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May 13 2012

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A crowded indoor scene in a plain room with pale yellow walls and a window with iron bars at right. Several people raise cameras and phones, including a man in a striped maroon shirt on the left and a hand holding a DSLR camera aloft in the foreground. Around the centre, shaven-headed men in white dhotis and white shirts wear beaded rudraksha malas and gold chains, and some wear orange-saffron garments. A few men wear glasses. The mood is a tight, jostling gathering of devotees and photographers, with no clearly visible central figure whose appearance can be confidently matched to the page's named swami.2011-05-24June 22 20122012-06-22A crowded indoor hall under a corrugated metal roof with ceiling fans, where a large group of devotees in white, pink and saffron clothing gathers around a central area. Two saffron-robed monastics stand near the centre, one bald with a long necklace of beads and the other wearing a garland of white flowers and a tilak; a figure in a white dhoti with a bare upper body and beaded bracelets stands at the left edge. A cameraman with a camera on a tripod films the group at the lower right, beside a large screen. Wall banners in red and blue patterns hang along the back wall. The scene resembles a satsang gathering, though no specific figure can be confirmed from appearance alone.2012-05-12 +1 copiesA crowded indoor scene in a yellow-walled hall with red wooden doors and a bright light source at the top. A bare-headed man in a long-sleeved white shirt and dark trousers stands center-left, while a shaved-headed figure wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a long garland of white and red flowers is pressed among devotees. Several men in white shirts, a man in a maroon shirt, and people with orange turbans or head cloths surround him. A cameraman in the foreground holds a large video camera, and another person films with a handheld device. Many hands are raised toward the central figure as people crowd around to see him.2014-06-19A dense crowd of devotees gathers in a temple hall with orange and white canopies and a decorated deity murti visible in the background. In the center, a long-haired figure in an orange robe with a saffron shawl turns toward a seated devotee and reaches toward a tray of offerings. Nearby, a bald monk in orange and white stands in the foreground, and a cameraman films the scene. Many devotees in white clothes press together with hands folded in namaskar. The swami identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the figure is described by role only.2010-08-23 +1 copiesA dim temple interior with stone pillars and a crowded procession moving through. A cameraman in the foreground films with a handheld video camera, and many men in white shirts and dhotis press around. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand near the centre, and a woman in a pink saree with gold jewellery is beside them. A man in the upper centre raises a mobile phone to take a picture. Tubular pipes run along the ceiling beams.2012-05-16May 20 20122012-05-20May 13 20122012-05-13Crowded outdoor gathering of devotees in white and cream clothing. In the foreground a shaved-headed monastic in white with an orange saffron shawl stands with his back to the camera. Beside him a smiling man in a cream shirt with a vertical tilak on his forehead holds a black camera. Another shaved-headed figure in white and an orange-and-gold shawl appears at right, and a few hands and heads of other attendees are visible. The image is a photograph taken at a large public event.2010-12-29June 05 20122012-06-05August 24 20142014-08-24A dense crowd of devotees pushes forward at night, many raising arms and hands toward an unseen centre, reaching out to touch or receive something. Most wear white dhotis and shirts. On the left, a bald saffron-robed man stands beside a figure in red and orange wearing a white flower garland and gold-coloured ornaments. At upper right, a bald man in a white dhoti and a rudraksha mala raises a hand. Several people hold up mobile phones and a video camera, recording the scene. The image is a crowded photograph of satsang-style darshan. a person's presence is not clearly established by appearance.2015-05-05 +1 copies