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February 27 2011

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A crowd of men with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed in prayer or meditation. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis, some in light blue, lavender or pink-checked shirts. Several have vermilion or sandal forehead marks and gold bangles on their wrists. Their faces are turned downward, shoulder to shoulder. No speaker or throne is visible in the frame, and no one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.

A photograph of a shaved-headed man in the foreground, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra, seated among a row of other devotees in white dhotis and bare-chested. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and bead bracelets on his wrist, with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead, nose and arms. Several other men sit blurred behind him, some in white and yellow cloth. The setting appears to be a prayer or puja gathering with a soft, out-of-focus background.

A close photograph of a shirtless man with a shaved head and white vertical tilak marks on his forehead, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra. He wears a long rudraksha mala and bracelets, with white sacred ash markings across his bare chest. Behind him, blurred figures in white and orange cloth sit in a group.

May 24 2017

Photograph of a seated outdoor devotional gathering. In the foreground, a man in an orange turban, orange shawl and golden-bordered orange garment, wearing a green and yellow flower garland, sits with palms pressed together in prayer and eyes lowered. Beside him, a younger man in orange and white clothing also has hands joined. Behind them, several men in white shirts and white dhotis sit with palms folded, one wearing a rudraksha mala. A colourful painted floor design is visible at the lower left. The orange-robed figure in the foreground has distinctive turban and saffron attire but the appearance is not reliably confirmable, so the identity is left uncertain.

November 13 2010

January 01 2017

Photograph of a seated congregation with hands joined in anjali mudra at a satsang. Rows of devotees sit on blue plastic chairs. Front-left, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala looks down with palms pressed together. Center, a bald man in a white shirt with gold bangles and a gold-toned wristwatch holds his palms together. Behind them, men in saffron and orange robes sit with folded hands, and a man in a yellow shawl is seated at right. Stage equipment cases are visible at the top.

January 04 2017

January 01 2017

A row of men seated on red-and-white steps in an outdoor temple setting, with their hands folded in anjali mudra in prayer. The nearest man in front wears a rudraksha mala, a white horizontal tilak with white body markings on his bare upper torso, and an orange cloth draped over his lap. Behind him, other men in white dhotis and orange cloths sit similarly, some with white vibhuti streaks on their faces and chests. Several black stone lingam-shaped objects stand in a line along the left side of the frame, and brass vessels rest near the bottom. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person by the cues described, so no candidate is marked.

Outdoor photo of a seated crowd with hands folded in prayer, many dressed in white shirts and dhotis with orange shawls. At the centre, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl, with a green, yellow and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, sits with palms pressed together, eyes lowered. Around him devotees kneel and sit on stone paving, a woman in a blue sari and a girl in a green dress also join their hands, and some wear tilak marks. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has a distinctive orange turban, orange shawl, flower garland and rudraksha mala, and is seated in the front of the devotee group as the focal point of the gathering.