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A smiling man with short swept-back hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged among a seated crowd. He wears a white dhoti with yellow borders, a bare upper body, and multiple rudraksha malas with a pendant around his neck. A badge on his chest reads shaktipada. Behind him sit other devotees, one in a white garment with a red thread, and a rainbow-striped mat lies beneath him. The setting appears to be a satsang or meditation gathering. The man is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone, so the role is described as a devotee.

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A smiling man sits cross-legged among a seated crowd in a large hall, wearing a bare-chested white dhoti with yellow borders and a mala of rudraksha beads with silver spacers. He has a red tilak on his forehead and a small badge reading Shaktipada pinned to his dhoti. Around him, other seated devotees in white and pale clothing fill the floor, and a striped mat lies beneath. A pendant with a portrait hangs on a chain at his neck. a person candidate not established by visible cues here.2017-07-08August 14 20162016-08-14January 01 20192019-01-01A seated man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold-yellow borders sits cross-legged on a cloth mat during a group sitting. He wears a dark rudraksha-style bead mala, a gold bangle, white horizontal sacred ash lines and a red dot on his forehead, and gazes off to the side with his hands resting on his knees. Other men in white garments sit behind and beside him, and a brass vessel rests on an orange cloth at the lower right. A printed copyright line runs vertically along the right edge. a person cues are not strong enough here, so he is described by role as a seated devotee in white.2011-02-20January 17 20132013-01-17A man sits cross-legged on a mat on a polished floor, eyes lifted and gazing upward, in a devotional hall. He wears a white dhoti and white shawl with gold-yellow borders, a long rudraksha mala around his neck, and matching rudraksha bracelets on both upper arms. White sacred ash lines mark his forehead and arms, with a red kumkum dot between his brows. A small heap of rudraksha beads lies on the mat near his hand. Behind him, two children sit on the floor in the background, and a bright orange cloth and offerings are visible at the edges.2011-11-28November 16 20112011-11-16April 21 20182018-04-21A bare-chested man sits cross-legged on a white floor in a hall, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, long rudraksha mala beads across his chest, a blue cord with a small pendant, a silver bracelet and rudraksha bracelets on his arms. His eyes are closed as he performs a mudra with his right hand, and small brass vessels and pink cloth lie on the floor before him. Behind him, other seated participants in white dhotis are blurred. The appearance is ambiguous and no printed name is visible, so no identity is asserted.2017-01-06A photograph of a large seated gathering in white clothing with a central man in a white dhoti and shawl with a yellow border, eyes closed in meditation with hands resting in his lap. He wears a rudraksha mala and beaded necklaces, a white vibhuti line across his forehead with a red kumkum dot, and glasses. A volunteer badge hangs on his chest. Around him, devotees sit in white and some in saffron robes, several with eyes closed, in a hall with a red floor covering.2013-05-10July 28 20172017-07-28January 01 20192019-01-01