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A seated older man in a white cap, white kurta and white dhoti with a saffron-edged cloth draped over his shoulder sits on a patterned carpet and looks toward the camera. A young man in white dhoti and white top with a green lanyard stands at left, tying or adjusting a red-orange thread at the man's neck. Beside them a man in a red polo shirt and glasses kneels and holds a small brass vessel and sacred items. Other people in white and casual clothes stand in the background of a hall. A rudraksha-style bead necklace is visible. The seated man is a devotee receiving a ritual thread; no appearance-based a person candidate is present.

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November 20 20102010-11-20A photo inside a hotel function hall with patterned carpet and wooden panelled walls. In the foreground, a saffron-clad priest with a shaved head, forehead marks and hoop earrings sits on the floor facing a seated elderly man in a white dhoti, white cap and a red-bordered shawl, who holds a small paper note. A young attendant in a white dhoti with a lanyard stands beside him, a man in a red polo kneels with a small brass vessel, and several standing men in white and blue shirts watch. The scene resembles a ritual or blessing exchange, with a red-cloth offering nearby.2016-07-07December 07 20162016-12-07A photograph of a seated audience in white clothing at a satsang, with orange lanyards around many necks. In the foreground an older man with white hair and glasses wears a white shirt, orange lanyard and a red tilak on his forehead, looking forward. Beside him sits a bald man with white tilak markings and a dark rudraksha mala, and at the lower left a younger man with a short beard wears an orange lanyard. Several others in white and a child are visible behind them. No speaker or a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the frame.2016-09-23 +1 copiesClose photo of an older man seated with palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest level, eyes lowered, in a white collared shirt. Rudraksha mala beads and an orange cord hang at his neck, and a gold wristwatch and bracelet are visible. Behind him, other people in white clothes sit on the floor, with a dark bag at the left edge and a tiled floor at the right. The man is a devotee in prayerful pose; his identity is not established from appearance.2012-10-09October 09 20122012-10-09A photograph of a seated congregation at a Mahashivaratri event. In the centre, a white-haired older man with a shaved-looking white crown and a yellow tilak on his forehead sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border and a red-and-gold printed shawl over his shoulder, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. Around him, men in white ritual clothes sit closely packed; some are bare-chested with gold chains and rudraksha malas, and a man in the foreground shows a shaved head. The background is a crowded satsang hall with devotees in white and a few in maroon.2016-03-07August 15 20132013-08-15June 21 20172017-06-21September 13 20122012-09-13A photograph of an older man in a white collared shirt, with grey hair and a red tilak on his forehead, kneeling with palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed. A hand in white sleeve. Behind them, a man in white with a rudraksha mala and orange shawl stands, and a person in a yellow shirt is partly visible. A bearded man in orange robes stands in the background of a hall with striped cloth-draped tables and white scaffolding. The setting appears to be an ashram hall during a blessing or darshan.2010-07-21July 17 20162016-07-17