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Photograph of a seated group ceremony in a large hall with pink-lit walls and a crowd of white-clad participants in the background. In the foreground, a bald man in pink robes on the left sits with hands folded. A bare-chested younger man in a white dhoti with a yellow border holds a brown coconut and passes it to an older man on the right with white hair, glasses, a rudraksha mala and a pink shawl with orange edging, who holds a second coconut in an outstretched hand. Several other coconuts are held by people behind them.

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April 23 20172017-04-23Indoor satsang or puja gathering with a large seated audience on a light tiled floor. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis and white shoulder cloths sit cross-legged with eyes closed or hands folded, some with red-bordered cloths and a rudraksha-style neck cord. Brass and steel trays hold yellow flower petals, fruit and offerings in front of them, with orange mats and a plastic container nearby. Behind them, rows of devotees in white clothing, several boys in colourful shirts, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border sit attentively. Monks in saffron-orange robes sit near the back, and a few men in white shirts stand at the edge of the hall. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2011-02-18A seated group of devotees in a hall during a satsang, with a large audience of women and children in orange and white behind them. In the foreground, several men sit cross-legged on orange and pink mats wearing white dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha mala garlands and red-brown beaded necklaces; one wears a black beaded mala and arm bands, and another wears a bright white cloth with orange-gold border. A man on the right in beige clothing sits with arms resting on his knee, and a person on the left has hands folded near a white cloth.2016-08-17October 11 20102010-10-11 +1 copiesMarch 14 20172017-03-14 +1 copiesApril 23 20172017-04-23September 21 20102010-09-21A large group of shaved-headed men in white dhotis and white shawls sit closely together on a floor during a ritual, many with white vertical tilak markings on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. Several have hands pressed together in prayer or hold small ritual objects, while one man at the lower left covers his face with his palms. Behind them, orange cloth hangs from above and a metal railing and more seated participants fill the background, with a few small oil lamps visible on the floor.2010-10-30May 10 20142014-05-10May 27 20122012-05-27August 16 20172017-08-16Seated devotees on a striped multicolour mat during a temple ritual. In the foreground a bald man in a white shirt holds a brown coconut. A man on the left wears an orange-saffron cloth, a rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak on his forehead, with an ID badge on his chest. Beside him a young man in white dhoti with gold border sits with a red-gold waist cloth visible on another seated man whose bare back shows a rudraksha mala. An older man in white with gold borders and a flower in his hair sits at the right, and more white-clad participants are seen at the top edge. Gold-coloured stands are visible at the back of the hall.2017-06-17