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December 23 20172017-12-23December 23 20172017-12-23A dense, seated audience at a large satsang or discourse hall, mostly women and some men, photographed from the front with foreground faces in soft focus. Many wear white or pastel kurta-style tops and saris, with rudraksha malas around their necks; a woman in the centre wears a purple shawl over a patterned blouse and a name badge, and a woman at right wears a red top with rudraksha and a bindi. Some wear orange shawls and red vibhuti or kumkum marks. Attendees look toward the stage, some with notebooks and a green folder in view. The mood is attentive and focused, with no visible ritual activity.2016-12-21A seated audience of devotees at a satsang, many women with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. The central woman wears a white sleeveless dress with a white shawl, a brown rudraksha mala with a pendant, gold bangles and a kumkum bindi. Beside her a woman in a teal blouse wears a red-brown mala and smiles with palms joined. A woman in a peach shawl and white pants sits with her arms on her knees, wearing a black cord necklace. Other women in white, orange, blue and yellow saris and salwars fill the rows. No speaker or a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame.2013-01-20A densely packed audience seated in a dim hall during a satsang, with many devotees dressed in white kurtas and sarees, some with rudraksha malas. In the foreground a woman in a green and red patterned sari wears a heavy gold necklace and closes her eyes in meditation, while a man in white at left looks forward. Behind them rows of attendees, including older men with glasses and a woman in a white sari, watch intently. No single presenter is clearly visible in the frame.2013-09-30December 23 20172017-12-23August 27 20162016-08-27A photograph of a seated crowd at a KAILASA gathering. In the foreground a smiling man in a yellow kurta has a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a woman in a pink top and a woman in a brown top sit among devotees. Above them, a woman in a white outfit wears a long rudraksha mala and a pendant, and beside her a woman in white wears a gold bracelet and watch. At the right a bald man in a purple kurta wears a rudraksha mala. Several people have white ash marks on their foreheads. The scene is dense with devotees in white and bright ritual clothing, with no visible a person candidate in the frame.2017-12-16November 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesA seated congregation in a hall, mostly devotees in white or cream dhotis and sarees with gold-bordered edges, many wearing rudraksha malas. Women in the foreground wear beige or tan tops, white saris, and red bindis or tilak marks on their foreheads; one woman with a gold forehead ornament and earrings sits centrally, and a blonde woman with red vermilion dot and glasses sits at right. Men behind wear white or bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas and forehead markings. Blurred figures in orange and saffron fill the background, with no clearly identifiable central figure in focus.2019-01-01October 07 20162016-10-07August 05 20092009-08-05