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Close photo of smiling young aadheenavasis in saffron-orange cloth at a person Mission gathering. A girl with long dark tousled hair sits centre, wearing an orange wrap over bare shoulders, a long rudraksha mala and a white beaded necklace, with a white tilak and red bindi on her forehead. Behind her, a smiling boy with a white forehead mark and rudraksha malas wears orange cloth, and another smiling boy on the left has a red mark on his forehead and an orange garment. A black microphone stand pole cuts diagonally across the frame, and out-of-focus heads sit in the foreground. No a person candidate is visible.

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Photograph of several young people in saffron-orange garments at what appears to be a gathering. The central girl with long dark wavy hair wears an orange cloth wrap, layered rudraksha mala beads and a small pendant, with white and red marks on her forehead, and smiles toward the camera. To her right, a young man in an orange wrap wears a long rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, with white sacred ash across his brow and a red mark between his eyes. Another smiling young person with a red forehead mark stands at the left edge, and a bare-chested figure is partly visible at right. A thin black stand or pole cuts diagonally through the left foreground.2018-05-24May 24 20182018-05-24A crowd of young devotees in orange and saffron garments and multi-row rudraksha malas gathers closely together. In the centre, a smiling boy with long dark hair wears an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and a small pendant on a white beaded chain, with white and red tilak marks on his forehead. Around him, other young men and a girl also wear rudraksha malas and forehead markings, and a black tripod-like metal stand is visible at left. The setting appears to be an event with a dense gathering. The boy is not clearly identifiable as a person, so the figure is described by role only.2018-05-24May 24 20182018-05-24May 24 20182018-05-24Several young men in saffron-orange robes sit closely together and smile broadly. The central figure has long dreadlocked hair, a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead, and wears layered rudraksha malas with gold-toned beads and a pendant. Flanking him, a young man on the left wears a similar mala and a white-marked forehead, and another on the right, also with a white tilak and gold beads, looks sideways and smiles. Others are partly visible in the background, all in orange clothing and malas.2017-02-17A close crowd photo of smiling devotees in saffron-orange cloth with rudraksha malas and white and red forehead markings. In front, a young girl with long dreadlocked hair wears a white paste mark on her forehead, an orange garment and multiple rudraksha beads. To the left, an older man with grey hair and beard wears a white dhoti with a yellow border and a pendant necklace. To the right, a bearded man in orange with a rudraksha mala and a bare chest smiles, with more people blurred in the background.2018-05-24Three smiling young devotees in saffron-orange robes pose close together outdoors. The girl in the front, with curly hair, forehead vibhuti and a kumkum bindi, holds up a peace sign and wears a gold-toned pendant necklace. Behind her, a young man in an orange turban and white vibhuti stripes has his arm around the man beside him. That man has a dark swept-up topknot, a moustache, white sandalwood markings and a red tilak, and wears rudraksha mala beads and a silver pendant. Several more orange-clad people stand blurred in the background.2019-01-01January 11 20162016-01-11Three smiling young men in saffron-orange robes pose close together indoors. The left man has a red tilak on his forehead, a leopard-print shawl and a gold-beaded rudraksha mala. The middle man wears a matted or dreadlocked top knot, a rudraksha mala and a white beaded necklace. The right man has a red bindi, wavy dark hair and a long gold-and-rudraksha mala over his bare chest, with an orange shawl. The background is a blurred temple or ashram hall with warm lights.2019-01-01Three young male devotees sit in meditation or chanting posture in a warmly lit hall, dressed in saffron-orange cloths with bare upper bodies. The front-left youth has dreadlocked hair, a white forehead band with a red mark, white body markings on his arm, and rudraksha malas. The centre youth wears beaded brown and white necklaces and a white forehead band, and appears to be chanting. The right youth has a white forehead line and a brown beaded mala. Behind them, an older man in white and other seated people are visible.2017-03-25A photograph of a large seated assembly at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam event. In the foreground, four young people wear saffron/orange draped garments, rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets, with long dreadlocked hair wound up on top of their heads and white tilak marks on their foreheads. Several are smiling and one gestures with a raised hand while speaking. Behind them, a dense crowd sits closely packed, many in white ritual clothes with white tilaks, and some in orange. Ornate gold-toned decoration is visible in the background. The image shows ashram participants during a gathering rather than a single identifiable ritual.2018-05-20