the teacher is clearly visible.2011-02-11May 25 20132013-05-25 +1 copiesSeveral seated monastic devotees in meditation at a satsang session. The foreground man has closed eyes, a shaved head with a small tuft, white tripundra marks on his forehead, a saffron-orange shawl over his shoulders, rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets, and hands held in mudra near his chest. Others beside him wear orange and white cloth, bare upper bodies with white sacred ash markings, and rudraksha necklaces. Blurred figures in orange and white sit in the background of a hall. No readable text in view, and no one is identifiable as a person from the cues shown.2017-01-08June 14 20132013-06-14A seated row of devotees with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed, in a pink-walled hall. The central man wears an orange saffron dhoti and a long rudraksha mala, with white horizontal tilak stripes on his forehead and arms. Beside and behind him, other men sit bare-chested with white stripes on their chests and shaven heads, some in white and yellow cloth, and one wears a maroon cloth. Brass oil lamps and offerings lie on the floor at the left, and a deity murti hangs in the background behind a garland. The image is blurred at the edges. No candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance, so the central figure is described by role only.2017-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20172017-01-07A photograph of several shirtless men seated on the floor in prayer, hands pressed together in anjali mudra. The man in the centre wears orange dhoti, a long rudraksha mala, a small silver chain and a white vertical tilak with a red bindi, and his eyes are closed. Beside him at left, a man in orange cloth wears rudraksha beads and a white forehead mark. At right, a shaved-headed young man in orange cloth with a red-brown mala holds his palms together. Behind them, more seated devotees are visible in a plain pink-walled hall with a wooden door and a red fire extinguisher. The scene suggests a satsang or ritual gathering.2017-01-04 +1 copiesA photograph of seated shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, many with white vibhuti stripes on forehead and arms, pressing palms together in namaskar during a ritual gathering. Behind them a seated audience in white, green, and purple saris watches, separated by metal stanchions and rope. The men appear to be sannyasi-style devotees or priests participating in satsang, not identifiable as any individual.2013-04-13Several shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes sit in a row in a meditative posture with eyes lowered, indicating a satsang or meditation sitting. They wear black rudraksha malas around their necks, white horizontal tilak marks on their foreheads, and some have gold hoop earrings. Bare shoulders and torsos are visible on the figures in front, with orange cloth draped over them. The background is blurred with more seated devotees and a red wall hanging.2014-04-17Two saffron-robed sannyasis sit cross-legged on a floor in a temple hall, with white tilak stripes on their foreheads and arms and red-brown rudraksha malas across their chests. Both have eyes lowered and appear to chant. Behind them, more saffron-clothed devotees sit in rows, and a brass plate with offerings rests near the floor. Golden deity murti and decorations fill the blurred background.2015-01-31October 31 20112011-10-31November 13 20102010-11-13