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A photograph of seated devotees at a meditation or initiation session on a wooden floor. In the foreground, a man in white kurta with a gold bracelet holds a small white cloth to his face. In the centre, a man wearing glasses and a white kurta with an orange-saffron shawl touches his forehead with a white cloth, with a lanyard around his neck. Behind them, more participants in white clothes and orange-saffron shawls sit with eyes closed or cloths raised. A green-clad figure appears at the top left, and a water bottle is visible at the left edge. No deity, altar or a person figure is shown.

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Seated devotees in white kurta-style clothing with orange-brown shawls sit on a wooden floor at a group event. Several hold small white objects to their faces or foreheads, apparently cotton or a cloth, while others sit with eyes lowered. A man in front wears wire-rimmed glasses, a lanyard and a gold bracelet, touching his forehead. Another man beside him wears a white outfit, orange shawl and gold watch. Green and orange clothing of others is visible at the top left, with water bottles and a pair of sandals on the floor. No one is identified as a person.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08Large group of devotees seated on a patterned carpet during a ritual, most dressed in white kurta-style clothing with red-and-black woven shawls. Several men in front have a sacred ash or kumkum mark on the forehead and touch their brows or foreheads with their fingers, while others behind also raise hands to the forehead. Some wear lanyards and name badges, and a woman in the middle wears a white top. Warm red stage lighting and a blurred background suggest a large hall during a meditative or puja-style gathering.2016-07-02A seated congregation at a satsang or meditation gathering, with many participants wearing white clothes and orange-red shawls with embroidered borders. Several people in the foreground and middle rows press a hand to the forehead or brow, as if focusing at the third eye. A man at left wears a white shirt, an orange lanyard and a watch; the man beside him in glasses wears a white top and orange lanyard; a long-haired man in the centre wears a white kurta, green lanyard and pendant. Women behind them wear saffron shawls and a woman at upper left wears a teal sari. Water bottles sit at the left edge.2016-10-10May 08 20162016-05-08October 18 20152015-10-18A crowded indoor gathering of devotees dressed in white kurta-style clothing with orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground a man with short greying hair closes his eyes and touches his brow with his fingers, while a bald man at left raises his hands near his face. Behind them more seated participants, some with tilak marks, sit close together in a warm, red-lit hall.2015-10-23September 06 20152015-09-06October 10 20162016-10-10A seated group of devotees in white ritual clothes and red-orange shawls sits on the floor writing in notebooks during a satsang session. In the foreground, a man with glasses and a moustache in a white kurta and red shawl reads a paper, while a curly-haired young man in a white t-shirt and red shawl writes with a pen. To the right, a man in white with a rudraksha mala and a silver bracelet reads from a notebook. Behind them, many more attendees in white and red-orange shawls sit in rows, and a purple water bottle lies on the floor at left. No a person candidate is clearly visible in the frame.2014-07-19Devotees sit cross-legged in white shirts and dhotis with saffron-orange shawls printed with script, seated on the floor of a large hall during a satsang. In the foreground a bespectacled man with a vibhuti mark on his forehead holds his hands in lap with eyes closed in meditation, a rudraksha mala visible at his neck. To the right a man with a yellow tilak and eyes closed sits with hands clasped. Behind them more seated devotees fill the room under purple lit panels.2014-05-05