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Four male devotees in orange and maroon dhotis and shawls stand in a hall with red curtains and a red-draped stage behind them. Several wear rudraksha malas and white and horizontal sacred ash markings on their foreheads and arms. The leftmost man has his palms pressed together in namaskar, and the others stand with hands folded or bowed heads in prayer. Brass plates and small vessels sit on the floor at the lower edge. Behind them, more people in orange and white clothing are seated or standing.

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A group of shaven-headed devotees in red and saffron robes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar within an indoor hall. Several wear rudraksha malas, orange-gold shoulder cloths and white vertical forehead marks; the central men have sandalwood-paste body markings. Behind them, other devotees and children in orange dress stand or bow, with framed pictures on the walls and a red curtain at the right edge.2014-06-03October 27 20142014-10-27 +2 copiesJuly 09 20132013-07-09Photograph of a row of shaven-headed men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl garments standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, some with white urdhva-pundra lines and sandalwood marks on arms and foreheads, rudraksha malas and gold bangles visible. Behind them a woman in a green sari and a man in white dhoti stand in devotion before red curtains, with a drum at the right edge. No identifiable a person depiction is visible by appearance.2013-07-11August 14 20142014-08-14March 15 20142014-03-15A photograph of a long hall with a red carpet runway and a corrugated metal roof, where a row of priests in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. Their bare shoulders bear rudraksha and gold-bead malas, and they wear white tilak and white forehead markings. Several men in white dhotis stand behind them, and a row of spectators is visible at the far left. A framed photograph hangs on the wall and a loudspeaker is mounted near the ceiling. The page describes a Maha Parashivaratri satsang, but no single figure can be confidently identified from appearance, so the a person field is unsure.2013-03-10September 13 20142014-09-13A seated ritual scene in a hall where several men in orange and saffron robes perform a puja. Three men in the foreground wear rudraksha malas, sandalwood-paste tilak on their foreheads and arms, and orange or red shawls over bare upper bodies. The man in the centre sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, while the man at left and the man at right handle ritual items. A silver tray holds brass oil lamps, a small brass bell, a kalasha-style vessel, flower offerings and fruit. Young boys in orange robes sit behind them, and a figure in white sits at the far left edge. The bald-headed man at right, with a red-orange robe and ornate necklace, is a priest-attendant role; no visible appearance cues establish a person's presence.2014-09-22Four shaved-headed men in maroon-red and gold-bordered robes with saffron-brown shawls and rudraksha malas stand in a close row, hands raised in mudra-like gestures with eyes lowered, chanting. White tripundra markings with red bindi are on their foreheads and one wears earrings and wrist bands. A blurred crowd of devotees in white and saffron fills the background. No one in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person by the listed cues, so the candidate is marked unsure.2014-09-14August 27 20142014-08-27 +1 copiesMarch 15 20142014-03-15