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May 16 20172017-05-16A group of devotees sits in prayer during a ritual gathering, with palms pressed together at the chest. The foreground man has curly dark hair, a beard, red-framed glasses, a red rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread, shirtless. Beside him a man with a shaved head holds his hands together, and others in white dhotis with bare torsos are seen in soft focus, with small oil lamps glowing in the background on pastel-coloured mats.2017-01-03 +3 copiesA seated man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold border sits with eyes closed in a crowded hall during a puja, wearing dark-rimmed glasses, a red-brown rudraksha mala around his neck, matching rudraksha bracelets on both wrists, and white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms. A lanyard ID badge hangs from his neck. Other devotees surround him, including a man in white and gold shawl with rudraksha beads, and a shaved-headed devotee at right. The room is filled with seated participants in the foreground.2016-12-18December 07 20162016-12-07Devotees sit in rows with palms pressed together in anjali mudra during a seated gathering in a hall with cream walls and blurred background figures. In the foreground on the right, a bearded man with curly dark hair and glasses, bare-chested, wears a red rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace, eyes closed in prayer. Beside him a shaven-headed man, also bare-chested with a pendant, prays with hands folded. Further left, men in white dhoti-style cloth with bare upper bodies sit in prayer, and a figure with long hair tied back appears at the left edge. Flower petals and small lamps are visible on the floor mats. No one wears saffron robes or a crown, so no candidate is identifiable as a person.2017-01-03 +1 copiesA large crowd of bare-chested male devotees sits closely packed in a seated satsang or meditation gathering. Many wear rudraksha malas and white ceremonial necklaces with pendants. In the foreground, a bald man with glasses and a wristwatch rests his chin on his hand, while a young man with curly hair and glasses sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Others nearby wear glasses and beards. Faces are blurred in the foreground and the background is filled with more seated devotees.2016-12-07 +1 copiesA shirtless man in profile stands at a Karthigai Deepam-style temple gathering, with a white dhoti and a blue-edged white cloth draped over his left shoulder. He wears a thin gold chain with a pendant, a rudraksha mala on his right wrist, a gold bracelet, and black-rimmed glasses, and holds his hands together near his chest in prayer. His hair is tied up in a bun. Out-of-focus figures in pale yellow and white clothing stand behind him in the hall. The background is blurred with warm light.2016-12-12October 10 20162016-10-10May 18 20172017-05-18January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesMay 16 20172017-05-16A large seated gathering of devotees in meditation at a Shivoham process session. In the foreground a bearded man with glasses and a tied-back hairstyle wears a white kurta, a saffron-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala. Beside him men in white kurtas with orange shawls sit cross-legged with eyes closed, and a grey-haired man in glasses sits at right. Many more participants fill the background in white and orange clothing.2016-04-27