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A photo from a seated group satsang or puja gathering. In the foreground a young man with long dreadlocks and a white t-shirt sits cross-legged with eyes closed and a red-and-white beaded mala around his neck, his hands resting on a cloth. Beside him a woman in white with hair in a bun and red beaded necklace sits with her back partly to the camera. Behind them a man in a grey head wrap wears a red shirt and mala, and a man on the right wears a blue vest and red mala. On the left, three small printed portraits of a bearded robed figure in gold frames stand on a black table, and an oil lamp is visible at the edge. Several other seated participants in white and orange fill the background.

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A young man with dreadlocks sits cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation, wearing a white t-shirt and white dhoti-style pants with a red patterned sash at the waist. He wears a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white lanyard with a small medallion around his neck and a name badge on his waist. Behind him, a seated woman in a yellow-trimmed blue blouse and a woman in white with a red shawl meditate in a hall with gold-trimmed decor. A pink-and-red deity murti sits on a red throne with gold arch behind it, and blurred figures in the foreground frame the scene.2016-10-08Close photograph of a seated devotee with long grey-blonde dreadlocks tied with a pink band, wearing a white top and red-and-white cloth over one shoulder, touching his forehead with his right hand where a tattoo is visible on the wrist. Behind him, other seated participants in white and red clothing, and a figure in orange robes sit in a blurred hall during an initiation session.2016-10-08August 15 20172017-08-15 +1 copiesDecember 09 20162016-12-09Indoor group gathering with several people seated closely together, mostly dressed in white and cream traditional kurtas and loose trousers. In the foreground, a young man with long dreadlocks, a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace holds a black handheld microphone and speaks toward someone seated in front with white hair. To his left, a man in cream clothes with a rudraksha mala sits with arms folded and eyes lowered. On the right, a bearded man in a white kurta with a vertical tilak on his forehead smiles and looks down. Behind them, more participants sit, including a person in an orange-red headwrap and a woman in an orange top. A brass lamp stand is visible in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present.2017-04-05A large hall crowded with devotees seated on mats during a meditative satsang or puja. In the foreground a young man with swept-back light hair and a tilak on his forehead sits with eyes closed, wearing a white kurta and layered rudraksha malas. Beside him a woman in a red kurta with rudraksha mala sits in meditation, and to the left a man in a white kurta with mala sits upright. Brass ritual items sit on a low table in the lower left. Large screens glow in the background above the seated crowd.2016-12-12May 16 20172017-05-16A seated satsang gathering with many devotees in the foreground and background. In the centre, a man with long dreadlocks and round wire-rimmed glasses wears a white kurta and a rudraksha mala with a small pendant, sitting upright with a tilde mark on his forehead. Beside him on the left, a bare-chested man with long hair and a rudraksha mala sits facing forward with a tilak. Behind them, devotees wear orange and saffron cloth and white garments, some bare-chested, with rudraksha malas. A man in a dark shirt on the left looks at a phone. The setting is an indoor hall with a plain light floor.2017-01-06January 06 20172017-01-06A young man with long pulled-back blond hair sits cross-legged in meditation, eyes closed, wearing a bare chest with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms, a red and cream rudraksha mala with a small pendant, and white loose pants. Behind him, other devotees sit on a stone platform: a bare-chested man with red rudraksha malas and a turquoise-clad woman in teal and gold cloth. A dark black stone form.2016-12-14A photograph of two men in close conversation at a seated gathering. In the foreground, a bald man in white clothing with a red-and-brown rudraksha mala faces away from the camera. Beside him, a young man with long dreadlocks wears a grey knit head covering, wire-rimmed glasses, a pink-red woven shirt and layered rudraksha malas, listening intently. Another person in green with a rudraksha mala is partly visible at right, and colourful cloth lies on the floor behind them. a person is not clearly present in this image.2016-12-17November 13 20172017-11-13