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A photograph taken indoors under a thatched roof with white plastered walls. A smiling young man in an orange saffron cloth and red shirt with a red tilak sits in the foreground, leaning forward. Around him a crowd of young men in white dhoti-style clothes with orange or yellow shawls and wooden rudraksha-style malas stand and smile. One man at left holds a camera. A blue cloth edge is visible at lower left, and a person's head is partially visible at the bottom centre.

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October 19 20082008-10-19October 19 20082008-10-19A photograph inside a thatched-roof hall with white plastered walls. Several smiling young men in saffron and orange shawls, rudraksha malas and white kurtas crowd around a blue-draped table. An older bald man in white on the left leans over a camera or device on the table. In the centre a young man in orange robes gestures with a hand while a bespectacled person in a yellow shawl bends forward in front. On the right a young man in a long orange robe with a sword-like rod at his shoulder grins and crosses his arms. The atmosphere appears festive and informal.2008-10-19A photograph taken under a open-sided thatched and metal-framed shelter shows a smiling man at left wearing an orange saffron cloth draped over his body and a long rudraksha mala, with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi, eyes closed and laughing. Behind him stand several devotees in white dhotis and white saris with orange shawls, several laughing and smiling, and a person in white holds a video camera. A red-painted wall and bamboo blinds are visible in the background, with a small tray of offerings at the lower left. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala) appears laughing at left, with devotees in orange shawls around him.2006-11-20A photograph inside an open-sided pavilion with a bamboo-mat and corrugated roof. On the left, a long-haired man in an orange saffron dhoti-wrap smiles broadly, wearing a long rudraksha mala and holding a small object in one hand. Behind him stand a line of smiling devotees in white ritual dhotis and kurtas with orange shawls, some wearing red-and-white threaded beads. A cameraman in white stands at the back right holding a video camera. A pedestal fan and a metal stand sit in the foreground, with a green cloth on the floor and a brass plate near the bottom edge. Through a grille on the left, a small shrine with lit lamps is visible. Several people stand in the background, and the scene reads as informal ashram life during the Maheshwara Puja period.2006-11-20A photograph of a seated crowd of smiling men at a satsang gathering, mostly in white kurta-style clothing. In the foreground a man with a shaved head wears a red shawl and another wears a yellow shawl; a man at lower left wears glasses and a yellow shawl. Several men wear vermilion or tilak marks on their foreheads, and one man wears a white shirt with a beaded mala. A man at upper left has long hair and wears grey clothing. The surrounding setting is an indoor hall.2010-12-28September 15 20122012-09-15October 17 20102010-10-17September 09 20122012-09-09October 17 20102010-10-17June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a densely packed seated gathering of men in orange and white clothing, many smiling and animated. Several wear orange shawls over white kurtas, and a few wear yellow scarves. In the foreground a bearded man in an orange robe with a gold beaded necklace and ornamented pendant sits on a striped rug, while nearby figures gesture with raised hands. A white plastic-wrapped clothing rack hangs at the upper left. The page's own caption uses the title a person, but no printed caption is visible in the image itself.2008-12-31