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Close-up photograph of a shaved-headed man with eyes closed and head tilted upward, wearing a white dhoti-style garment with gold-and-maroon border and a long ornate gold bead necklace draped across his chest, with a small red tilak on his forehead. The background is blurred and bright. A small purple logo appears at the lower left.

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Close side profile of a shaved-headed man with eyes closed, seated in meditation. He wears white dhoti-style cloth with red borders and a heavy gold bead necklace, with white ash horizontal stripes on his forehead and upper arm. Blurred seated figures appear in the background of a warm-toned hall. Physical people visible: one clearly, with others only as blurred background shapes.2010-09-16September 21 20112011-09-21A photograph of a group meditation session in a hall with warm pink-tinted lighting. In the foreground a bald man with closed eyes and arms raised wide, wearing a white dhoti-style cloth draped over a gold-yellow shawl and a long ceremonial necklace of gold beads. Around him many other people stand and sit with arms raised overhead, most dressed in white ritual clothing with yellow and orange accents. The scene conveys a collective devotional or kriya practice.2011-02-20September 23 20112011-09-23Side-profile photo of a man seated in a temple, gazing upward. He wears a white dhoti and upper cloth with gold borders, a long rudraksha mala draped over one shoulder and an arm rudraksha band, and a small red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, another seated person in white is partially visible at the right edge, and a red garment appears at the lower left. A purple dove-style logo sits in the top left corner and a copyright line appears at bottom right.2011-09-27A man stands in profile looking upward, wearing a rust-orange sannyasi-style wrap draped over one shoulder and leaving the other shoulder bare. He has white tilak on his forehead with a red dot at the centre, a small gold hoop earring, and a long strand of large gold-toned rudraksha-style beads with dark bands over a gold chain. In the foreground a polished brass cup or lamp sits on a stone ledge. The background is orange and red walls with a teal sign edge at top right. A page-mention of a person is present but appearance cues are mixed, so identity is uncertain; the figure is presented as a sannyasi devotee in ritual dress.2013-03-06April 01 20132013-04-01 +2 copiesA close photo of a shaven-headed man in white clothing seated among other people in white. He wears a white shawl with red stripes over his shoulder, a gold bead garland, and white tilak marks on his forehead and upper arm with a red kumkum dot between the brows. He looks intently to the left, attentive, with his hands clasped near his knee. Other seated people in white appear at the edges of the frame, indicating a satsang or discourse gathering.2010-09-02A close photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti and a gold-bordered saffron-yellow shawl, eyes closed, both hands raised to cover his face and forehead. He wears a gold bead necklace and a clear crystal bracelet and a gold bangle engraved with text, and his forehead carries white ash markings. Another person's arm reaches in from the right side of the frame, and a blurred figure in white appears at the upper left. The setting is a blurred hall, consistent with a ritual such as pada puja.2011-02-13Close photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti with a maroon border, bare-chested and wearing a long necklace of large gold beads with dark bands. He has white horizontal forehead markings and a small red dot, and looks downward. A bald older man in white cloth sits at the right edge, and brass vessels and a red cloth are visible in the background. The man's role appears to be a priest or devotee at a ceremony; no appearance-based a person cues are clearly present.2010-09-08Photograph of a seated priest in a white dhoti and white shawl with a maroon border, bare-chested, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and a brown rudraksha mala. He has a red bindi and a shaved head, and holds a gold bead garland with a small framed deity pendant in both hands while looking down at it. Behind him an older man in white clothes with a white moustache sits with palms pressed together in namaste and a rudraksha mala. Blurred seated devotees in the foreground, some with grey hair, and an orange cloth on the floor suggest a ritual gathering. The priest's appearance does not clearly match the presentation cues for the a person candidate, so the identity is uncertain.2010-10-12A close profile photograph of a shaven-headed man with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra before his chest. He wears a red tilak mark on his forehead, a white upper cloth with red border, and a heavy necklace of large golden beads, with an orange wall behind him.2010-09-08